# Optical Engineer IV TS/SCI

Job Details New ideas are all around us, but only a few will change the world. That’s our focus at JPL. We ask the biggest questions, then search the universe for answers-literally. We build upon ideas that have guided generations, then share our discoveries to inspire generations to come. Your mission-your opportunity-is to seek out the answers that bring us one step closer. If you’re driven to discover, create, and inspire something that lasts a lifetime and beyond, you’re ready for JPL. Located in Pasadena, California, JPL has a campus-like environment situated on 177 acres in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and offers a work environment unlike any other: we inspire passion, foster innovation, build collaboration, and reward excellence. Responsibilities: JPL is a center of research, innovation and technology, and if you aspire to be on the leading edge, there is no better place. A truly unique organization, JPL is a pioneer of space exploration technology and science, attracting and cultivating the best and brightest creative and technical minds. JPL values creative thought, technical excellence and teamwork, infused with the highest level of integrity. The Instrument

- **Id**: 3821711
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/nasa-optical-engineer-iv-tssci>
- **Role**: Semiconductors
- **Role family**: Semiconductors
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 9
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-29T00:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-29
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T16:13:45Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 43
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6996
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Flexible schedule, Parental leave, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Brewing & Beer, Secondary Education, Earth Observation, Ground Systems

## Company

- **Id**: 12944
- **Name**: NASA
- **Domain**: nasa.gov
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/nasa>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 12
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 25
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 185952
- **Max**: 226720
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 226720

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **MATLAB** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Cameo Systems Modeler** — Optional: yes
- **IBM DOORS** — Optional: yes
- **Ray** — Optional: yes
- **Verification & Validation** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 43

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 9
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T17:27:48Z

## Visa

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

## Liveness

- **Score**: 20
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.565
- **P room**: 0.36
- **Age days**: 43
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 226720
- **Is top pay**: yes

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