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- Design, modify, operate, and maintain advanced pulsed laser systems.
- Enhance laser beam quality by specifying, sourcing, and installing optical components and hardware.
- Select optical components based on laser damage thresholds, transmission, and beam quality requirements; collaborate with vendors to refine specifications and procure these optics.
- Develop clear procedures and documentation for technicians, providing training on complex laser systems to enable basic maintenance and alignment tasks.
- Plan, execute, and oversee spectroscopic experiments, ensuring accurate data collection and thorough analysis.
- Calibrate laser characterization devices and ensure experimental data is acquired accurately and free of artifacts.
- Collaborate closely with engineers, offering clear technical guidance to support the design and development of laser systems.
- BS with 3-5years of experience, MS with 1-2 years of related lab experience, PhD desired.
- Advanced knowledge in solid state and gas pulsed lasers and characterization of laser pulses.
- Ability to own and maintain complex laser systems.
- Experience in specifying, budgeting, purchasing, installing, and operating laser systems, detectors, optics, spectrometers, and other scientific research equipment.
- Experience in nonlinear frequency conversion processes.
- Independent troubleshooting and solving non-trivial technical issues.
- Planning, managing, and executing laser-based experiments.
- Experience working with a multidisciplinary team of engineers and scientists.
- Highly self-motivated, with the ability to work independently without guidance.
- Advanced verbal and written communication skills.
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee of granted asylum.
- PhD in electrical engineering, chemistry, physics, or related fields.
- Expertise in optical spectroscopy, gas kinetics, and data processing.
- Experience in laser gain dynamics
- Experience with electro-optical devices.
- Experience in pulse shaping of laser pulses.
- Experience in spectral shaping of laser pulses.
- Hands-on experience with aligning Ti:Sapphire laser systems.
- Familiarity with fiber optics.
- Experience working with high-damage-threshold optics.
- Knowledge of phase mask and/or free-form optic manufacturing, specification, and alignment.
- Experience with ns and fs pulse diagnostics and characterization (spectral and temporal).
- Experience with vacuum systems.
- Experience leading teams of optical, laser, and controls engineers
- Experience building laser beamlines
- Experience working in multidisciplinary research laser facilities, such as national labs
- Experience in writing scientific papers.
- Experience in Matlab, Python, and LabVIEW.
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