Senior Laser Engineer II
Posted on: 7 Mar 2021
Mckinney, TX
Job Description
The Raytheon RI&S High Energy Laser Engineering team is seeking a Senior Laser Engineer II to join our team in McKinney, Texas.
Working at Raytheon, you can contribute to cutting edge technologies across surface, air, cyber and space domains, supporting precision engagement, missile defense, homeland security, integrated communications, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. Candidates have the opportunity to work alongside the best and the brightest engineers and scientists who are providing radar and sensor solutions that deliver superior detecting, ranging, and tracking for military forces worldwide. In addition to maintaining a strong portfolio of core capabilities, we continue to expand globally and innovate in our growth markets. Opportunities exist to participate on innovative teams that are providing the most advanced development capabilities to solve the most complex problems.
Qualified candidates will be able to apply knowledge and experience of Optics and Lasers to help design, build and test High Energy Laser systems. As part of the laser engineering team, this position includes playing a critical part of the design of the laser system, testing and troubleshooting of critical laser components, and building and integrating lasers into the weapon system. Work and contribute in a fast paced, integrated, multi-disciplined team environment.
Required Skills:
* A demonstrated knowledge of optics, lasers, electromagnetic propagation, and their interaction with materials
* Experience with optics or laser lab and/or analysis projects including error analysis. Also must be able to explain the concepts and outcomes.
* Experience in test development, test procedures, evaluation, data collection and analysis for active or passive optical sensors
* U.S. Citizenship status is required, as this position will need a U.S. Security Clearance within 1 year of start date
* Experience with imaging or laser systems
Desired Skills:
* Experience with optical design and analysis tools.
* Experience in in-depth analysis and modeling of wavefront, stray light, radiometric, or line of sight requirements and capabilities.
* Experience with laser alignments.
* Active Secret security clearance
* Team and leadership experience
Required Education (including Major):
* Bachelor's in Engineering, Physics or other related engineering field and 6 years of experience in related field, or Master's in Engineering with 4 years, Physics or other related engineering field
This position requires either a U.S. Person or a Non-U.S. Person who is eligible to obtain any required Export Authorization.
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Raytheon
Waltham, MA
Raytheon Company develops integrated products, services, and solutions for the defense and other government markets worldwide. It operates through five segments: Integrated Defense Systems (IDS); Intelligence, Information and Services (IIS); Missile Systems (MS); Space and Airborne Systems (SAS); and Forcepoint. The IDS segment offers integrated air and missile defense; land-and sea-based radar solutions; command, control, communications, computers, cyber, and intelligence solutions; naval combat and ship electronic and sensing systems; and undersea sensing and effects solutions.
The IIS segment provides technical and professional services, such as navigation, DoD space and weather solutions, cybersecurity, analytics, training, logistics, mission support, software-based systems, automation and sustainment solutions, and air traffic management systems, as well as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions. The MS segment develops and supports weapon systems comprising missiles, smart munitions, close-in weapon systems, projectiles, kinetic kill vehicles, directed energy effectors, and combat sensor solutions.
The SAS segment provides civil and military electro-optical/infrared sensors; airborne radars for surveillance and fire control applications; lasers; precision guidance systems; signals intelligence systems; processors; electronic warfare systems; tactical and strategic communications; and space-qualified systems. The Forcepoint segment offers cyber security products that include risk adaptive data loss prevention; user and entity behavior analytics and cloud access security broker capabilities; insider threat solutions; firewall technology; cloud and on premise Web and email security; and cross domain transfer products.
Raytheon Company has a strategic agreement with AirMap to collaborate on future projects to safely integrate drones into the national airspace system. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
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IndustryEngineering
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No. of Employees67, 000
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