Electro-Optics Materials and Device Engineer

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for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate: application instructions, EEO, etc. Must preserve all substantive info. We need to parse the posting. Key sections: - About the role: description of position, location, travel, team, role description. Could be "About the role" heading. - Responsibilities: bullet list of duties: "You will:" list, plus "Additional responsibilities of the higher-level include:" list. - Requirements: maybe "Required Skills/Experience areas include:" and "Preferred Skills/Experience areas include:"? Actually those are skills/experience. Could be "Skills" section. - Qualifications: Minimum Education, Work Experience & Required Certifications (two grade levels). Could be "Qualifications". - Benefits: Salary & Benefits paragraph includes salary range and benefits description. - Pay: maybe separate Pay section? The instruction says include Pay section only if posting actually states them. It does state salary range. Could put Pay section with salary range. Benefits section separate. - Schedule: not mentioned (no schedule info). So omit. - Also maybe "About the role" includes location, travel, team. We must not include headings with filler text. So we need to ensure each heading has substantive content. Let's extract content. About the role: "We are searching for a Research & Development Engineer to join our EOE Division at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State. EOE develops innovative optical solutions for imaging, high-energy laser (HEL) delivery, and sensing systems, and maintains the design and testing capabilities required to build and fully characterize all aspects of optical performance – from image quality to HEL coating damage testing. This role will lead and conduct basic and applied research of advanced electro-optical designs, including metasurfaces, photonic structures and other emerging material and nano-science applications. You will have the ability to take on challenges where the path the research may take is not clear, and the outcome is not known or guaranteed. ARL is an authorized DoD SkillBridge partner and welcomes all transitioning military members to apply." Also location: "Your working location will be fully on-site, located in State College, PA. This position will require periodic travel to remote locations (including the Electro-Optics & Electronics (EOE) Freeport Office near Pittsburgh, PA) in support of collaboration and testing as part of a small team of researchers, engineers, and technologists." We can combine. Responsibilities: List from "You will:" bullet points: - Act as part of team leadership that operates in this ambiguous space and develops the executable plan for the rest of the team - Perform physics-based modeling to predict the performance of imaging system concepts and designs - Drive system level trade studies to develop architectures and allocate system level requirements across subsystems and engineering disciplines - Routinely interface with sponsors, customers, end-users, and collaborators to understand their problems, brainstorm solutions, scope research, communicate the technical aspects of research execution, and convey the significance of results - Provide input to the strategic direction of the department’s research pursuits by helping to establish the appropriate core competencies and evaluating where our capabilities best align with a sponsor’s needs Additional responsibilities of the higher-level include: - Leverage prior first-hand experience with building and testing advanced, state-of-the-art electro-optic systems - Track the latest developments in electro-optic systems and advise on how and when to integrate them into on-going and future research opportunities. - Perform project planning, budgeting, and scheduling - Manage vendors and suppliers, from purchase orders through statements of work - Lead other engineers in day-to-day tasking to satisfy stakeholder’s requirements and expectations - Independently manage multiple and/or large electro-optic projects - Develop and propose solutions for new applications - Perform the role of Trusted Agent to the government to assess and validate state-of-the art electro-optic systems and solutions We can combine into one responsibilities list. Requirements: maybe "Required Skills/Experience areas include:" and "Preferred Skills/Experience areas include:" Actually those are skills/experience. Could be under Skills. Qualifications: Minimum Education, Work Experience & Required Certifications: Two possible grades: If filled as R&D Engineer - Optical and Photonic Systems (ARL) - Principal Professional: Bachelor's Degree - Engineering or Science, 19+ years of relevant experience, Required Certifications: None If filled as ... Senior Professional: Bachelor's Degree - Engineering or Science, 14+ years of relevant experience, Required Certifications: None We can present as bullet list. Skills: Required Skills/Experience areas include: list. Preferred Skills/Experience areas include: list. We could combine under Skills heading with subheadings? But only allowed headings are those listed; we can't add custom headings. So we could put Required Skills under Skills section, and maybe Preferred also under Skills? 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with notes. But we need to preserve all substantive info; we can include both required and preferred as separate
under Skills heading, with a brief intro. Benefits: includes salary range and benefits description. We could split Pay and Benefits: Pay section with salary range; Benefits section with benefits description (medical, dental, vision, retirement, paid time off, tuition discount). The posting says: "Salary & Benefits The salary range for this position, including all possible grades, is $140,004.00 - $265,704.00. Salary Structure - Information on Penn State's salary structure Penn State provides a competitive benefits package for full-time employees designed to support both personal and professional well-being. In addition to comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, employees enjoy robust retirement plans and substantial paid time off which includes holidays, vacation and sick time. One of the standout benefits is the generous 75% tuition discount, available to employees as well as eligible spouses and children. For more detailed information, please visit our Benefits Page." Thus Pay: salary range. Benefits: description. Schedule: none. Now we need to output HTML fragment only, no or . Use

