High Power Optical R&D Engineer F/H

Job description

Founded in 2013, Cailabs designs, manufactures, and develops innovative photonic solutions for the space, industry, telecommunications, and defense sectors. A global specialist in laser shaping, the company has accelerated its growth in the space field with turnkey optical ground stations that integrate atmospheric turbulence compensation technology. This makes it one of the first companies to harness very high data rates enabled by optics in a commercial ground station.

Cailabs currently has over 120 employees, including 32 PhDs. With 26 patent families filed, the company is one of the most innovative companies in France. It is headquartered in Rennes, with offices in Paris and Washington (USA).

Essential skills

Expected technical skills:

• You have at least 3 years experience in the development of optical technologies (including academic research / thesis)
• You are trained in optics and have practical expertise in this field
• You are comfortable with the design of free space optical experiments and their experimental implementation
• You are familiar with automated data acquisition and processing using a programming language (Python)
• You are autonomous, able to identify problems and find solutions, sometimes under time pressure
• You are capable of exchanging and effectively managing people from other fields (mechanics, electronics, etc.)
• You are able to discuss your technical projects with your team in fluent English, both in writing and verbally
• Ability to work in a team
• Fluency in professional English required

You are known for :

• Ability to lead complex multi-disciplinary research projects,
• Good synthesis skills and proactivity.

About Cailabs

Founded in 2013, Cailabs is the world leader in shaping light through the development of a unique and patented technology (MPLC). It designs, manufactures, and develops innovative photonic solutions for space, industry (laser machining), telecommunications, and defense. Its medium-term ambition is to become the global leader in optical ground stations. With its offering of optical ground stations TILBA-OGS, incorporating its solution for compensating atmospheric turbulence, TILBA-ATMO, Cailabs is the first and only company to harness the high-speed capabilities of optics in a ground station on an industrial scale. Cailabs currently employs over 80 collaborators, including 22 PhDs. With 26 families of patents filed, the company is among the most innovative in the space industry.

When you join Cailabs, you will find :

- a brilliant team driven by a common mission : to create and sale products that  help solve some of today’s major industrial and technological challenges for multiple applications

- a dynamic structure that combines agility and resources to match its ambitions
- a company at the cutting edge of technology, from the development of prototypes to the industrialization phase.

 
And also :   

• Times of sharing and conviviality (annual seminar, meals, group games, sports activities, etc.)
• A health insurance plan covered at 100% by Cailabs.
• A bonus system to reward collective and individual performances

Joining Cailabs is finally the assurance that everything will be done to help you perform, improve and take up new challenges.

More information on www.cailabs.com,, in particular: TILBA | Cailabs : Fiabiliser les communications laser

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