We're developing an excimer-based laser fusion architecture to commercialize safe, affordable fusion energy while advancing national security. We employ nearly 200 people, mostly in our Denver headquarters. Backed by Prelude Ventures.
About the role
Xcimer Energy leverages decades of research on Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) combined with groundbreaking new laser architecture. Our mission is to deploy fusion power plants to meet global decarbonization goals as fast as possible. Xcimer has assembled a team of leaders in tough tech, fusion science, and manufacturing with a track record of rapid execution. Supported by leading investors, Xcimer is uniquely positioned to deliver limitless, clean, fusion power to combat climate change.
What they're looking for
- Education: B.S. in optical science/engineering, physics, or a related field
- Experience: 5+ years of optical science/engineering experience, including 3+ years directly related to adaptive optics systems
- Experience developing adaptive optics systems using wavefront sensors and deformable mirrors, including established optimization and reconstruction methods
- Experience with high-fidelity physical wave-optics propagation in the near and far field
- Experience with hands-on optical subsystem integration and alignment
- Experience working across multidisciplinary engineering fields including optical, opto-mechanical, software, and controls systems
More about this role
Xcimer Energy leverages decades of research on Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) combined with groundbreaking new laser architecture. Our mission is to deploy fusion power plants to meet global decarbonization goals as fast as possible. Xcimer has assembled a team of leaders in tough tech, fusion science, and manufacturing with a track record of rapid execution. Supported by leading investors, Xcimer is uniquely positioned to deliver limitless, clean, fusion power to combat climate change. Join us in powering a better world with inertial fusion!
This is a full-time, onsite role based at our headquarters in Denver, CO.
As an Electro-Optical / Adaptive Optics Engineer, you will work across simulation and hardware: helping develop wave-optics propagation models that predict what the beamline will do, writing and tuning the control algorithms that correct it, and aligning and operating the AO hardware that closes the loop. You will help specify next-generation AO components and work with vendors to build them, alongside a multidisciplinary team of optical, mechanical, controls, and software engineers developing the surrounding systems in parallel.
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