Senior Laser Communications Engineer
Core
Design, develop, and maintain space laser communications (lasercom) systems for US Government defense and intelligence missions.
Role type
Senior IC laser communications systems engineer
Builds
Robust and resilient optical SATCOM solutions for space-enabled missions
Domain
Aerospace, satellite communications, optical engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
lasercom link budget development, dynamic link modeling & simulation, atmospheric propagation analysis, adaptive optics hardware implementation, system hardware architecture trade balancing, constellation orbital flight concept development, modeling and coding in MATLAB/Python/C++
Preferred skills
advanced degree in EE/physics, broad modeling experience in VPIPhotonics, active TS/SCI/Q clearance
Technologies
Python, MATLAB, C++, VPIPhotonics
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain lasercom link budgets; perform dynamic link modeling and simulation including atmospheric propagation and beam jitter; conduct system hardware architecture trade studies; develop concepts of operations and orbital flight concepts; support ground and space lasercom development lifecycle from requirements to on-orbit support
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
