Optical Engineer Jobs in Boulder, CO
nLight Inc
$90000 - $160000
Longmont, CO
If you want a career progression opportunity from learning disciplined bench procedures, advancing to working as an integrated product team lead and ultimately a technical program manager and delivering complete EO systems to customers, then we are the right place for you. Exhibit strong troubleshooting skills to solve complex and constrained opto-mechanical alignment problems (particularly for ruggedized systems) and familiarity with implementation of electro-optical systems.
Artech LLC
$28 - $32
Denver, CO
Optical Testing and Troubleshooting: Complete all activities associated with physically placing equipment identified in project specification documents including but not limited to, routing, lacing, labeling, terminating and local / remote testing and turn up of ethernet, switchboard, fiber, and power cables. The ideal candidate will have experience in racking, cabling, and stacking equipment, decommissioning, break-fix, remote hands services, hardware replacement, and network transport optical troubleshooting.
nLight Inc
$90000 - $180000
Longmont, CO
Job Description: The Electro-Optical Software Engineer is responsible for Design, Development, Integration, and Test for High Energy Laser (HEL) Weapon System and/or HEL Beam Control System (BCS).Responsibilities include hardware integration and test as well as data processing and preparation of performance and test documentation. Responsibilities: Work with a multi-disciplinary team of software, firmware, and hardware engineers, to specify, develop, test and deploy software solutions to interface with and control state-of-the-art high-energy laser weapon systems.
Arcfield
Louisville, Colorado
There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. We leverage our scientific and engineering expertise to develop unique solutions to address complex space physics challenges, including instrumentation, modeling capabilities, and data analytics; Orion turns science into data, data into knowledge.
inSync Staffing
Denver, CO
Optical Testing and Troubleshooting: Complete all activities associated with physically placing equipment identified in project specification documents including but not limited to, routing, lacing, labeling, terminating and local / remote testing and turn up of ethernet, switchboard, fiber, and power cables. The ideal candidate will have experience in racking, cabling, and stacking equipment, decommissioning, break-fix, remote hands services, hardware replacement, and network transport optical troubleshooting.
Infleqtion
Boulder, CO
Within Infleqtion’s Quantum Computing Product Group, the Hardware Engineering Team is seeking a Staff Optical Engineer to provide to provide deep technical leadership, people management, and hands-on expertise in advanced optical systems for neutral-atom quantum computing. Designing and implementing (at a subsystem level) atom-resolved detection and feedback systems using state-of-the-art sensors such as SPAD/EMCCD/sCMOS cameras, and high-speed photodetectors, with consideration for scaling readout bandwidth, latency, and data throughput.
Darwin Recruitment
$136764 - $160000
Denver, Colorado
You will define architectures, conduct detailed simulations, specify optical metrology systems and support the integration and troubleshooting of optical subsystems throughout development, qualification and production. This team moves quickly and values people who can work across disciplines, support integration and manufacturing and deliver designs that are robust, scalable and ready for mass production.
nLight Inc
$140000 - $190000
Longmont, CO
Additional Supporting Desired Experience / Capability: Experience implementing the software development life cycle within organizations Experience in task management using GitLab or similar platform. Job Description: As the manager for the Electro-Optical Software (EO/SW) Team, your team is comprised of multi-disciplinary minded scientists that are expected to develop/test/deploy the software required for Laser Weapons Systems.
Darwin Recruitment
$115000 - $130000
Denver, Colorado
You will produce conceptual designs, build detailed optical models, perform tolerance analysis and support the integration of optical subsystems into spacecraft or ground based platforms. This team works hard, moves quickly and values engineers who can take ambiguous technical problems and convert them into structured optical architectures, simulations and actionable design decisions.
Infleqtion
$140000 - $190000
Louisville, CO
Familiarity with photonic integration constraints and how system requirements map into PIC designs (thermal sensitivity, coupling losses, reflections, backscatter, isolation).Experience transitioning lab builds toward ruggedized/packaged systems (alignment tolerancing, thermal design, vibration sensitivity, reliability test plans). Infleqtion is seeking a Senior Laser & Nonlinear Photonics Engineer to lead and execute system-level photonics experiments, with a focus on laser sources and/or nonlinear optics modules (e.g., frequency conversion, parametric processes, comb generation), and their integration into larger photonic and quantum subsystems.
SRI International
$101592 - $151119
Boulder, Colorado
They will work with small to medium sized research teams comprised of multidisciplinary, subject matter expert (SME) engineering professionals with expertise ranging from PICs, stabilized lasers, optical communications, and RF signal processing to quantum sensing, applied mathematics and computer science. Responsibilities: A successful candidate will contribute to ongoing and future programs with emphasis in optical communications, signal processing, and sensing, to apply their advanced knowledge and skills in photonic integrated circuits (PICs) to microwave photonics and/or optical phased arrays.
