Sr. EO/IR Systems Engineer
Job in
Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California, 93190, USA
Listed on 2026-05-16
Listing for:
HEICO
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-05-16
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Systems Engineer, Electronics Engineer, Electrical Engineering, Hardware Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. (SBIR)
Recruiting for Senior Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) Systems Engineer. Report to the CTO. Primary responsibility: define, design, and analyze electro‑optical test systems for product development (Infrared Scene Projectors, Standard Commercial Products, Integrated Electro‑Optical Test Systems). Also support product integration, characterization, verification, and validation.
Job TypeFull‑Time, Monday–Friday
Compensation$170,000 – $195,000 per year (DOE)
Qualifications- BS/BA in physics, engineering, or related technical degree.
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in electro‑optics, infrared systems, or related field (advanced degree may count).
- Solid foundation in optics, sensors, and EO/IR sensing systems for ground, air, or space.
- Experience with physical modeling, simulation, and analysis.
- Systems engineering experience on EO/IR system hardware development: requirements flow‑down, trade studies, FMEA/root‑cause analysis, product lifecycle support, test plan development.
- Laboratory experience with optical systems test equipment and components.
- Experience developing optical error budgets.
- Strong prioritization and organization skills.
- Excellent communication of system requirements, testing needs, debug information, and design concepts to engineering disciplines.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Vendor and customer team communication, demonstrating system performance via factory and site acceptance testing.
- Ability to travel to customer facilities (5–15%).
- Advanced degree in physics, engineering, or related technical field.
- Technical leadership experience: high‑level project planning, mentorship, roadmap development.
- Opto‑mechanical design, STOP analysis, tolerancing expertise.
- Experience with EO/IR technology, imaging, radiometry, calibration techniques.
- Proficiency with C/C++, MATLAB, Python.
- Image processing/analysis software skills.
- Optical design and simulation tools such as Zemax or equivalent.
- MEMS, photolithography fabrication, IC packaging experience.
- Electronics experience with ICs, microcontrollers, FPGAs, high‑throughput data transfer.
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