Systems Engineer
Caltech
Job Category: Fulltime Regular
Exempt Overtime Eligible: Exempt
Benefits Eligible: Benefit Based
Caltech is a world-renowned science and engineering institute that marshals some of the world\'s brightest minds and most innovative tools to address fundamental scientific questions. We thrive on finding and cultivating talented people who are passionate about what they do. Join us and be a part of the diverse Caltech community.
Job Summary
Caltech Optical Observatories (COO) seeks a talented systems engineer to join its Optical and Infrared (OIR) Instrumentation group. The OIR group designs, fabricates, and commissions advanced astronomical instrumentation for Palomar, Keck, and the Thirty Meter Telescope, while fostering a community of respect, learning, and individual growth. The qualified engineer will provide technical coordination through all project phases including conceptualization, detailed design, integration, testing, and commissioning, as a key member of multidisciplinary teams pushing back the frontiers of planetary science, astronomy, and cosmology.
Diversity and Inclusion is a core values at Caltech and in the COO. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable work environment for all. We believe every member of our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and ultimately deliver unique and world-class astronomical instruments.
This position is based on the Caltech University campus in Pasadena, California, but may require occasional travel to Palomar Mountain, San Diego, California, and Mauna Kea, Hawaii. COO encourages a healthy work-life balance, with work schedule flexibility and results-oriented performance evaluation and mentorship.
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