# Optical Engineer (Associate)

**Company**: The Boeing Company
**Location**: Albuquerque, NM
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $91,800 - $124,200
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Aerospace

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## Description

Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS), Laser and Electro-Optical systems (LEOS) seeks an Optical Engineer to support development of high-performance Directed Energy Systems and Electro-Optical Systems.

Responsibilities:

- Assist in development and validation of requirements for electro-optical systems, sensors, lasers, and other electromagnetic systems and components.

- Assist in developing architectures to integrate multiple systems into higher-level systems and platforms.

- Perform trade studies, modeling, simulation, and other forms of analysis to predict component, interconnects, and system performance and to optimize design around complex requirements.

- Assist in designing complex electro-optical and laser systems.

- Assist in developing new and improved modeling and simulation techniques.

- Assist in development and implementation of critical tests to validate performance of designs to requirements.

- Support product lifecycle with guidance and support to resolve complex issues.

- Support project management by preparing and presenting project status data.

- Perform some work in a clean room environment.

Requirements:

- Ability to obtain U.S. Top Secret/SCI Security Clearance.

- 1+ year of related experience.

- Education or work experience in Electro-Optics.

- Experience with Electro Optical systems, including sensors, lasers, fiber-optics, and telecommunications products.

- Experience in laser and electro-optical systems and optical communication systems requirements development, integration, testing, and analysis.

- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, or Aeronautical), Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, or non-US equivalent qualifications.

Benefits:

- Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

- Health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and paid time away from work.

Salary Range: $91,800 - $124,200

## Skills

### Required
- Electro-Optics
- Laser Systems
- Optical Communication Systems
- Modeling and Simulation

### Nice to have
- Zemax
- CodeV
- EO/IR systems

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