Infleqtion
$70000 - $95000
Boulder, CO
Working in our production area, this role will be responsible for assembling sub-components, sub-systems and complete products in Infleqtion’s commercial product line and the production of development and commercial prototypes. Capability of working with both a high degree of autonomy (taking high level goal as an input to discover and execute an optimal plan, gathering required resources to achieve the goal) and collaboratively (soliciting and incorporating input from colleagues as necessary) .
Infleqtion
$150000 - $200000
Louisville, CO
To meet this vital requirement, we are expanding our integrated photonics team and seeking experienced engineers with hands-on skills in designing and testing Silicon Photonics PIC-based lasers and laser system components. This exciting field is poised for groundbreaking advancements, and we are driving innovative developments such as Optical Atomic Clock product, ‘Tiqker,’ Quantum Computing system, ‘Sqale,’ and advanced Quantum-RF and Quantum-Inertial sensing systems.
Infleqtion
$140000 - $190000
Louisville, CO
In this role, you will own portions of PIC design from concept through tapeout and test—translating system requirements into photonic building blocks (passives, couplers, resonators, filters, modulators, etc.), performing rigorous EM/photonic modeling, completing layout and verification, and partnering with the lab team to characterize devices and iterate quickly. Practical experimental familiarity: common optical test equipment and techniques (fiber coupling/alignment, insertion loss, spectrum analysis, polarization handling, interferometric/phase-sensitive measurements, basic RF/optical modulation measurements).
Lumen
$82969 - $110625
Denver, CO
Conduct comprehensive testing of DS-3, OC-3, OC-12, OC-48, and OC-192 circuits using Bit Error Rate Testers (BERTs), Optical Time-Domain Reflectometers (OTDRs), Optical Power Meters, and other precision optical test equipment. Responsibilities include performing site surveys to assess infrastructure readiness; installing, provisioning, and commissioning equipment; and executing turnup and testing of advanced networking technologies.
Infleqtion
Louisville, CO
Infleqtion is seeking an exceptional Principal Electrical Engineer with strong technical and people leadership experience to lead the architecture, development, and delivery of complex electronics systems supporting quantum sensors in demanding environments, with a primary focus on space-deployed systems. This role owns the end-to-end electrical design of sophisticated control, telemetry, and HW/SW electronic systems and subsystems that enable Infleqtion’s quantum products to operate reliably in mission-critical conditions.
Infleqtion
Louisville, CO
Infleqtion is seeking a highly experienced thermal analyst; this role is responsible for keeping our sensor head and electronics temperature limits in check when performing physics sequences enabling quantum sensing operations in space. The role requires close collaboration with our prime customer(s), internal management, researchers, systems engineers, aerospace experts, manufacturing partners, suppliers, and external subcontractors.
Infleqtion
Louisville, CO
Capability of working with both a high degree of autonomy (taking high level goal as an input to discover and execute an optimal plan, gathering required resources to achieve the goal) and collaboratively (soliciting and incorporating input from colleagues as necessary) . This individual will join the New Product Introduction Team and work across hardware, software, and R&D teams to develop and execute test plans, set up and interface with test equipment, and automate pilot line test processes.
The Select Group
Englewood, CO
You will be part of the Customer Provided Equipment Wi-Fi Development team, helping with testing modems and routers in a lab environment, analyzing test results against requirements, troubleshooting issues as they arise, and engaging with vendors for remediation. - 2-3+ years of Network Engineering experience, or related experience working with hardware in a lab/testing environment.
Rocket Lab Corporation
$125000 - $160000
Littleton, CO
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable. Our Space Systems business designs and builds our extensive line of satellites, payloads, and their components, including spacecraft that have been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars and components used on the James Webb Space Telescope.
Rocket Lab Corporation
$130000 - $195000
Littleton, CO
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable. Our Space Systems business designs and builds our extensive line of satellites, payloads, and their components, including spacecraft that have been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars and components used on the James Webb Space Telescope.
Rocket Lab Corporation
$125000 - $160000
Littleton, CO
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable. Our Space Systems business designs and builds our extensive line of satellites, payloads, and their components, including spacecraft that have been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars and components used on the James Webb Space Telescope.
Infleqtion
Louisville, CO
In this role, the candidate will take a modified terrestrial design and implement all of the structural mounting, damping, and isolation necessary to survive the loads imparted by both the launch vehicle and the pre-launch microgravity testing necessary to prove out the physics sequence functionality to perform the required measurements in space. This job takes our optical sensor head and works with our team and our customer team on how to mount it to the spacecraft, taking into account thermal heat transfer and optical tolerances to ensure that we maximize system performance.
