Electro-Optical Engineer

About the Role

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) is seeking an Electro-Optical (EO) Engineer to support the development and characterization of quantum technologies associated with electro-optical and laser systems. This role offers an opportunity to apply foundational physics and engineering skills to emerging quantum-EO applications under the guidance of senior engineers. The EO Engineer will work closely with senior technical staff to understand the sensitivities associated with quantum-enhanced EO/laser systems and support system design trades, test planning, and data analysis. This is a technical contributor role with growing opportunities to communicate analysis results to the immediate team and project leads.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform Electro-Optical Engineering assignments with mentorship and guidance from senior staff.
• Support parametric studies and trade analyses for EO sensor and system development.
• Assist in building, aligning, and characterizing laboratory optical/laser setups for test and evaluation.
• Support design and execution of instrumentation setups for lab- and system-level testing.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Foundational knowledge of EO systems, optical/infrared materials and coatings, sensors, and laser systems.
• Knowledge or experience in radiometric EO analysis and simulation.
• Ability to utilize MATLAB (or equivalent, e.g., Python) to support EO performance analysis simulations or data reduction.
• Must be a US Citizen, as an Interim Clearance is required to start.

Qualifications

• Understanding of modern US defense systems, EO/IR systems, or quantum technologies is a plus.
• Academic, research, or internship experience in quantum optics, quantum sensing, or quantum information science, and interest in applying quantum principles (e.g., photon statistics, entanglement, quantum coherence) to EO or laser systems.
• Familiarity with single-photon detectors, photon-counting techniques, or coherence/interferometric measurements.
• Exposure to industry/analysis tools such as MODTRAN6, MATLAB, Python, or Zemax.
• Basic experience with laser system characterization (pulse energy, divergence, beam profile) and test procedure development.
• Interest in system-level integration of quantum technologies with EO/laser platforms, including requirements and digital engineering concepts.
• Current TS/SCI (Desired).