EO/IR Systems Integration and Test Engineer

HEICO; Santa Barbara (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. (SBIR) is seeking an EO/IR Systems Integration and Test Engineer to lead integration and characterization of the Infrared Scene Projector (IRSP) products and verify performance against customer needs.

You will design and analyze EO/IR test solutions and collaborate with engineering and customers to meet system-level requirements. The role requires leading on-site installations and training, and will involve travel to customer facilities across the US and worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Develops and executes plans for integration, characterization, and test of complex EO/IR products, focusing on SBIR's IRSP line.
• Creates system specifications and verification methods for infrared scene projector systems.
• Collects radiometric and electrical data, troubleshoots and calibrates to optimize system performance.
• Collaborates with customers and SBIR engineers to ensure designs meet system-level requirements.
• Travels to customer facilities to lead on-site installation, integration and training.

Job description

Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. (SBIR) is recruiting for the position of Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) Systems Integration and Test Engineer. As a member of SBIR’s Systems Engineering Group, the EO/IR Systems Integration and Test Engineer’s primary responsibility will be to play a leading role in the integration and characterization of SBIR’s unique and industry-leading Infrared Scene Projector (IRSP) product line and to verify and validate its performance and compliance against our customer’s needs. The EO/IR Systems Integration and Test Engineer will also contribute to the design and analysis of those products.

Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. is a successful, fast-paced subsidiary of HEICO Corporation, (NYSE: HEI, HEI.A). For more than 60 years, HEICO has thrived by serving segments of the aerospace, defense, and electronics industries by providing innovative and cost-saving test solutions, products and services. Forbes Magazine has previously ranked HEICO as one of the 200 “Best Small Companies” and 200 “Hot Shot Stocks”.

Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. designs and manufactures the most technologically advanced Electro-Optical (EO) and Infrared (IR) test instrumentation in the world. SBIR's broad line of innovative products supports the testing of military, commercial, and research sensor systems for world-wide use in laboratory, production, depot, and field test applications. SBIR’s products include cutting-edge MEMS technology, optical imaging systems, focal planes, and lasers with supporting mechanical, thermal, electrical, and software subsystems to enable them.

SBIR's high-energy, dynamic culture focuses on our team members providing quality products and services to our customers. We create highly-integrated, well-engineered, cost-effective hardware and software solutions to the EO/IR community. In doing so, SBIR has become the preferred supplier to major domestic and international manufacturers of commercial and military EO/IR sensors and systems, and our Electro-Optical Systems Integration and Test Engineer will play a leading role in continuing and growing that heritage.

$125,000/yr. - $155,000/yr. - Full-Time

Responsibilities

• Develops and executes plans and procedures for the integration, characterization, and test of complex electro-optical test products, with a focus on the infrared scene projector product
• Develops system specifications, including verification methods and test procedures, for infrared scene projector systems
• Collects and analyzes radiometric and electrical test data; carries out troubleshooting and calibration to optimize system performance of IRSP systems
• Collaborates with customers, SBIR mechanical and electrical engineers, and systems engineering colleagues to ensure designs meet system level requirements
• Interacts directly with customers during factory acceptance testing and design reviews, and travels to customer facilities around the US and world to lead on-site system installation, integration and training
• Works with Engineering to document and implement changes made to hardware and deviations from standard procedures as necessary
• Performs concept design, analysis, and specification development to support business development/potential new customer applications