Lead Optical Engineer (Clearance Level: TS/SCI

Company: Harris Geospatial Solutions
Location: Palm Bay
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

COVID-19 Hiring Update: Strengthening our workforce is more important than ever to meet our customers' mission-critical needs. L3Harris is continuing to hire talented people to join our team, and we are closely monitoring COVID-19 to ensure safe hiring practices are used. This includes limiting onsite candidate interviews and prioritizing video interviews. We also have virtual new hire onboarding processes in place for those whose jobs can be performed remotely. Click here to learn more about opportunities with L3Harris. For more information on L3Harris' response to the COVID-19 situation, click here . Let us find jobs for you based on the skills and experience in your LinkedIn profile. Lead Optical Engineer (Clearance Level: TS/SCI) L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing diverse, high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers' mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do. L3Harris Technologies is an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, delivering end-to-end solutions that meet customers' mission-critical needs. The company provides advanced defense and commercial technologies across air, land, sea, space and cyber domains. L3Harris has approximately $18 billion in annual revenue and 48,000 employees, with customers in more than 100 countries. Description: Job Title: Lead Optical Engineer
Job Code: SAS20211301-55020
Job Location: Palm Bay, FL

Job Description:
Due to substantial growth in our business Harris has an immediate need for an Optical Engineer. We are seeking an advanced professional with practical knowledge of the photonics area. This key role will provide technical insight for our existing technologies and develop new technologies to capture and lead new programs with our military, government, and commercial customers.-- Responsibilities:

• Architect, design, simulate, modify, and test optical communications subsystems.
• Generate, analyze, evaluate, and flow down optical requirements.
• Support internal and external design reviews as a subject matter expert (SME) in photonic systems.
• Lead medium sized Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) with the responsibility of meeting cost and schedule milestones.
• Architect, design, simulate, modify, and test RF Photonic subsystems. Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering with Optics Focus, Physics or related field with a minimum 9 years of experience or a Graduate degree with a minimum of 7 years prior experience.
  • 5 or more years modeling and or designing photonics systems.
  • Experience generating technical data for business proposals.
  • Experience providing technical leadership for subcontracts.
  • 3 or more years experience developing prototype optical systems.
  • 3 years experience leading product development teams
  • TS/SCI Security Clearance Preferred Additional Skills:
    • Experience with Digital Lightwave Communications: Physical layer systems, components (EDFA, Modulators, SFPs, Switches, etc.) and modules for optical communication systems
    • Experience with Coherent RF Photonics: Transport and processing of analog signals (radar, wireless communications, etc.) on optical systems
    • Experience with Photonic Integrated Circuits: Improving Size Weight and Power (SWaP) for photonics systems utilizing photonic integrated circuits
    • Optical multi-input multi-output (MIMO) digital signal processing (DSP):
    • Ability to model photonic systems using one or more of the following software packages: MATLAB, OptSim, BeamProp, Zemax, HFSS
    • Experience with product development for government contracts.
    • --TS/SCI Security Clearance with a poly
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