Senior Engineer - Infrared, Optical and Opto-Mechanical Sensor P Jobs
Boeing - Huntingtn Bch, CA
posted 3 months ago
About the position
At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. From the seabed to outer space, you can contribute to work that matters with a company where diversity, equity, and inclusion are shared values. We're committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that's welcoming, respectful, and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us. We are Boeing Research & Technology (BR&T): Boeing's global research and development team creating and implementing innovative technologies that make the impossible possible and enabling the future of aerospace. We are engineers and technicians, skilled scientists, and bold innovators; Join us and put your passion, determination, and skill to work building the future! The Boeing Company is seeking a Senior Engineer - Infrared, Optical and Opto-Mechanical Sensor Products for Mission Systems Payloads development in Huntington Beach, California. This position will lead a team of engineers, analysts, and staff within the Payload Products and Technologies (PP&T) organization under BR&T Mission Systems and Autonomy (MS&A) organization. BR&T Payload Products and Technologies develops and captures technology for designing disruptive Mission Systems solutions. Focused on visible and infrared spectrum Electro-Optics Infrared (EO/IR) sensors operating in Space and Air domains, our growing team is leaping ahead of our competition with an exceptional mix of mission architecture, sensor design, and algorithms for advanced image and data processing. This position will expand the leadership team of a dynamic, entrepreneurial organization with multiple high-performing teams. BR&T is Boeing's advanced, centralized Research and Development organization. The MS&A team drives integrated technology development and rapidly transitions capabilities in areas such as artificial intelligence, autonomy, cyber security, advanced electronics, communications, networking, platform subsystems, and digital aviation. If you have a passion to work with and shape teams that are developing the next generation of technology and innovation, this may be the role for you. Note: Up to 25% domestic and international travel may be required.
Responsibilities
- Lead engineers and analysts in the development of sensor products aligned with the chief architect's vision.
- Drive and direct architecture trades, design and analysis, requirements definition, and performance modeling.
- Collaborate with business leaders, chief engineer/architect, and engineering teams to define and describe technology and product portfolio development objectives and plan.
- Leverage existing IP and product evolution to expand Boeing's EO/IR Internal Research and Development (IRAD), Contract Research and Development (CRAD), and programs product portfolio.
- Develop transition plans for low Technology Readiness Level (TRL) products from the science and technology community.
- Create and lead the modeling, definition, and engineering products through program execution efforts.
- Develop and maintain relationships and partnerships with program leaders, stakeholders, and suppliers.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.
- 7+ years of experience with the design of mission systems, sensors, or sensing systems.
- 12+ years of engineering experience.
- Experience with optical design.
- Experience working on opto-mechanical and/or electromechanical designs.
Nice-to-haves
- Bachelor's or higher in Mechanical engineering or Electrical engineering.
- Experience with developmental space and/or airborne systems.
- Experience with systems design, integration, and test including tools FRED and Zemax.
- Experience performing modeling and/or simulation of Electro-Optical and Infrared systems with a technical computing language, such as Matlab or Mathematica.
- Experience in the design, development, and/or verification of signal and image collection systems.
- Experience in remote sensing; optical performance modeling; radiometric modeling and calibration techniques; wavefront error and wavefront sensing.
- Experience in testing methodologies for complex, high accuracy systems; optical alignment; radiometric testing; full environment testing for Space applications.
- 12+ years related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Active TOP SECRET/SSBI security clearance.
- Experience with multiple Computer Aided Design (CAD) modeling tools.
- Experience with structural analysis of space systems, airborne systems, or electronics systems.
- Experience with product structure and product data management tools.
- Experience with the design and development of EO/IR sensor systems.
- Experience working on research and development or prototype programs.
- Experience with design, development, testing, and troubleshooting of advanced Electronic Systems, i.e. Electro-Optical Guidance Systems, Radar Tests and/or RF Seeker.
- Demonstrated ability to drive closure and resolve complex technical issues/challenges.
- Experience working ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) mission solutions.
- Experience in the development of processing and dissemination computer algorithms; design, develop and analyze systems and algorithms for the extraction of information from signal and image sensors.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Health savings accounts
- Retirement savings plans
- Life and disability insurance programs
- Paid and unpaid time away from work.
