Manager, Electro-Optical Engineering

• Commitment to Excellence. Attention to Detail. Pride in Workmanship.
• Demonstrated success leading and developing technical teams in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to build strong working relationships across engineering disciplines, programs, operations, and executive leadership.
• Proven experience balancing technical leadership, personnel management, and business objectives.
• Strong organizational, planning, prioritization, and resource management skills.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with engineers, executives, customers, and government representatives.
• Advanced problem-solving capability with the ability to make sound decisions using technical, programmatic, and business considerations.
• Significant experience with the design, integration, test, and troubleshooting of electro-optical and laser systems.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering efforts involving optics, mechanics, electronics, firmware, software, and controls.
• Strong understanding of systems engineering principles including requirements development, interface management, verification, validation, and risk management.
• Experience developing technical roadmaps, staffing plans, and organizational capability growth strategies.
• Experience reviewing and approving technical documentation, reports, analyses, procedures, and customer-facing deliverables.
• Ability to assess technical performance, identify gaps, and implement corrective actions where required.
• Working knowledge of engineering tools and environments including MATLAB, LabVIEW, and software-controlled electro-optical systems.

• Experience managing engineering teams supporting High Energy Laser (HEL) systems, Beam Control Systems (BCS), or Directed Energy programs.
• System-level understanding of electro-optical architectures, acquisition, pointing and tracking systems, and beam control technologies.
• Experience with engineering organizations operating in both development and production environments.
• Exposure to engineering budgeting, capital planning, and laboratory infrastructure management.
• Experience supporting business development, proposals, customer demonstrations, and technology roadmaps.
• Familiarity with MIL-STD-810 qualification testing, environmental testing, and ruggedized system development.
• Experience implementing engineering process improvements, design review practices, and configuration management disciplines.
• Experience leading root cause and corrective action investigations for technical and programmatic issues.
• Experience with Adaptive Optics (AO), advanced tracking systems, or related defense technologies.
• Exposure to model-based engineering, digital engineering, or advanced simulation environments.
• Experience working with classified programs and government customers.
• Advanced knowledge of optical alignment, opto-mechanical integration, thermal management, and laser safety practices.

• 4 weeks of Paid Time Off per year
• 11 paid Holidays

• Health (ACA Gold Plan), Vision and Dental Care paid by employer 100% for Employee and 75% for Dependents
• Paid Family Leave, Short and Long Term Disability paid by employer 100%
• Competitive 401k with company match and immediate vesting

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