Optical Systems Engineer
Star Catcher
<div class="mt-8 text-xl text-gray-600 leading-8"> <div data-controller="rich-text"> <div class="rich-text-container" data-rich-text-target="richTextContainer"> <p><strong>Power the future of Space at Star Catcher</strong></p> <p>Star Catcher is powering the future of space by building the world’s first orbital energy grid: the Star Catcher Network. Spacecraft connect into the Star Catcher Network and receive conditioned energy via their existing solar arrays, requiring no retrofit to utilize the first true space-based infrastructure. The Star Catcher Network provides power as needed from tens of Watts to tens of thousands of Watts at concentrations from fractions of a Sun of flux to ten Suns of flux.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>The Star Catcher Network enables More Uptime, More Bandwidth, and More Mission.</strong></p> <p>Join our team of experienced and passionate space innovators driven to transform and expand humanity’s utilization of space. The creation of space-based power infrastructure is as impactful for space missions in the 2020’s and 2030’s as the advent of low-cost launch services was in the 2010’s. We seek individuals who share our passion for enabling people to do more in space and are not afraid to get their hands dirty to make our vision of the future reality.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mt-8 text-xl text-gray-600 leading-8"> <div data-controller="rich-text"> <div class="rich-text-container" data-rich-text-target="richTextContainer"> <p><strong>Star Catcher, located in Jacksonville, FL,&nbsp;</strong>has an opportunity for a<strong>&nbsp;Optical Systems Engineer</strong>&nbsp;to support the development of space-to-space power beaming spacecraft and the Star Catcher Network, its orbital power grid. Responsible for&nbsp; conducting research and development in optical system concepts, layout, and detailed design, applying knowledge of geometrical and physical optics. Apply expertise and results to achieve desired results in ground-based and space-based systems. Ensure manufacture, integration, test, verification and validation, and mission operations meet service requirements.</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Designing and developing free space optical systems for power transmission between spacecraft which satisfies overall system requirements.</li> <li>Conducting system architecture and design analysis to ensure optical performance and reliability.</li> <li>Executing system performance modeling and simulation.</li> <li>Constructing and utilizing prototypes and testbeds to validate system models.</li> <li>Support definition and documentation of system architecture and requirements at both the system and subsystem levels.</li> <li>Collaborating with multi-functional engineering teams including mechanical, opto-mechanical, electrical, thermal, structural, software, system, and test engineers and technicians.&nbsp;</li> <li>Facilitating system level and subsystem level testing, including laboratory tests, field tests, and operational/on-orbit tests.</li> <li>Developing new tools and techniques as needed to improve our ability to model and understand key phenomena related to non-imaging optics systems, propagation in optical fibers (single mode and multimode), nonlinear optics, and other effects that operate with high peak and high optical power.</li> <li>Support business development efforts for proposals/bids.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Ideal Experience:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Photonics o