💼 Full-Time Position

Engineer Principal Optical Focal Plane Electronics System

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BAE Systems
📍 Boulder, CO, United States
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Location
Boulder, United States
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Posted
June 29, 2026
Type
Full-Time
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Full-Time Opportunity: This is a permanent, full-time position with a competitive package and real career growth potential.

Job Description

**Job Description**

We are seeking a Focal Plane Electronics System Engineer to design, characterize, and optimize cuttingedge electrooptical (EO) focal plane subsystems. This position is a dynamic, handson role working across a broad range of detector technologies, including ultraviolet, visible, nearinfrared, shortwave infrared, midwave infrared, and longwave infrared architectures. Your efforts will directly enable missioncritical capabilities for Civil, Defense, and Tactical customers.

This position serves as a Focal Plane Detector Test Engineer within the Detector Technology Center of the Payload Engineering department, part of the Engineering, Science and Analysis (ESA) Strategic Capabilities Unit at BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems (SMS).

The Engineering, Science and Analysis (ESA) Strategic Capabilities Unit comprises the technical talent and organizational leadership that enables the successful delivery of high-impact discriminating technologies f...