Fiber Optic Specialist - Third Shift

Location: Devens, Massachusetts, United States. On-site, third shift from 10:00 pm to 6:30 am. The role may require work on platforms around 25 feet high, in confined spaces, and occasional nights, weekends, or on-call coverage.

Salary: $38–$48 per hour plus a 15% shift differential, equity, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global Systems develops commercially viable fusion power plants and technologies for the transition to fusion energy.

What you will do

• Handle, route, splice, test, and repair thousands of optical fibers throughout the SPARC fusion machine.
• Integrate fiber assemblies with mechanical components such as passthrough flanges and enclosures.
• Install composite or polymer wrappings and minimize fiber damage and attenuation throughout the fiber lifecycle.
• Perform equipment operation, preventative maintenance, continuous improvement, and fiber-related manufacturing and R&D work.
• Train technicians on fiber installation, splicing, routing, measurement, and cable assembly procedures.
• Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, technicians, and engineers while improving laser and fiber-handling safety protocols.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in fiber optics field applications.
• Experience measuring attenuation, insertion loss, and spectral analysis using OTDR, OSA, OBR, power meters, and related equipment.
• Hands-on fiber handling experience in a laboratory setting using established standards.
• Ability to occasionally lift up to 50 pounds and perform extended periods of stooping, typing, standing, or sitting.
• Ability to work in confined spaces, unusual positions, elevated platforms, and environments involving heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, lead, high voltage, and cryogenics.
• Willingness to work on-site during the third shift and occasionally travel, work nights or weekends, or be on call.

Nice to have

• 7+ years of experience in fiber optics field applications.
• Experience with distributed sensing arrays, polyimide, and different coated fibers.
• Experience teaching fiber splicing techniques and cable assembly procedures.
• Experience designing, building, and testing fiber cable assemblies in cryogenic and vacuum conditions.
• Experience with fiber coating removal and recoating, specialty fiber splicing, proof-testing, interrogators, optical multiplexers, optical switches, and fault locators.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with equity and competitive compensation.
• 13 company-wide holidays, flexible vacation days, and 10 sick days.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous parental leave and a 401(k) with employer matching.
• Professional growth opportunities and team-building activities.
• Work in a fast-paced environment guided by integrity, execution, impact, self-critique, and safety.