Senior Electrical Engineer, Lasercom

Design and develop electronics that interface directly with laser communication systems, including lasers, photonic integrated circuits (PICs), optical amplifiers, modulators, detectors, and fiber optic subsystems.

Design high-speed analog and mixed-signal circuitry supporting coherent optical communications and free-space optical communication systems.

Develop signal conditioning, amplification, timing, clocking, and data conversion circuitry for ultra-high-bandwidth optical links.

Design, analyze, and validate high-speed signal paths with an emphasis on signal integrity, noise performance, jitter, and bandwidth.

Model, simulate, prototype, and characterize optical communication hardware using laboratory instrumentation and simulation tools.

Support development of DSP pipelines for modulation, demodulation, synchronization, equalization, and optical signal recovery.

Collaborate closely with optical engineers to optimize laser performance, optical alignment, receiver sensitivity, and system link budgets.

Perform electrical characterization and debugging using oscilloscopes, vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, bit-error-rate testers (BERTs), optical spectrum analyzers, and related laboratory equipment.

Participate in architecture trade studies, component selection, and performance optimization across the complete optical communication system.

Support transition from prototype through flight-qualified hardware while balancing performance, manufacturability, and reliability.

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Photonics, Optical Engineering, or a related discipline.

5+ years designing optical communication or high-speed communication systems.

Strong understanding of fiber electronics, optics, lasers, and signal processing.

Experience designing electronics supporting high-speed optical or communication systems.

Familiarity with digital communication theory, modulation schemes, coding, synchronization, and digital signal processing.

Experience performing laboratory validation of high-speed communication hardware.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work across electrical, optical, mechanical, and software disciplines.

Comfortable working in a fast-paced, prototype-driven engineering environment.