Principal Electro-Optical Systems Engineer

Company Description BlackLight Surgical, founded out of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, is advancing revolutionary cancer detection and surgical technology for use in the operating room. The company’s platform visualizes cancer tissue in real time with high precision, without the need for dyes or drugs. Our technology has been awarded FDA’s Breakthrough Device Designation. Team members collaborate at the intersection of optics, imaging, and clinical care to help transform cancer surgery.Position Description BlackLight Surgical is looking for a Principal Electro-Optical Systems Engineer. The instrument combines multiple electronics boards, embedded microcontrollers and FPGAs, an RF photonic chain, and synchronized scanning optics. The senior role centers on gaining command of the device at the detail level, in engineering and diagnostic modes, and using that command to finalize requirements and author verification and manufacturing documentation that holds up under design control. Location- Los Angeles Job Responsibilities- bench and hardware- Develops working command of the instrument in engineering and diagnostic modes, exercising subsystems individually and in combination well beyond normal use- Brings up and tunes synchronized scan motion and the optics it drives- Aligns complex optical trains and designs the fixtures that make alignment repeatable- Addresses embedded microcontrollers and FPGAs at the register level, and resolves clock synchronization, jitter, and cross-subsystem timing using logic analyzers and oscilloscopes- Characterizes the photon detection chain, from detector and front-end electronics through high-speed digitization- Troubleshoots complex electro-optical and optomechanical instrumentation to the board, module, and subassembly level Job Responsibilities- analysis and documentation- Crafts, characterizes, and verifies signal-to-noise and error budgets- Derives system and subsystem requirements from first principles and drives them to closure- Develops verification protocols that drive the device through its low-level modes, and executes them under design control- Documents alignment methodologies, fixtures, and manufacturing and assembly instructions- Ability to work in optical design software such as Zemax and solid modeling software such as SolidWorks- Ability to write Python analysis software supporting characterization and verification