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- Collaborate with physicists and engineers to rapidly iterate designs and prototypes
- Work with electrical, mechanical, and optical engineers to create, assemble, and test complex sensor and clock hardware
- Procure mechanical and optical components
- Coordinate component and subsystem fabrication and assembly
- Assemble and test vacuum systems
- Align lasers through single-mode optical fibers and through bulk electro-optic and acousto-optic devices
- Collaborate with electrical engineers to define, document, and implement PCB test plans
- Build and test prototype circuits and test fixtures
- Procure and maintain mechanical and optical test equipment
- Report results of validation testing
- Demonstrated success in building complex optomechanical prototypes and products
- Willingness to become an expert at new fabrication disciplines
- Hands-on experience with precision test equipment
- Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Applicants should thrive in a dynamic environment
- U.S. Government contracts require applicants to be U.S. citizens or permanent residents
- Skilled in mechanical prototyping, including basic machining and finishing operations
- Hands-on experience with vacuum system design, assembly, and testing
- Expertise in aligning and securing micro-optics components
- Basic understanding of Gaussian beam optics
- Experience with optical testing of polarization, wavefront flatness, reflectivity, optical phase shifts, beam aberrations, etc.
- Operational familiarity with laser frequency stabilization
- Skilled in electrical prototyping, including PCB fabrication, assembly, soldering, and rework
- Experience testing low-noise analog, mixed-signal, and rf electronics
- Basic knowledge of data acquisition and simulation software such as MATLAB, LabVIEW, Visual Basic, Python, and C or C++
- Experience with mechanical and optical design software (e.g., SolidWorks, COMSOL, ANSYS, Zemax, and FRED)
- Familiarity with OrCAD/Altium schematic capture and PCB layout
- Experience developing flight-qualified hardware
- Hands-on experience with optical test equipment
- Salary depends on qualifications and experience
- Medical and dental
- Retirement
- Stock plan
R&D Engineer - Fremont, United States - AOSense
Description
COMPANY OVERVIEW:AOSense, Inc. is the leading developer and manufacturer of innovative quantum technologies employing atom optics. Our devices use frequency-stabilized lasers and atoms in a vacuum cell to measure accelerations, rotations, magnetic fields, and time with unparalleled accuracy and stability. Our staff includes physicists and engineers with expertise covering a wide array of disciplines. Our teams are dynamic and fast paced since our hardware is cutting edge.
POSITION SUMMARY:
We are seeking an R&D engineer who specializes in compact and robust mechanical and optical design, assembly, and testing. As a hands-on R&D Engineer at AOSense, you will work with physicists and engineers to develop and test high-performance, fieldable accelerometers, gyroscopes, gravimeters, atomic clocks, frequency standards, and magnetometers.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Bachelor's degree in physics or engineering, or equivalent professional experience, with experience in an R&D environment
Benefits
AOSense is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are disabled and require special assistance or a reasonable accommodation while seeking employment with AOSense, then please contact us via email at or call x210