# Optical Engineer

Optical EngineerThe Opportunity: What if you could use your engineering skills to transform the U.S. Navy? As an optical engineer, you understand the power behind complex systems. That knowledge is key when it comes to the support and testing of electro-optic (EO) components. We’re looking for an optical engineer who can use their skills to support the testing of state-of-the-art weapon systems to enhance the capabilities of today's warfighter. Our team supports testing of state-of-the-art directed energy weapons systems. That’s why we need you, an optical engineer, who is interested in the testing of weapons systems. You’ll directly impact the U.S. Navy and other Department of War entities by providing optical technical expertise. This is a chance to use your experience-based knowledge in optics and lasers while broadening your skillset. Join us and take on exciting challenges as we support the warfighter with state-of-the-art directed energy capabilities. Join us. The world can’t wait. You Have: 5+ years of experience with optical test equipment, including oscilloscopes, power meters, photodiodes, detectors, interferometers, wavefront sensors, spectrometers, or beam profilers 5+

- **Id**: 4129398
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/booz-allen-hamilton-optical-engineer-2>
- **Role**: Semiconductors
- **Role family**: Semiconductors
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Dahlgren, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T05:51:52Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 7
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7049
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Professional development
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: National Security, Intelligence, IT Consulting & Digital Transformation, Management Consulting

## Company

- **Id**: 244
- **Name**: Booz Allen Hamilton
- **Domain**: boozallen.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/booz-allen>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 82
- **Open postings**: 266
- **Ghost share**: 0.015
- **Stale share**: 0.677
- **Repost share**: 0.045
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 30
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 77500
- **Max**: 176000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 176000

## Technologies

- **MATLAB** — Optional: yes
- **SolidWorks** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 7

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T02:03:28Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 10 · green card filings: 2; Filings 12m: 10

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 7
- **Expected fill days**: 33
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T08:13:09Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 176000
- **Is top pay**: no

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