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  for prose. We must not include boilerplate like application instructions, EEO, background checks, etc. Also remove lines like "Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed..." etc. Also remove "For further information on ARL, visit our website". Also remove "Background Checks/Clearances" etc. Also remove "CAMPUS SECURITY CRIME STATISTICS", "EEO IS THE LAW", etc. We must preserve all substantive info: that includes location, travel, team, role description, responsibilities, required/preferred skills, qualifications (education/experience), salary range, benefits description. Also note about DoD SkillBridge partner, welcoming transitioning military members. Also note about U.S. citizen requirement? That is under BACKGROUND CHECKS/CLEARANCES: "You must be a U.S. citizen to apply." That is substantive info (citizenship requirement). Should we include? It's under background checks but it's a requirement. The instruction says remove boilerplate, but citizenship requirement is not boilerplate; it's a specific requirement. However it's under a heading "BACKGROUND CHECKS/CLEARANCES". Might be considered boilerplate? But it's a substantive requirement: must be US citizen. I'd include it maybe under Requirements or Qualifications. Since it's a requirement, we should preserve. The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." Citizenship requirement is not EEO; it's a specific eligibility requirement. So keep. Also "Employees must be eligible to obtain a government security clearance, participate in the ARL drug testing program, and comply with electronic and physical monitoring requirements applicable to federal contractors." That's also a requirement. Keep. Also "ARL operates in a secure information environment involving Unclassified, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), and Classified information. Personal electronic devices brought onsite must be registered and may be restricted from certain areas." That's also a requirement/condition. Keep. Thus we need to include those under maybe Requirements or Qualifications. We have many sections; we need to avoid too many thin sections. Prefer few substantive sections. Could combine many into Qualifications (education, experience, certifications, citizenship, security clearance, drug testing, etc). Or we could have Requirements (skills/experience) and Qualifications (education/experience/certifications). But we already have Skills section for required/preferred skills. Qualifications could cover education, experience, certifications, citizenship, security clearance, etc. Let's plan sections: - About the role (description, location, travel, team, DoD SkillBridge) - Responsibilities (list of duties) - Skills (required and preferred) - Qualifications (education, experience, certifications, citizenship, security clearance, drug testing, etc) - Pay (salary range) - Benefits (benefits description) We must not include Schedule. Now ensure we don't repeat job title as heading. Not needed. Now produce HTML. We need to be careful to not include any markdown fences. Let's craft.

  About the role

  We are searching for a Research & Development Engineer to join the Electro‑Optics & Electronics (EOE) Division at the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) at Penn State. EOE develops innovative optical solutions for imaging, high‑energy laser (HEL) delivery, and sensing systems, and maintains the design and testing capabilities required to build and fully characterize all aspects of optical performance – from image quality to HEL coating damage testing. This role will lead and conduct basic and applied research of advanced electro‑optical designs, including metasurfaces, photonic structures and other emerging material and nano‑science applications. You will have the ability to take on challenges where the research path is not clear and the outcome is not guaranteed. ARL is an authorized DoD SkillBridge partner and welcomes transitioning military members to apply. The position is fully on‑site in State College, PA, with periodic travel to remote locations (including the EOE Freeport Office near Pittsburgh, PA) for collaboration and testing as part of a small team of researchers, engineers, and technologists.

  Responsibilities

  • Act as part of team leadership that operates in this ambiguous space and develops the executable plan for the rest of the team
  • Perform physics‑based modeling to predict the performance of imaging system concepts and designs
  • Drive system level trade studies to develop architectures and allocate system level requirements across subsystems and engineering disciplines
  • Routinely interface with sponsors, customers, end‑users, and collaborators to understand their problems, brainstorm solutions, scope research, communicate the technical aspects of research execution, and convey the significance of results
  • Provide input to the strategic direction of the department’s research pursuits by helping to establish the appropriate core competencies and evaluating where capabilities best align with a sponsor’s needs
  • Leverage prior first‑hand experience with building and testing advanced, state‑of‑the‑art electro‑optic systems
  • Track the latest developments in electro‑optic systems and advise on how and when to integrate them into ongoing and future research opportunities
  • Perform project planning, budgeting, and scheduling
  • Manage vendors and suppliers, from purchase orders through statements of work
  • Lead other engineers in day‑to‑day tasking to satisfy stakeholder’s requirements and expectations
  • Independently manage multiple and/or large electro‑optic projects
  • Develop and propose solutions for new applications
  • Perform the role of Trusted Agent to the government to assess and validate state‑of‑the