Adaptive Optics Engineer

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Job Summary

Caltech Optical Observatories (COO) is inviting qualified candidates to apply for the position of Adaptive Optics Engineer within its Optical and Infrared (OIR) Instrumentation Group. The OIR Group develops innovative visible and infrared astronomical adaptive optics systems, imaging cameras, and spectrographs for the Palomar, Keck, and Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatories, as well as for other facilities and missions in support of Caltech faculty and student research.

Applicants are expected to have a demonstrated record of successfully delivering high-performance optoelectromechanical instrument systems fo...