Job Description
Job ID: 6328
Date Posted: February 5, 2026
Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) is seeking a Research Scientist with a specialization in photonics to join our Strategic & Military Space (SMS) division. As a member of SDL’s embedded science team, you will work alongside leading SDL and AFRL scientists and engineers to advance cutting-edge quantum sensing and timing technologies with direct impact on national security in the space domain.
This is an embedded research position supporting the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Albuquerque, NM. The selected candidate will contribute pioneering work in integrated photonics, lasers and electro-optics, microwave photonics, optical communications and time/frequency metrology.
Position Location: Albuquerque, NM
The Strategic & Military Space Division delivers advanced satellite and sensor systems that support the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. Our division is a key component of nati...
Date Posted: February 5, 2026
Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) is seeking a Research Scientist with a specialization in photonics to join our Strategic & Military Space (SMS) division. As a member of SDL’s embedded science team, you will work alongside leading SDL and AFRL scientists and engineers to advance cutting-edge quantum sensing and timing technologies with direct impact on national security in the space domain.
This is an embedded research position supporting the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Albuquerque, NM. The selected candidate will contribute pioneering work in integrated photonics, lasers and electro-optics, microwave photonics, optical communications and time/frequency metrology.
Position Location: Albuquerque, NM
The Strategic & Military Space Division delivers advanced satellite and sensor systems that support the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. Our division is a key component of nati...
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