- Redmond, Washington, United States
- $105K–$175K per year
- 2+ years
Lead the design, validation, and operation of free‑space optical system components for Starlink satellite laser communication terminals.
Compensation
Pay Range: Level 1: $105,000.00 - $145,000.00 Level 2: $120,000.00 - $175,000.00 Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.
Responsibilities
- Apply optics and photonics knowledge to optical system development, including design, analysis, and validation
- Represent the optical system in program‑level, cross‑disciplinary trades and issue resolution
- Define requirements for high‑performant optical systems in challenging environmental conditions
- Lead optical architecture definition through internal trade studies, concept of operations definition, and risk reduction testing
- Participate in verification testing, including environmental qualification, performance characterization, reliability testing, and fault injection testing
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in physics, computer science, electrical engineering, or other engineering/STEM discipline
- Nice to have: Master's degree or PhD in physics or an engineering discipline
- Nice to have: experience leading development of commercial communications products
- Nice to have: experience with hardware development for high-reliability applications
- Nice to have: experience with pointing, acquisition, and tracking