General Atomics
Longmont, CO
Manager of High-Speed Digital and, alongside high-caliber staff, will be engaged in the engineering support and new development of satellites and space systems, high-energy laser systems, advanced aerospace and electro-optic sensors, space-based optical communications, nuclear thermal propulsion, cutting-edge technology ventures into Defense and “NewSpace,” and a variety of disruptive technologies in the expanding product portfolio of GA-EMS. These encompass high-power motor drives, power conditioning systems, high-energy laser systems, battery systems, advanced aerospace and electro-optic sensors, space-based optical communications, small satellites and space systems, nuclear thermal propulsion, optical beam pointing and control, and signal/image processing.
nLight Inc
$130000 - $180000
Longmont, CO
Develop lower-level execution requirements and software solutions based on specifications defined by block diagrams and/or example MATLAB or Pyth Responsibilities: Develop and test software based on specifications defined by cross-functional requirement definition. Job Description: The software team is part of the broader Software, Firmware, and Controls group responsible for developing solutions to interface with and control state-of-the-art high-energy laser weapon systems.
Infleqtion
Louisville, CO
Capability of working with both a high degree of autonomy (taking high level goal as an input to discover and execute an optimal plan, gathering required resources to achieve the goal) and collaboratively (soliciting and incorporating input from colleagues as necessary) . This individual will join the Emerging Tech Team and work closely with physicists and hardware engineers to develop control system code, automated tests, and CI/CD pipelines.
Infleqtion
Louisville, CO
Capability of working with both a high degree of autonomy (taking high level goal as an input to discover and execute an optimal plan, gathering required resources to achieve the goal) and collaboratively (soliciting and incorporating input from colleagues as necessary) . The ideal candidate has 10+ years of experience in embedded systems engineering, is proficient in both Verilog and VHDL, and has a strong background working with Xilinx SoMs and SoCs in Linux-based development environments.
We Hire People
Boulder, CO
We are seeking a high qualified candidate who sustains and improves fabrication processes in single-point diamond turning for successful execution of production optics manufacturing. Our ability to offer a wide range of services, and the flexibility to adjust to the changing needs of our clients, has allowed us to maintain a solid reputation for several decades.
aFit Staffing Inc.
Boulder, CO
Works closely with manufacturing, industrial design and electrical engineering to ensure automated mass production, ergonomic, aesthetic, reliable, durable and functional products. Develops 3-D CAD models and part drawings, provides tolerance analysis, and uses design for assembly (DFA) and design for manufacturing (DFM) best practices.
Rocket Lab Corporation
$130000 - $180000
Littleton, CO
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable. Our Space Systems business designs and builds our extensive line of satellites, payloads, and their components, including spacecraft that have been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars and components used on the James Webb Space Telescope.
Rocket Lab Corporation
$85000 - $130000
Littleton, CO
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable. Our Space Systems business designs and builds our extensive line of satellites, payloads, and their components, including spacecraft that have been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars and components used on the James Webb Space Telescope.
Rocket Lab Corporation
$115000 - $170000
Littleton, CO
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable. Our Space Systems business designs and builds our extensive line of satellites, payloads, and their components, including spacecraft that have been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars and components used on the James Webb Space Telescope.
BAE Systems
$63653 - $108210
Westminster, CO
Our systems enhance the performance of various military platforms, from aircraft and land vehicles to ships and satellites, and give warfighters the advantage they need to take action, identify targets and defend against evolving threats. + Excellent communication skills are essential, including the ability to understand the customer s needs and provide clear communication of proposed solutions to both management and the customer.
EOS
$180000 - $210000
Denver, CO
Demonstrate strong understanding of some or all of the following technologies: Software defined architecture, (SD-WAN , SD-LAN) Data centre technologies (ACI, VMware, VDI etc) Security solutions (NGFW, ZTN, SASE) and knowledge of AI infrastructure (Nvidia, low latency network architecture). Day-to-day responsibilities will include actively participating in customer sales meetings, driving presentations of technical solutions, whiteboarding, custom technical design, and properly scoping out services-related work.
General Atomics
Longmont, CO
Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience as follows; nine or more years of experience with a bachelors degree, seven or more years of experience with a masters degree, or four or more years with a PhD. + Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills are required enabling an effective interface with other departments and/or professionals, and capable of representing the organization as a prime technical contact, as well as providing leadership and guidance to less experienced professionals.
Rocket Lab Corporation
$170000 - $230000
Littleton, CO
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable. Our Space Systems business designs and builds our extensive line of satellites, payloads, and their components, including spacecraft that have been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars and components used on the James Webb Space Telescope.
