Optical Engineer, Senior Specialist

Company: L3Harris
Location: Melbourne
Posted on: February 9, 2020

Job Description:

Job Title: Optical Engineer, Senior SpecialistJob Code: SAS-36068Job Location: Palm Bay, FLJob Description: Due to substantial growth in our business Harris has an immediate need for an Optical Engineer. We are seeking an intermediate 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: Design, simulate, modify, and test optical communications subsystems. Support internal and external design reviews in photonic systems. Support Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) to meet development milestones. Improving optical system throughput and bit error rate (BER) using post processing techniques Design, simulate, modify, and test RF Photonic subsystems. Select components and equipment based on analysis of program requirements. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering with Optics Focus, Physics or related field with a minimum 6 years of experience or graduate degree with a minimum of 4 years prior experience. At least 3 years of modeling and/or designing photonics systems. Experience generating technical data for business proposals. Preferred Additional Skills: Experience providing technical leadership for subcontracts. Experience developing prototype optical systems. Experience leading a product development team. 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 Preferred.

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