Facility Optics & Ultrashort Laser Engineer

Colorado State University; Fort Collins (CO); On-site; USD 72,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

Colorado State University Fort Collins is seeking an Optical/Electrical Engineer to advance laser technology at the new ATLAS facility. The role focuses on implementing, commissioning, and operating upgraded lasers with emphasis on pulse broadening and compression, and on optical metrology and diagnostics.

The position requires expertise in optical diagnostics, metrology, and high-power laser systems, with collaboration across faculty, researchers, and students at CSU.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering or Physics.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in optical metrology and ultrashort pulse lasers.

Responsibilities

• Support design, testing, and optimization of laser subsystems, vacuum systems, and multilayer optical coatings for high-power laser applications.
• Maintain, construct, service optical beam diagnostics and short-pulse lasers for upgrading current lasers.
• Develop pulse broadening and compression techniques.
• Design, implement, and calibrate optical diagnostic instrumentation including FROG, autocorrelators, spectrometers, interferometers.

Skills

Optical metrology

Ultrashort pulse lasers

Laser diagnostics

Education

MS or PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering or Physics

Tools

FROG

Autocorrelators

Spectrometers

Interferometers

Job description

Colorado State University Fort Collins is seeking an Optical/Electrical Engineer to advance laser technology at the new ATLAS facility. The role focuses on implementing, commissioning, and operating upgraded lasers with emphasis on pulse broadening and compression, and on optical metrology and diagnostics.

The position requires expertise in optical diagnostics, metrology, and high-power laser systems, with collaboration across faculty, researchers, and students at CSU.