Lasercom Engineer (All Levels) - Build Tbps Space Links

Endeavor Optical Networks Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Relocation assistance

Medical insurance

Job summary

Endeavor Optical Network in Culver City, CA is hiring a Lasercom Engineer to own a link from concept to first light, spanning the optical chain and interfaces with electrical and mechanical teams.

If you work across the chain or deeply in one area, you will join the first wave of the optical team, building Tbps‑class links and contributing to a seed‑stage company that aims to deploy a full constellation.

Qualifications

• A degree in physics, optical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field.
• Hands‑on lab experience in optics, photonics, lasers, or precision optical hardware.
• Strong fundamentals in optics and photonics, with the analytical depth to reason about a link end to end.
• Programming for modeling, analysis, or test (Python, MATLAB, or similar).
• Comfort moving fast and making sound calls without complete data.

Responsibilities

• Own a distinct link in the optical chain and carry it from concept through first light
• Design and model your subsystem against system‑level targets
• Build, characterize, and debug hardware at the bench, standing up test setups and validating performance against your own analysis
• Define interfaces and integration constraints with engineers across the lasercom chain, driving co‑design trade‑offs where optical, electrical, and mechanical performance are tightly coupled
• Identify the highest‑risk assumptions in your subsystem early and retire them through analysis, prototyping, and test
• Set and defend technical direction with incomplete data, documenting your reasoning so the team can build on it

Skills

Hands-on optics

Photonic hardware

Python

MATLAB

Fast decision making

Education

Degree in physics or optical/electrical engineering

Tools

Zemax

Code V

FRED

Job description

Endeavor Optical Network in Culver City, CA is hiring a Lasercom Engineer to own a link from concept to first light, spanning the optical chain and interfaces with electrical and mechanical teams.

If you work across the chain or deeply in one area, you will join the first wave of the optical team, building Tbps‑class links and contributing to a seed‑stage company that aims to deploy a full constellation.