Senior Optical Engineer

Working Title
Senior Optical Engineer
Location
VA US (Primary)
Category
Engineering
Job Type
Full-time
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Travel
Up to 25%
Type of Hire
Fully Funded
Security Clearance Required
TS/SCI with CI Polygraph
Job Description
Allegient Defense (DBA BCS Allegient) provides technically oriented services from program management to advanced systems integration and engineering. We support Government and prime system integrators with engineering and management expertise. Allegient Defense helps clients with challenging Science & Technology, Engineering Acquisition, and Program Management Mission requirements. We are currently in search of a Senior Optical Engineer to support one of our Government clients.
Responsibilities:

• Provide expertise for design of optical system analysis. Support the design and operation of all types of optical technologies various phenomenology using different sensor platforms. Review, edit and enhance vendor documentation to support operating electro-optic systems, such as operating manuals and concepts of operations.
• Operate prototype electro-optic systems. Write results documentation including recommendations on systems parameters settings necessary to improve the performance of the system.
• Support program development documentation such as system requirements documents, concepts of operations, interagency support agreements, operational security plans, deployment plans, and test reports.
• Travel as necessary to vendor facilities to evaluate system checkout, perform security accreditation, and provide independent documentation to assess the performance and capabilities of vendor developed electro-optical systems.
• Attend conferences and perform literature reviews, after which he/she will provide a written assessment on the current state-of-the-art with recommendations for future courses of action for the government.

Job Requirements
Educational Requirement:

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field; Master's counts as 2 additional years of experience, PhD counts as 2 additional years of experience.
• TS//SCI clearance with Counterintelligence Polygraph.

Job Requirements:

• Demonstrated expertise for design and optical system analysis.
• Demonstrated strong proficiency working in optics in major system development.
• Demonstrated experience in the review, edit and enhancement of vendor documentation to support operating electro-optic systems, such as operating manuals and concepts of operations.
• Experience operating prototype electro-optic systems; proficient at recommending systems parameters settings.
• Experience providing test results documentation.
• Experience supporting program development documentation such as system requirements documents, concepts of operations, interagency support agreements, operational security plans, deployment plans, and test reports.

Additional Desired Qualifications

• Experience characterizing all types of optical systems.
• Experience in the design and operation of all types of optical technologies with deep experience in collecting optical performance data from various phenomenology using a wide variety of sensor platforms is preferred.
• Systems acquisition experience demonstrating the capability to evaluate system checkout, perform security accreditation, and provide independent documentation to assess the performance and capabilities of vendor developed electro-optical systems.

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