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System Administrator

Berkeley, CA · On-site

$90 - $130/hr

METR is a nonprofit research organization developing scientific methods to assess AI capabilities, risks, and mitigations. This System Administrator role focuses on owning and optimizing technical ...

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$70 - $110/hr

Lumafield is a manufacturing technology company founded in 2019 that builds industrial CT scanning systems and AI-driven manufacturing tools. This Field Service Engineer role involves commissioning ...

$60 - $95/hr

Lambda is a leader in AI cloud infrastructure serving thousands of customers. This role focuses on ensuring data center operations run smoothly by managing server, storage, and network infrastructure ...

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$120 - $180/hr

FluidStack is building civilization-scale compute infrastructure for AI by acquiring power, designing data centers, and operating them. This Compute Engineer, R&D role focuses on qualifying next ...

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Lumafield is a manufacturing technology company founded in 2019 that builds industrial CT scanning systems and AI-driven manufacturing tools. This Field Service Engineer role involves commissioning ...

$90 - $130/hr

METR is a nonprofit research organization developing scientific methods to assess AI capabilities, risks, and mitigations. This System Administrator role focuses on owning and optimizing technical ...

New

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company developing autonomous systems and AI-powered command and control platforms. This role is an Integration and Test Engineer supporting the development ...

Coram AI is a cloud-native video security platform using computer vision and AI. As a Technical Support Engineer, you will triage customer tickets, perform initial debugging, resolve issues ...

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Cybersecurity Engineer

San Diego, CA · On-site

$84.90 - $160.10/hr

Accenture Federal Services is seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer to safeguard systems, networks, and data through vulnerability management and security assessments for US federal government clients.

Staff Engineer - Edge Protocols

Manhattan, NY · On-site

$211.37 - $253.64/hr

Fastly is an edge cloud platform company that helps customers process, serve, and secure applications at the Internet's edge. The Staff Engineer - Edge Protocols role involves designing and ...

Senior Network Engineer

Seattle, WA · On-site

$154 - $193/hr

DigitalOcean is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to design, implement, and maintain large-scale cloud network infrastructure. This role involves diagnosing complex network issues, automating ...

Lynk is developing satellite direct-to-phone technology and seeks a Flight Software Engineer to design and develop flight software applications for commanding and controlling satellites. You will ...

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Optical Engineer, Satellites (Starlink)

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Redmond, WA • On-site

$105 - $175/hr

Other

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 17 days ago


Job description

SpaceX's Starlink Space Lasers team is seeking an Optical Engineer to develop laser communications terminals and imaging products for satellite constellations. This role focuses on free-space optical system design, validation, and operation for next-generation satellite communication and navigation systems.

What You'll Do
  • Apply optics and photonics knowledge to optical system development, including design, analysis, and validation
  • Define requirements for high-performance optical systems in challenging environmental conditions and lead optical architecture definition through trade studies and risk reduction testing
  • Participate in verification testing including environmental qualification, performance characterization, reliability testing, and fault injection testing
  • Define and lead field testing of optical experiments and laser communication systems; review test data and lead anomaly investigation
  • Interface with manufacturing, supply chain, software, and automation teams to ensure designs meet project goals and develop testing protocols
What You Need
  • Bachelor's degree in physics, computer science, electrical engineering, or related STEM discipline
  • 2+ years of hands-on laboratory or work experience in optics, photonics, laser technology, or precision mechanical design or testing
  • 1+ years of experience in a computer programming language such as C++, MATLAB, or Python
  • Ability to work extended hours and weekends as needed
  • U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, or eligible ITAR authorization status
Nice to Have
  • Master's degree or PhD in physics or an engineering discipline
  • Proficiency with optical analysis tools such as Zemax
  • Hands-on experience in optical design or system design, integration, and test of laser communication systems
  • Knowledge of lasers, photodiodes, fiber optics, optics testing techniques, and signal integrity principles; experience with free-space optical principles and precision metrology
  • Experience leading development of commercial communications products and hardware development for high-reliability applications
  • Competence with optical test equipment; experience with infrared system alignment and characterization
  • Competence with Python scripting and a Linux operating system environment
  • Knowledge of pointing, acquisition, and tracking; understanding of atmospheric optical effects

Base salary $105,000-$145,000 (Level 1) or $120,000-$175,000 (Level 2), determined case-by-case based on experience and qualifications. Eligible for long-term incentives (stock or cash awards), discretionary bonuses, employee stock purchase plan, comprehensive medical/vision/dental coverage, 401(k) retirement plan, disability and life insurance, paid parental leave, 3 weeks paid vacation, 10+ paid holidays annually. Company shuttles available from Seattle locations to Redmond office.

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