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Optical OptoElectronics Engineer
2017-09-21 15:09:13| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
We are looking for an Optical OptoElectronics Engineer E3 to join our Ajilon Technology Aerospace team, working onsite at the European Space Agency in the Netherlands. This is a temporary assignment from 01112017 31122018. Ajilon Technology Aerospace is a specialized Engineering consultancy with more than 30 years experience providing aerospace Engineers to our key partners in The Netherlands. Ajilon is a longstanding business partner of the European Space Agency ESA, with more than 110 employees recruited from across Europe currently supporting ESAs activities. Specific tasks to be performed Support of Sentinel4 at 40 level and upcoming Sentinel7 Carbonsattype mission, Sentinel8 Thermal IR mission and Sentinel10 Hyperspectral mission Phase AB1 studies planned parallel studies in each case. Running of detector technology development activities Large Format SWIR detector and a number of detector predevelopment activities funded by EOEP. Support to technology developments in the field of quantum key distribution. General tasks to be performed Support to technology development contracts and performance of inhouse design work. In particular, assist in the establishment of requirements and configurations for payload equipment and subsystems involving Solid state lasers. Fibreoptic components. Detectors and focal plane instrumentation. Quantumelectronic devices and systems, including optical atomic clocks. Superconducting devices and sensors. Review and evaluation of technical documentation and design dossiers. Perform analysis and elaborate outline design and configurations. Assist, where appropriate, external and internal testing, verification and evaluation of optoelectronic systems and components, including ground and airborne measurement campaigns. Contribute to the definition, maintenance and use of design, engineering and verification software tools for photonic systems and components. AndOr Assist in the calibration of the optical test setup to allow quantitative laser damage tests. Operate the Laser Induced Damage test setup during test sequences. Prepare test samples. Assist in the analysis and interpretation of the test data. To successfully perform the above mentioned tasks, the following background experience is required Background in detector and quantum technologies. Education in Photonics or Optics, preferably at PhD level. Master level is minimum. Experience in the design, development and testing of optoelectronic systems and components. Good system experience in the use and application of fibreoptic components and sensors in spacecraft engineering. AndOr Experience with highpower pulsed laser systems, complex optical setups and vacuum systems. About ESAESTEC The European Space Agency ESA has sites in several European countries. The European Space Research and Technology Centre ESTEC is the largest site and the technical heart of ESA. This nursery of European space activities is located in Noordwijk, Netherlands. At ESTEC, about 2500 engineers, technicians and scientists work handson with mission design, spacecraft and space technology. Almost all ESA projects except launchers are managed from ESTEC. In Noordwijk, people work on science missions, manned space missions, Earth observation, telecommunications and navigation satellites. ESTEC provides extensive testing facilities to verify the proper operation of spacecraft, such as the Large Space Simulator LSS, acoustic and electromagnetic testing bays, multiaxis vibration tables and the ESA Propulsion Laboratory EPL. Please send your CV to technologyaerospaceajilon.nl before 12102017
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