Rocket Lab Corporation
$120000 - $165000
Littleton, CO
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Rocket Lab Employees must be a U.S. citizen, lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable. Our Space Systems business designs and builds our extensive line of satellites, payloads, and their components, including spacecraft that have been selected to support NASA missions to the Moon and Mars and components used on the James Webb Space Telescope.
Kforce Inc.
$52 - $56
Englewood, CO
This role is best suited for engineers who enjoy working with hardware, analyzing signal performance, and solving real-world network problems in a lab environment. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs.
Arcfield
Louisville, Colorado
There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. The selected candidate will contribute across the full system lifecycle, ensuring technical alignment between spacecraft subsystems, payloads, ground systems, and data infrastructure.
Maxar Intelligence I
$87000 - $145000
Westminster, CO
Minimum Qualifications: Must be a US Citizen and able and willing to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance at a TS/SCI level Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, or related field of study 5 years of experience in space systems engineering or satellite operations Familiarity with earth observation payload conops and entire wideband downlink chain. General understanding of all other spacecraft subsystems and interfaces between them Experience in using tool such as MATLAB, python Preferred Qualifications: Direct experience on at least one earth observation space program Experience in payload system design, in either optical design, focal plane, or electronics.
Urban Sky
$90000 - $120000
Denver, CO
Colorado Pay Transparency$90,000—$120,000 USDNOTE: Research suggests that women and BIPOC individuals may self-select out of opportunities if they don't meet 100% of the job requirements. We design, build, operate, and sell stratospheric balloon systems, and the data we collect supports a wide range of applications, from real-time wildfire monitoring to urban mapping.
BAE Systems
$63653 - $108210
Westminster, CO
This position has responsibility for supporting test engineering tasks associated with the development, qualification, and acceptance testing efforts of low observable conformal, phased array antennas, or electro optical systems and sub systems. + Excellent communication skills are essential, including the ability to understand the customer s needs and provide clear communication of proposed solutions to both BAE Systems management and the customer.
Apex Systems Inc
Englewood, CO
In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
The GEO Group
Boulder, Colorado
Works closely with manufacturing, industrial design and electrical engineering to ensure automated mass production, ergonomic, aesthetic, reliable, durable and functional products. Develops 3-D CAD models and part drawings, provides tolerance analysis, and uses design for assembly (DFA) and design for manufacturing (DFM) best practices.
Arcfield
Louisville, Colorado
There are differentiating factors that can impact a final salary/hourly rate, including, but not limited to, Contract Wage Determination, relevant work experience, skills and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location (For Remote Opportunities), education and certifications as well as Federal Government Contract Labor categories. Arcfield ’s benefits offerings include, dependent upon position, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, Short Term and Long-Term Disability, Retirement and Savings, Learning and Development opportunities, wellness programs as well as other optional benefit elections.
Thornton, CO
You will work with Technical Program Managers, Network Engineers, Design and Infrastructure Engineers, Field Engineers within Google, as well as construction and telecommunications vendors and contractors, all to position your team and organization for success. Preferred qualifications: Experience in one or more of the following disciplines: layer 1 optical transmissions systems, layer 3 routing TCP/IP, wireless networking, network design, or operations.
Darwin Recruitment
$115000 - $130000
Denver, Colorado
You will work across optical, mechanical, electrical and controls disciplines to ensure that your designs deliver stable, repeatable optical performance under vacuum, thermal cycling, vibration and mechanical stress. Their work involves designing space qualified optical assemblies that must survive extreme launch loads, operate with micron level stability on orbit and be produced in a scalable, cost effective manner.
Charter Communications, Inc.
Greenwood Village, CO
5 years of experience in the following: utilizing IP Networking, including IPv4 Networking and IPv6 Networking; with network routing protocols, including OSPF, BGP, ISIS, and PIM; with network switching protocols, including STP, SVI, VLAN, IRB, and BVI; utilizing multiple vendor OS, including iOS, iOS-XR, JUNOS, or SR OS; utilizing ticketing and network applications, including Jira, Aletheia, WAE, CA Performance Center, Netbrain, or SharePoint; and utilizing Microsoft Software Suite, including use of Excel and Visio. Charter Communications, Inc. in Greenwood Village, CO seeks Principal Engineer I to perform network engineering activities to maintain and enhance Charter's telecommunications and signal processing hardware, software, and electrical systems.
Cisco
Denver, CO
For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows: 75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota; 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%; 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation. + 2+ Years experience working within the Cisco Service Provider portfolios including ASR9k, NCS5k, NCS1k, Cisco 8k, Enterprise portfolios including Catalyst, Nexus, Meraki, Routing, and Webex Collaboration.
Thornton, CO
From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more. We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future.