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DRS Daylight Solutions business provides industry-changing photonic engine technology for government and commercial markets, including defense and security, quantum information sciences, life sciences, and industrial process control. As a laser technology pioneer, Daylight Solutions has delivered more mid-IR systems to more applications world-wide than any other company. Daylight laser solutions span the full spectrum from UV to visible to NIR to mid-IR.

At DRS Daylight Solutions, you will be eligible for competitive pay, great benefits, including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k match, 9/80 work schedule, and Tuition Assistance. Our Daylight family-oriented culture allows you to receive hands-on training, professional development, career advancement and exposure to the latest and greatest technology, where our motto is "To protect with Light". Come join the family!

Job Summary

The principal robotics automation software engineer at DRS Daylight Solutions will be part of an engineering team developing novel lasers and transitioning them into products. Incumbent will own the software framework, graphical user interfaces, user manuals and complex robotic optical alignment stations automation scripts. The engineer will own the full software development life cycle- analysis, architecture, development, testing and deployment. This person will be responsible for software requirement flow-downs to the optical, electrical, and mechanical engineering team members. Additionally, this person will be solving complex problems requiring deep understanding of computer science and laser technology and excellent problem-solving skills across the company and contribute to IP, publications, and business development.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop hardware support libraries for cameras, motors, power meters, wavelength meters and other USB and TCP/IP devices

• Develop and maintain the software framework for robotic alignment stations

• Develop scripts in Python to automate the alignment and attach of optics in complex laser systems

• Database design

• Develop image and signal processing routines

• Develop optic alignment optimization algorithms

• Agile development team lead which plans and manages complex projects in the automation team and executes to the schedule

• Develop hands-on skill in optical instrumentation and metrology

• Build and align laser based optical bench setups

• Supports programmatic design to cost and design for manufacturability requirements

• Interact with users, manufacturing engineers and design teams to extract system and software requirements

• Responsible for completion of assigned tasks on time and meeting technical requirements

• Develops prototypes to retire key development risks as directed

• Interact effectively and efficiently as part of a multi-member, multi-function team, as well as with customers and suppliers, write reports and contribute peer reviewed publications and invention disclosures

The ideal candidate will have:

• Expert level knowledge of C++, Python, MS Office Suite

• Experience in integration environments, developing hardware support libraries

• Image processing routines

• GUI design and development

• Qt software framework

• Database design

• Optical bench alignment

• First order optics knowledge

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field with a minimum of 8 years of experienceMastery of technologies and domain knowledge

• Expected to have knowledge and significant experience in multiple engineering disciplines

The pay scale for this position is $126,991/year - $197,154/year. The pay scale information is a general guideline only. Several factors can influence the pay scale for a position including but not limited to, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, collective bargaining agreements, geographic locations, business considerations, scope and responsibilities of the position, local or other applicable market conditions, and internal equity. Other factors include the candidate's qualifications such as relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education/training, and certifications.

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