Job Description

Use your electrical engineering skills to pave the way for tomorrow’s advancement in lidar, laser, and space exploration. Fibertek is looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer to join our Herndon, VA location to contribute to the development of laser products within our R&D team. By taking on both short and long-term projects, you will use your versatility to bring uncharted laser research to the aerospace industry. You’ll collaborate with some of the smartest minds in Electrical, Mechanical and Optical engineering. You will have a manageable workload and have the benefit of both your team and senior leadership support. In developing, verifying, and upgrading the electronics in Fibertek's electro-optical systems, you will perform and manage a wide range of engineering tasks, including circuit board development, firmware (FPGA & CPU) development, cable/harness design, documentation. This will also include board and system-level integration and testing and troubleshooting. You will work on multiple concurrent projects, with a mix of small, short, quick-turn projects and more extensive, long-term projects.

Job Requirements

• BSEE with 8 years of applicable work experience
• Experience with circuit board design, integration, and troubleshooting.
• Experience using electrical lab equipment as part of circuit development, integration, and troubleshooting.
• Strong communication and documentation skills

Bonus Areas:

• MSEE or PhD
• Experience with hi-rel military and/or space-flight hardware development
• Experience with FPGA/CPLD design, simulation, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with LIDAR systems

FIBERTEK, Inc. is a recognized leader in advanced lasers, lidars and laser communication systems providing our DoD, NASA and aerospace customers discriminating capabilities. We pride ourselves in our innovation and customer success focused culture enabled by a creative and relaxed work environment. Fibertek fosters a progressive learning environment that values inspiration, promotes professional challenge and encourages personal growth. We offer a competitive and incentivized compensation package with excellent benefits.

Fibertek, Inc. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Applicants are considered regardless of race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age or any other protected characteristic in accordance with applicable law.

If you need assistance or an accommodation for any part of the application process, please contact us at hr@fibertek.com.