Research Scientist-Wyant College of Optical Sciences

Please note: Due to ITAR/EAR restrictions the successful candidate must be a U.S. Citizen or hold permanent resident status.

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• Lead research effort on hardware development of
  free-space laser communication system. Design, develop, implement and test
  transmitter and receiver terminal consisting of a laser source, a
  modulator, a beam steering mechanism and optics such as Galvo mirror, fast
  steering mirror, and MEMS diffractive beam steerer, detectors such as quad
  detectors, high speed detectors, and cameras. The successful candidate
  requires knowledge and track-record practice on opt-mechanical-electrical
  system development and testing.
• Effectively collaborate with faculty, staff, and
  students at University of Arizona. As a responsible point of contact and
  technical lead of hardware development, manage and coordinate efforts
  among the team at University of Arizona, and with external industry and
  university partners.
• Keep track of progress and document. Assist preparation
  of report and presentations to sponsor. Prepare documents for industrial
  and university partners. Prepare journal and conference.
• Assist PI to prepare proposals to existing and
  prospective sponsors.

Knowledge/Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication
  skills.

• Ph.D. in optics related disciplines, such as electrical
  engineering, physics, mechanical engineering.
• At least 8 years of experience in design,
  development, implementation and testing of opt-mechanical-electrical-photonics
  systems.
• Due to ITAR/EAR restrictions the successful
  candidate must be a U.S. Citizen or hold permanent resident status.

• Demonstrated experience with spatial light modulators such as LCoS, and DMD, and theory on free space optical communication and with beam steering modalities to control such devices.
• Track record of publications and conference presentations.
• Experience with hands-on lab work.
• Demonstrated experience with GPU programming, FPGA, and DNN in image recognition is a plus.