Senior Electrical Engineer - Atom Optics Sensors

About the role

AOSense develops and manufactures quantum technologies using atom optics, measuring accelerations, rotations, magnetic fields and time with high accuracy. It is looking for a hands-on Senior Electrical Engineer to design and implement control systems for fieldable atom optic gyroscopes, accelerometers, gravimeters, magnetometers, IMUs and atomic frequency standards. The role works with scientists and engineers to define requirements and architectures, oversees fabrication and testing of control hardware, and supports the hardware through performance validation.

Key responsibilities

• Collaborate with physicists, instrument designers and code developers to specify sensor control requirements and make trade-offs
• Guide the definition of control architectures for sensors
• Design low-noise analog, digital and rf/microwave electronics, and iterate existing designs for new conditions
• Conduct and take part in design reviews, and create schedules, budgets and work plans for electronics staff
• Manage outsourced electronics development and track progress against project schedules
• Work with coders on software, firmware and gateware development
• Document devices with block diagrams, schematics, interface control documents, bills of material, cable drawings, test procedures and datasheets
• Contribute to proposals for further sensor development and applications

Required profile

• Master's or doctorate in electrical engineering with 5 years of related experience, or equivalent professional experience
• Experience selecting architectures for complex electronic instrumentation and supervising and reviewing complex PCB layouts
• On-time, on-budget management of electronics development
• U.S. citizenship or permanent residency, as government contracts require it

Required skills

• Low-noise analog circuit development and deep understanding of noise sources
• EE CAD tools such as OrCAD, PADS, Altium, LTSpice and Mathcad
• Thorough knowledge of oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and spectrum analyzers
• Desired: low-noise laser drivers, PID control, low-phase noise rf sources, DDS, microcontrollers and Xilinx Zynq SoCs, FPGA-based real-time systems, and high-performance ASIC development

What we offer

• Salary depending on qualifications and experience
• Medical and dental coverage
• Retirement plan
• Stock plan