Laser Engineer
Foundational, London
The role
This is a future role. We're building a shortlist now and will contact you when it opens.
What you will do
- Specify, select and qualify pulsed laser sources with suppliers
- Integrate lasers into the station, including beam delivery, cooling, power, control and safety interlocks
- Characterise laser performance, and build test rigs to track it over the station's life
- Improve reliability so lasers run unattended at remote sites
- Manage laser damage risk across the optical train with the optics team
- Support laser safety cases and documentation for each site
What you need
- Experience working with short-pulse solid-state or fibre lasers, in industry or research
- Beam characterisation skills: M², pulse width, energy and pointing stability