Senior Associate, Photonics

Chantilly, VA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Title: Senior Associate Engineering Services
Job Code: 32716
Job Location: Sterling Virginia
Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days totaling 80 hours worked and have every other Friday off

Job Description:
L3Harris has an immediate need for a Photonics Engineering Specialist to join our talented team and support our customers. We are seeking a technical professional to help build integrate and test photonic components into larger system assemblies and provide essential engineering support. This is an on-site position supporting precision lab work at our Sterling VA location. We look forward to reviewing your application!

Essential Functions:

Perform fabrication assembly integration test or inspection processes in accordance with detailed work instructions and drawings such as:
- Optical Fiber Splicing and Recoating
- Fabrication assembly and inspection of photonic circuits
- Mechanical Builds and Assemblies
- Metal Soldering
- Microscopy and Profilometry
Communicate regularly with management to ensure team is meeting expectations for cost schedule and quality.
Ensure preventative maintenance is performed regularly in accordance with documentation and provide support and content towards future document revisions.
Maintain and operate wire bonding photomasking epoxy application and other systems commonly used for optical device fabrication.
Maintain high standards for cleanliness workspace organization and reliability.
Develop and implement engineering solutions to support production and R&D efforts.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members.

Qualifications:

Bachelors Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience. Graduate Degree or equivalent with 0 to 2 years of prior related lieu of a degree minimum of 6 years of prior related experience.
Active TS/SCI clearance with Poly.

Preferred Additional Skills:

Experience operating electrical electro-optical or photonic equipment or instrumentation.
Experience with optical fiber handling components terminations and measurements.
Experience operating EO equipment (e.g. OSA Power Meter OBRs BeamScan MFD (Spiricon) Oscilloscopes multi wavelength laser sources etc.) and utilizing recipes across different devices/programs.
Experience with machining parts using standard tooling and shop equipment along with a basic understanding of shop math e.g. ratios graphs algebra and geometry.
Experience with alignment testing and inspection of precision optical systems.
Experience with optical microscopy and metrology.

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Required Experience:

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Job Title: Senior Associate Engineering ServicesJob Code: 32716Job Location: Sterling VirginiaJob Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days totaling 80 hours worked and have every other Friday off Job Description:L3Harris has an immediate need for a Photonics Engineering Specialist to j...