Advanced Optical & Photonics R&D Scientist

About the role

When you join Honeywell Aerospace, you become a member of our global team of thinkers, innovators, and dreamers who make the things that make the future. In this role you will help advance research in quantum and optical sensing to introduce new products and improve state-of-the-art commercial and defense aerospace technologies.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a team of scientists and engineers to develop novel optical sensing technologies.
• Apply skills to find creative solutions through rigorous analysis, engineering, and experimentation.
• Interact with fabrication teams to implement designs within the constraints of the fab tools.
• Communicate ideas and results to research sponsors, scientific peers, and business leadership through presentations, publications, and proposals.
• Use expertise to spur growth of the technology portfolio in new directions, shaping the future of sensing technology.

Qualifications

YOU MUST HAVE

• PhD degree in electrical engineering, physics, applied physics, optical engineering, or equivalent.
• Research experience in two or more of the following areas:
  • Optical system modeling, design, and characterization
  • Fiber optics
  • Integrated photonics
  • Nonlinear optics
  • Optical combs
  • Stabilized laser systems
  • Optical sensors

WE VALUE

• Track record of solving difficult, complex problems through innovation, analysis, engineering, and experimentation.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills reflected in a record of published results and public presentations in your field of research.
• The ability to work in a diverse team.

Benefits

• Employer-subsidized medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts
• Employee assistance program and educational assistance
• Parental leave and 12 paid holidays
• Paid time off for vacation, personal and sick time

Pay

The annual base salary range for this position (at Advanced Scientist level) is $115,000 – $144,000. Honeywell considers various factors when extending an offer, including the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education and training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations.