Lead Fiber Optical Gyroscope Engineer (Photonics)

Location: Sydney, Australia

Company

hirify.global develops AI, robotics, navigation, photonics, inertial sensing, and quantum sensing technologies for land, air, sea, and space applications.

What you will do

• Lead the design and development of fiber optic gyroscopes and related navigation systems for performance, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Develop and refine scalable manufacturing processes for high-volume FOG production.
• Establish testing processes for fiber optic coils and develop additional processes such as coil stress conditioning.
• Analyze test data, troubleshoot technical issues, and implement improvements to FOG performance and reliability.
• Guide the development of fiber optic coil process tooling, performance metrics, and statistical process control measures.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, production, and production engineering teams to integrate and scale products.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Physics, Optics, Photonics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience with Fiber Optic Gyroscopes and a strong theoretical and practical understanding of FOG physics, including the Sagnac effect.
• In-depth knowledge of photonics components relevant to FOGs, including light sources, optical fibers, couplers, modulators, and detectors.
• Experience designing and integrating electro-optical systems.
• Experience with manufacturing processes for optical or precision electro-mechanical systems, including large-scale production challenges.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, ownership, and accountability skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Research- and discovery-driven engineering environment focused on advancing autonomous systems.
• Cross-functional collaboration across software, hardware, production, and engineering teams.
• Work on navigation technologies used in demanding land, air, sea, and space applications.