Job Description
Sr. Optical Communications Engineer
Herndon, VA
Pay From: $150,000 Per Year
MUST
Sr. Optical Communications Engineer
Clearable
7 min years direct hands-on designing, building, and characterizing optical systems.
Hands-on experience to support the design, fabrication, and qualification of laser communication terminals, optical modems, and optical pointing and tracking systems.
Knowledge of telecommunications standards and industry best practices associated
Ability to design and execute experiments validating communications system performance and correlate the results with the expected performance.
Ability to lead space flight hardware builds.
Experience with modeling and simulation of optical systems using industry standard tools such as MATLAB, MATHCAD, ZEMAX or equivalent software tools
Developing and setting requirements and design tolerances
Experience with high-speed electrical circuits and radio frequency systems.
Strong communication and documentation skills for efficient multidisciplinary coordination
Ability to develop innovative solutions to complex challenges demonstrating ingenuity and creativity
MS or PhD. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or other related engineering specialties
DUTIES
The Sr. Optical Communications Engineer will be responsible for designing and building optical space terminals.
Work includes optical space lasercom systems design, leading hand-on building of space flight optical flight terminals and leading the performance and environmental verification testing for space.
Design and work with some of the smartest minds in engineering actively involved in current high-profile NASA and DOD missions.
You will use your direct hands-on experience to support the design, fabrication, and qualification of laser communication terminals, optical modems, and optical pointing and tracking systems.
Activities include coordinating a multidisciplinary team of engineers to the successful completion of next generation laser communication terminals and optical modems while supporting multiple concurrent projects with a mix of short-duration flight programs and long-duration technology maturation programs.
Quadrant is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a protected veteran, or status as an individual with a disability. Healthcare benefits are offered to all eligible employees according to compliance mandated by the Affordable Care Act .
Herndon, VA
Pay From: $150,000 Per Year
MUST
Sr. Optical Communications Engineer
Clearable
7 min years direct hands-on designing, building, and characterizing optical systems.
Hands-on experience to support the design, fabrication, and qualification of laser communication terminals, optical modems, and optical pointing and tracking systems.
Knowledge of telecommunications standards and industry best practices associated
Ability to design and execute experiments validating communications system performance and correlate the results with the expected performance.
Ability to lead space flight hardware builds.
Experience with modeling and simulation of optical systems using industry standard tools such as MATLAB, MATHCAD, ZEMAX or equivalent software tools
Developing and setting requirements and design tolerances
Experience with high-speed electrical circuits and radio frequency systems.
Strong communication and documentation skills for efficient multidisciplinary coordination
Ability to develop innovative solutions to complex challenges demonstrating ingenuity and creativity
MS or PhD. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or other related engineering specialties
DUTIES
The Sr. Optical Communications Engineer will be responsible for designing and building optical space terminals.
Work includes optical space lasercom systems design, leading hand-on building of space flight optical flight terminals and leading the performance and environmental verification testing for space.
Design and work with some of the smartest minds in engineering actively involved in current high-profile NASA and DOD missions.
You will use your direct hands-on experience to support the design, fabrication, and qualification of laser communication terminals, optical modems, and optical pointing and tracking systems.
Activities include coordinating a multidisciplinary team of engineers to the successful completion of next generation laser communication terminals and optical modems while supporting multiple concurrent projects with a mix of short-duration flight programs and long-duration technology maturation programs.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Herndon, VA |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 2017 |
| Website | http://www.quadrantinc.com/ |
About Company
Quadrant is a full-life cycle staff augmentation agency providing a proven "rapid fire" approach in responding to the needs of our clients. Quadrant offers a comprehensive suite of staffing solutions for organizations in the Healthcare, Medical, Dental, Information Technology, HR and Government contract sectors.
Our clients have come to include some of the largest and most recognized brand named companies in the Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD metropolitan regions. Quadrant is a DOD TOP Secret cleared facility and holds a Maryland Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) and Virginia SWaM certification. Quadrant's clients are rapidly hiring a mix of healthcare, medical, dental, information technology, recruiting and HR professionals.
Quadrant is recognized as the largest Healthcare Staffing agency in the Washington DC area. We support every major healthcare system and thousands of area healthcare practices. Our healthcare division focuses on all clinical and nonclinical staff with the exception of physicians. Our database boasts hundreds of thousands of local screened healthcare professionals; the largest in the area. Our resources enable us to respond to our clients requests quickly, generally within 24 hours of request on mainstream orders.
Our Information Technology clients support a broad mix of commercial and federal government agencies. Our clients include government contractors who support projects with federal agencies such as U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Institutes of Health(NIH), U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, FDA, FBI, USPTO, DHS, DHHS, DOD, DOJ, DOE, DISA, and USPS. In addition to our federal portfolio, Quadrant also supports a range of commercial clients focusing in software, telecom, mobile, web and healthcare development.
Whether you are a job seeker or a company with open positions to fill we will bridge the talent gap. Contact any of our seasoned professional recruiters or account managers and we will walk you through our proven staffing methodology. We offer a consultative approach to both potential employee and employer. We seek the right match, at the right time, every time.
Skills
- Best Practicesunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Communication Systemsunmatched
- Communications Engineeringunmatched
- Cross-Functionalunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- Electrical Engineeringunmatched
- Experiment Designunmatched
- Health Planunmatched
- Industry Standardsunmatched
- Laser Communicationsunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- MATLABunmatched
- Modemsunmatched
- Multitaskingunmatched
- Optical Engineeringunmatched
- Performance Testingunmatched
- Physicsunmatched
- Simulationunmatched
- System Validationunmatched
- Telecommunications Industryunmatched
- Telecommunications Standardsunmatched
- United States Department of Defense (DoD)unmatched
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