Photonics Engineer

Mission Technologies, a division of HII

Photonics Engineer supporting U.S. Army Research Laboratory in Adelphi, MD.

Posted 6/8/2026full-timeAdelphi • Maryland • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $104,336 - $175,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Research adversary warfare systems technology trends and techniques
Participate in defining requirements for EW compact payloads.
Apply knowledge of adversary technologies and notional blue force concepts of operations to define requirements for EW compact payloads.
Derive RF requirements for mixed analog, digital and photonics design and translate into photonics specifications.
Apply novel trends in photonics RF such as wideband receivers and transmitters, oscillators, low-noise amplifiers, high-power amplifiers, filters, and photonics computation to EW applications including receive, process, and transmit.
Work with multi-mode (mixed analog/digital/photonics) integrated circuit designers to develop requirements and specifications for fabricated and heterogeneously integrated electronics such as photonics integrated circuits.
Work with ARL photonics experts and utilize lab equipment to develop physical bench-level and lab demonstrations of photonics EW applications.
Work with ARL manufacturing experts to integrate photonics RF into heterogeneous structures consisting of conformal antennas, photonics, analog and digital electronics, bio-inspired computing and emerging energy storage layers.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Recent graduate of PhD program from R1 university with specialization in Photonics RF to include receivers, transmitters, mixers, filters, oscillators, and photonics computation.
Strong communication (both written and verbal) skills.
Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
US Citizen with ability to obtain a Secret Clearance.
Completion of Post Doc.
Experience with EW applications.
Working knowledge of MATLAB or Python.
Interest in advancing and prioritizing national security technologies.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Research adversary warfare systems technology trends and techniques
Participate in defining requirements for EW compact payloads.
Apply knowledge of adversary technologies and notional blue force concepts of operations to define requirements for EW compact payloads.
Derive RF requirements for mixed analog, digital and photonics design and translate into photonics specifications.
Apply novel trends in photonics RF such as wideband receivers and transmitters, oscillators, low-noise amplifiers, high-power amplifiers, filters, and photonics computation to EW applications including receive, process, and transmit.
Work with multi-mode (mixed analog/digital/photonics) integrated circuit designers to develop requirements and specifications for fabricated and heterogeneously integrated electronics such as photonics integrated circuits.
Work with ARL photonics experts and utilize lab equipment to develop physical bench-level and lab demonstrations of photonics EW applications.
Work with ARL manufacturing experts to integrate photonics RF into heterogeneous structures consisting of conformal antennas, photonics, analog and digital electronics, bio-inspired computing and emerging energy storage layers. 🎯 Requirements
Recent graduate of PhD program from R1 university with specialization in Photonics RF to include receivers, transmitters, mixers, filters, oscillators, and photonics computation.
Strong communication (both written and verbal) skills.
Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
US Citizen with ability to obtain a Secret Clearance.
Completion of Post Doc.
Experience with EW applications.
Working knowledge of MATLAB or Python.
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Hard Skills & Tools

photonics RFwideband receiverstransmittersoscillatorslow-noise amplifiershigh-power amplifiersfiltersphotonics computationmixed analog/digital/photonics designEW applications

Soft Skills

strong communication skillsability to work independentlyability to work in a team environment

Certifications

PhDPost DocSecret Clearance