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The Directed Energy group develops and demonstrates laser systems in the tens to hundreds of kilowatts class for counter-uncrewed aircraft system (C-UAS) and short range air defence roles, spanning the laser source, beam director, tracking and fire control, power and thermal management, and platform integration.\nAs a Laser Engineer you will work on the source itself: the amplifier chains, pump architecture, beam delivery and combining that turn electrical power into a militarily useful beam on target. You will spend your time between the laboratory, the integration floor and the range, and you will see your work fired at real targets rather than modelled indefinitely.\nThis is a hands-on engineering role with genuine technical latitude, in a small team where the person who designs the subsystem is usually the person who aligns it, tests it and fixes it before a demonstration.\nEvery role in this team spends time in the field. Our systems are proven at the test range and on trial sites, and you will be there when that happens.\nPrimary duties\nThe job plays a pivotal role in the design, build and performance of the high energy laser sources at the heart of every EOS directed energy product.\nYou will provide expertise in high power laser design, alignment, characterisation and power scaling, and in translating laser requirements into achievable subsystem specifications for the wider engineering team.\nKey Responsibilities\nDesign, build, align and characterise high power laser sources and beam paths, including fibre amplifier chains, pump modules and beam combining architectures.\nSpecify and select laser components including gain fibre, diodes, isolators, collimators, gratings and coatings, and lead the technical exchange with vendors.\nCharacterise system performance including output power, beam quality, spectral content, polarisation and stability across duty cycle and thermal soak.\nDesign and execute 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