Technology
Industry
201-500
Employees
Mission & Purpose
X is a moonshot factory. Our mission is to invent and launch breakthrough technologies that we hope could make the world a radically better place.
- Must be enrolled in an academic program and working towards completing a PhD, Masters, or Undergrad
- Minimum Qualifications:
- Currently enrolled in a graduate studies program in a STEM field (physics, engineering, computer science, mathematics or related), with a strong interest and background in free space optical communications.
- Strong understanding of free space optical communications theory.
- Hands-on experience working on free space optical communications systems, with a focus on optical / mechanical hardware, photonics, tracking systems and related software.
- Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages, including but not limited to: Python, MATLAB, C/C++
- Experience with one or more general purpose Computer Aided Design (CAD) software packages, including but not limited to: SolidWorks, Siemens NX
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working with off-the-shelf and custom hardware to build moderately complex optical / mechanical / electro-optical systems.
- Experience with instrumentation control using Python.