Description
Unleash Your Potential!
The Leidos Innovation Center (LInC) is searching for an Optical Engineer to join our Electro-Optics (EO) Research Team in Dayton, OH. The successful candidate will utilize a strong engineering or physics background designing, testing, modeling, simulating, and analyzing the next generation of EO systems and concepts.
If this sounds like an environment where you can thrive, keep reading!
This position will support multiple simultaneous research efforts within LInC requiring skills including hands-on experimentation, calibrated testbed design, modeling and simulation of optical systems, and data manipulation and analysis.Addressing our customers' challenging mission requirements necessitates research and development of new capabilities as well as making improvements to existing systems.
Your greatest work is ahead!
The successful candidate will be called upon to develop new and innovative solutions to challenging problems. The engineer will work as part of an integrated team but should also be proficient at conducting independent research.
Primary Responsibilities
Design, procure parts for, build, align and calibrate custom testbeds and test equipment
Design and execution of electro-optical system testing
Perform analysis of large data sets and develop tools for visualization and manipulation of the data
Work well in a small team environment
Be familiar with Linux, Windows, MS Office tools like PowerPoint and Excel, MATLAB, Zemax OpticStudio (or equivalent)
Present project results to internal team for reviews, customers, and at workshops / conferences
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or higher in an engineering discipline (optical, engineering physics, or similar) or physics with 2+ years of relevant experience or Master's degree in technical domain above
2+ years experience in the electro-optical and/or infrared domain
US citizenship is required
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance.
Experience with lasers, broadband light sources, optics, electro-optics, detectors, cameras, calibration equipment, and diagnostic equipment
MATLAB and/or Python programming experience
Optical design software experience (e.g. Zemax, Code-V, etc.)
Strong communication and organization skills
Preferred Qualifications
Master's degree (or higher) in optical engineering or physics
Strong statistics education or experience
Experience calibrating optical sensors for radiometric or photometric measurements
Stray light analysis experience
3+ years experience in the electro-optical and/or infrared domain
LInC
Original Posting Date:
2024-09-12
While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $65,000.00 - $117,500.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
REQNUMBER: R-00143559
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.
