Senior Laser Sensing Systems Engineer – Technical Lead

Safran Group; Camarillo (CA); Vor Ort; USD 180.000 - 320.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Safran Defense & Space Inc. is seeking a Laser Sensing Systems Principal Engineer in Camarillo, CA. This role is a high-impact individual contributor with broad technical authority over Attollo's laser sensing products and related EO/IR technology development.

You will guide system design, participate in external engagements, and lead design reviews. The position emphasizes hands-on hardware work, mentoring, and cross-disciplinary collaboration to deliver cutting-edge sensing solutions.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Optical Engineering, Engineering Physics, or closely related technical discipline.
• 10–15+ years of progressive, hands-on engineering experience in defense or industrial electro-optical systems development; small-to-mid-size companies experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills — authoring technical proposal sections, leading customer reviews, presenting to mixed audiences.
• Full development lifecycle ownership: concept through design, integration, qualification, production support, field issues.
• Direct experience as technical lead or POC with defense primes, mid-tier integrators, and/or government laboratory customers.
• Extensive experience developing and integrating laser sensing systems including rangefinders, LIDAR, optical proximity sensors.
• Strong knowledge of laser sources, optical receivers, detector technologies, signal processing, laser safety standards.
• Familiarity with EO/IR engineering tools (simulation, signal analysis, design reviews).
• Experience in supporting electronics: analog, high-speed timing, FPGA-based processing, system-level troubleshooting.
• Proven ability to define, manage, and negotiate complex system requirements across optical, electrical, mechanical, environmental domains.
• Strong understanding of IR imaging systems, sensor architectures, image processing, defense imaging applications.
• Experience with sensor interfaces and protocols (SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet, CameraLink, MIL-STD-1553).
• Solid foundation in optical design principles; evaluate system performance and trade-offs.
• Knowledge of environmental qualification standards and regulatory requirements (MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, ITAR/EAR).
• Current or ability to obtain US DoD Secret Security Clearance.

Aufgaben

• Serve as the technical authority for laser sensing products, guiding design, quality, and risk decisions.
• Lead design, integration, testing, and troubleshooting of complex electro-optical systems.
• Provide hands-on engineering support including hardware assembly and lab troubleshooting.
• Translate customer requirements into system-level solutions across optical, electrical, mechanical, firmware, and software areas.
• Drive resolution of complex technical challenges and lead key design reviews.
• Serve as a technical lead with customers, supporting proposals and industry engagements.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices.
• Identify and evaluate new technologies; lead product development from concept to prototyping.
• Align product strategy with program execution to support customer success and growth.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Kenntnisse

Electrical Engineering

Physics

Optical Engineering

Engineering Physics

Proposal writing

Customer engagement

System design

Leadership

Hardware troubleshooting

Electro-optical systems

Signal processing

MIL-STD-810

MIL-STD-461

ITAR/EAR

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Optical Engineering, Engineering Physics, or closely related technical discipline

Master's degree or PhD (IDEALLY)

Tools

SPI

I2C

UART

Ethernet

CameraLink

MIL-STD-1553

Jobbeschreibung

Safran Defense & Space Inc. is seeking a Laser Sensing Systems Principal Engineer in Camarillo, CA. This role is a high-impact individual contributor with broad technical authority over Attollo's laser sensing products and related EO/IR technology development.

You will guide system design, participate in external engagements, and lead design reviews. The position emphasizes hands-on hardware work, mentoring, and cross-disciplinary collaboration to deliver cutting-edge sensing solutions.