Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of laser scientists and optical engineers supporting the development of commercial and research systems for quantum computing
• Gather project requirements, turn them into action plans, and ensure the team completes tasking on-time with proper prioritization
• Mentor team members on technical and scientific topics
• Provide technical expertise to laser and optical projects with the goal of maximizing performance and robustness
• Integrate complex, high precision optical sub-assemblies into higher level systems and maintain them

YOU MUST HAVE:

• Bachelors Degree minimum
• Minimum 10+ years' experience (advanced degree inclusive) using and maintaining optical, opto-mechanical and/or laser systems
• 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

WE VALUE:

• Ph.D. or Masters in Optics, Physics, Applied Physics, or related field
• Experience leading a team of scientists to complete well-defined projects as well as broader research initiatives
• A demonstrated history of mentoring junior scientists
• Broad understanding of optical principles and practices and intimate knowledge and experience applying this knowledge to projects
• Experience characterizing, stabilizing, and servoing diode, fiber, and/or Ti:Sapphire lasers
• Experience with Zemax and/or Solidworks/CAD for designing optical and optomechanical systems
• Experience with data analysis (taking, plotting, analyzing, fitting and interpreting relevant data from optical testing experiments)
• Experience with engineering change documentation; ability to work from assembly drawings, schematics, wiring diagrams, sketches and other written, visual and oral instructions

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