Electronics Development Engineer

Overview

Electronics Development Engineer

Job Responsibilities

Support the Air Force Laboratory (AFRL) Sensor's Directorate Integrated Photonic Circuits (IPC) Team to help advance R&D efforts in the field of integrated photonics and microwave photonics. Primary responsibilities are to lead the electronic development for the control, interfacing, and enhancement of photonic sub-systems. The successful candidate will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team on the design, integration, assembly, and characterization of hybrid electronic / photonic prototypes. Electronic development involves mixed-signal circuit design, programming of microcontrollers and / or FPGA implementation. Applications focus on microwave photonics, atomic systems, and sensing. The successful candidate is expected to lead electronic development to functionalize photonic sub-systems. Electronic support includes biasing of photonic devices, feed-back control, phase-locking, opto-electronic read-out, processing, and user-interfacing. Developed prototypes may be self-standing or embedded in larger system architectures. Opportunities also exist to contribute to exploratory research projects including the design of integrated electronic / photonic circuits and the advancement of microwave photonic processing using high-speed ADCs, FPGAs, and ASICs. Additional responsibilities include characterization, documentation, briefing reports, and project planning.

Qualifications

Required

• Expertise designing mixed signal embedded systems
• Experience using circuit design software (e.g. Eagle, Altium)
• Self-motivated, with strong communication skills and the ability to work both independently and in a team environment across different disciplines.
• Strong work ethic with integrity, dedication, dependability, and enthusiasm.
• B.S. with 2+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Ability to obtain SECRET security clearance

Desired Experience

About AFRL

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) addresses the basic and applied research needs and interests of the US Air Force. Headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, AFRL includes world-class scientists, engineers, technologists, postdocs, and visiting researchers focused on cutting-edge technology, including optics / photonics.

Facilities Description

The Aerospace Components & Subsystems Technology Division develops and matures state-of-the-art photonic technologies. The applicant will work within the Ultrafast Photonics Devices and Research Laboratory, which sits within this Division. The lab focuses on transitioning results into system-level demonstrations and exploring design trade-offs. It contains a versatile range of photonics test equipment, including sub-Hertz lasers and electronic test equipment up to 110 GHz. The current team seeks to grow.

Equal Opportunity

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and / or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

R2050683

Job Details

Entry level

Full-time

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