Optical Engineer

CACI•Crane, IN

10h

About The Position

The Opportunity: CACI is seeking an Optical Engineer to support our customer at NSWC Crane. Perform trade studies, engineering/technical analysis and other technical evaluations to assist in requirements allocation to include hardware troubleshooting. Assist in the development and finalization of requirements, behavior, use cases, architecture and other relevant technical documents. Review technical documents and recommend improvements to foster standardization of document types, document format and data file naming. Write procedures, work instructions and design practices criteria to standardize Electro-Optic Technology work products. Investigate issues pertaining to system requirements and associated engineering changes. Evaluate technical specifications and applicable performance requirements. Recommend and prepare inputs for test plans, procedures, etc. and provide other recommendations as needed for hardware test events (both virtual and live tests). Perform trade studies for future Expeditionary Electro-Optic capabilities to develop future Expeditionary EO/IR requirements and use cases. Support engineering services, as required. Support Preliminary Design Reviews and Critical Design reviews of Expeditionary Electro-Optics, as required. Support User Assessment, Operational Test’s and Developmental Tests as required. Obtain and maintain certification in Hazard Analysis via NSWC Crane offered training. Obtain and maintain certification for Explosive Safety for live-fire testing at NSWC Crane.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship and the ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance.
Bachelor’s Degree in optics, physics, electrical engineering or a related field.
Experience working with Electro-Optic (EO), Infrared (IR), and Laser Technology programs.
Experience with business planning and project development.
Knowledge of government operating procedures and requirements.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Ability to work and communicate at multiple levels from senior leadership to installation teams.

Nice To Haves

An active DoD Secret clearance.
Experience working in DoD community.
If required, must be able to obtain & retain a government security clearance at the level required to perform the duties of the position.

Responsibilities

Perform trade studies, engineering/technical analysis and other technical evaluations to assist in requirements allocation to include hardware troubleshooting.
Assist in the development and finalization of requirements, behavior, use cases, architecture and other relevant technical documents.
Review technical documents and recommend improvements to foster standardization of document types, document format and data file naming.
Write procedures, work instructions and design practices criteria to standardize Electro-Optic Technology work products.
Investigate issues pertaining to system requirements and associated engineering changes.
Evaluate technical specifications and applicable performance requirements.
Recommend and prepare inputs for test plans, procedures, etc. and provide other recommendations as needed for hardware test events (both virtual and live tests).
Perform trade studies for future Expeditionary Electro-Optic capabilities to develop future Expeditionary EO/IR requirements and use cases.
Support engineering services, as required.
Support Preliminary Design Reviews and Critical Design reviews of Expeditionary Electro-Optics, as required.
Support User Assessment, Operational Test’s and Developmental Tests as required.
Obtain and maintain certification in Hazard Analysis via NSWC Crane offered training.
Obtain and maintain certification for Explosive Safety for live-fire testing at NSWC Crane.