Acara Solutions has been providing our staffing services to advanced manufacturing firms national for 65+ years. Our Santa Barbara, CA manufacturer client is looking for an Electro-Optical Systems Engineer or EO Test Engineer to join their organization onsite. The salary range is $130K - $150K. They also have a more experienced similar position with a Senior title with a salary range topping out around $180K.
They key requirement here is experience with large lenses (e.g., telescope) along with heavy experience running an optical testing lab.
The Electro-Optical Systems Engineer's primary responsibility will be to design, integrate and characterize electro-optical test systems in support of company market segments (Infrared Scene Projectors, Standard Commercial Products, and Integrated Electro-Optical Test Systems).
Responsibilities:
- Develops specifications and guides design of complex electro-optical test systems.
- Performs system performance modeling and requirements flow down analysis to support development.
- Develops system compliance methodology, including test procedures.
- Collects and analyzes test data makes adjustments to optimize system performance.
- Interacts directly with customers during factory acceptance testing and travels to customer facilities to lead on-site system installation, integration and training.
- Performs routine troubleshooting, test and calibration in support of on-going programs, as well as special-purpose programs.
- Works with electrical and mechanical engineering staff to document changes made to hardware and deviations from standard procedures as necessary.
- Performs analysis to support sales department in efforts to identify possible solutions to potential customers' applications.
Required Skills / Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics or similar technical degree
Min 5 years of systems engineering experience, including within electro-optics and/or infrared systems.
- Large lens experience is required (e.g., telescope lenses) along with experience running an optical testing lab.
**A Master's degree can substitute some years of experience.
**This systems experience should include: Aspects of systems engineering including trade studies, requirements flowdown, failure analysis, product life cycle support, documentation (e.g., test plans, test procedures, and reports), and process improvement
** Excellent trouble-shooting capability and analytical skills
** Ability to communicate system requirements, testing needs, debug information, and design concepts with other engineering disciplines.
** Willingness to communicate with vendors and customer teams and demonstrate system performance through leading (Sr. Systems Engineer) or supporting (Systems Engineer) factory and site acceptance testing.
Min 1 year of electrical and optical lab tool measurement experience, e.g., multimeters, oscilloscopes, microscopes, cameras, etc.
Min 5 years of experience w/ MS Office, including Excel and PowerPoint
Some travel expected from 5% to 15% possible.
This is an ITAR facility, U.S. persons required.
There is also another similar position open on the infrared team looking for experience in MEMS and wafer probing/testing and ideally CMOS.
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