Lead Optical Engineer - 981
We are seeking a Lead Optical Engineer in our Broomfield, CO location.
All applicants for placement in safety-sensitive positions will be required to submit to a pre-employment drug test.
Key Responsibilities:
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Participate in a team of physicists, optical, and opto-mechanical engineers supporting the development of commercial and research systems for quantum computing
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Test, Assemble, and Develop metasurface components, lenses, micro-optical, and photonic systems in new and novel ways to create, deliver and measure light in our next generation quantum computer systems
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Lead development and design projects that validate technologies, methods, alignment, and suppliers that leads to production solutions.
YOU MUST HAVE:
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Bachelor’s Degree minimum
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Minimum 8+ years’ experience (advanced degree inclusive) with optical design of refractive, reflective, diffractive, photonics components and systems.
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Due to Contractual requirements, must be a U.S. Person. defined as, U.S. citizen permanent resident or green card holder, workers granted asylum or refugee status
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Due to national security requirements imposed by the U.S. Government, candidates for this position must not be a People's Republic of China national or Russian national unless the candidate is also a U.S. citizen.
WE VALUE:
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Ph.D. or Masters in Optics, Applied Physics, or a related field
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Designing high NA photonic collection optics
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Experience tolerancing and analysis of optical systems
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Experience with coherent optics utilizing diffractive optics (DOEs) and/or metasurfaces
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Experience with micro-optics, fiber optics, and/or photonic components
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Experience with the measurement of optical components and systems
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Experience with polarization optical components
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Experience debugging and troubleshooting optical and photonic systems
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Experience working with wavelengths from UV to Infrared
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Experience with optical modeling software (Zemax preferred, Code V, LighTools, FRED)
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Experience with CAD software a plus