JOB DESCRIPTION

Technical Professional Leader – Systems Engineering

KBR is seeking a highly motivated Optical Engineer.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise for the design of optical system analysis.
• Support the design and operation of all-optical technologies and various phenomenologies using different sensor platforms.
• Review, edit, and enhance vendor documentation, such as operating manuals and concepts of operations, to support operating electro-optic systems.
• Operate prototype electro-optic systems.
• Write results documentation, including recommendations on system parameters and settings necessary to improve the system’s performance. Support program development documentation such as system requirements documents, concepts of operations, interagency support agreements, operational security plans, deployment plans, and test reports.
• Travel as necessary to vendor facilities to evaluate system checkout, perform security accreditation, and provide independent documentation to assess the performance and capabilities of vendor-developed electro-optical systems.
• Attend conferences and perform literature reviews, after which he/she will provide a written assessment of the current state-of-the-art with recommendations for future courses of action for the government.
• Demonstrated expertise in design and optical system analysis.
• Demonstrated strong proficiency working in optics in major system development.
• Demonstrated experience in reviewing, editing, and enhancing vendor documentation to support operating electro-optic systems, such as operating manuals and concepts of operations.
• Experience operating prototype electro-optic systems; proficient at recommending system parameters settings.
• Experience providing test results documentation.
• Experience supporting program development documentation such as system requirements documents, concepts of operations, interagency support agreements, operational security plans, deployment plans, and test reports.

Additional Expertise

• Experience characterizing all types of optical systems.
• Experience designing and operating all optical technologies with deep expertise in collecting optical performance data from various phenomenologies using sensor platforms is .
• Systems acquisition experience demonstrating the capability to evaluate system checkout, perform security accreditation, and provide independent documentation to assess the performance and capabilities of vendor-developed electro-optical systems.

Travel:  CONUS and OCONUS travel may be required.  

Security Requirements:  Active TS-SCI/w CI Poly security clearance is required.

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