RT-C/TEC-MME/00399 Opto-Electronics Engineer

Job Introduction

Serco is a specialist at delivering vital services on behalf of European, National and Local Governments.

Serco Europe employ’s a large workforce in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy and the UK.

Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions throughout Europe. 

For our activities in ESTEC (Noordwijk),we are looking for an Opto-Electronics Engineer.

Role Responsibility

• Support of Sentinel-4 at 40% level and upcoming Sentinel-7 (Carbonsat-type mission), Sentinel-8 (Thermal IR mission) and Sentinel-10 (Hyperspectral mission) Phase A/B1 studies (planned parallel studies in each case);
• Running of detector technology development activities “Large Format SWIR detector” and a number of detector pre-development activities funded by EOEP;
• Support to technology developments in the field of quantum key distribution;
• Support to technology development contracts and performance of in-house design work. In particular, assist in the establishment of requirements and configurations for payload equipment and sub-systems involving: 
• Solid state lasers;
• Fibre-optic components;
• Detectors and focal plane instrumentation;
• Quantum-electronic 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.

And/or

• Assist in the calibration of the optical test set-up to allow quantitative laser damage tests;
• Operate the Laser Induced Damage test set-up during test sequences;
• Prepare test samples;
• Assist in the analysis and interpretation of the test data.

Successful Candidate

• The candidate should have a PhD or MSc Engineering in Photonics or Optics from a recognised Institution of secondary studies or equivalent;
• Should have minimum 4 years of relevant professional experience;
• Should have a background in detector and quantum technologies;
• Experience in the design, development and testing of Opto-electronic systems and components;
• Good system experience in the use and application of fibre-optic components and sensors in spacecraft engineering;
• Experience with high-power pulsed laser systems, complex optical set-ups and vacuum systems.

Please note that the closing date for the applications is on 10/10/2017.

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Package Description

Full details on application.

Relocation assistance provided (if applicable).

Fixed term contract for a period of 1 year.

About the Company

Serco Services GmbH, part of the Serco group, A FTSE250, Multi-national Service Provider with over 60,000 employees worldwide.

Serco’s space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies - We work alongside EUMETSAT and the European Space Agency, where we are the largest on-site service provider with ca. 300 staff.

What connects the ever growing Serco workforce is a passion for delivering great service – To keep ahead we have to constantly evolve and enhance the way we deliver our services and everyone in Serco has a role to play here.

Serco provide the right environment to encourage ideas and a comprehensive Best Practice support network that enables them to put their ideas into action.

If you share our values then join with over 60,000 colleagues globally who are equally as passionate about delivering great service as you

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