Position Overview:

The System Architect– Interferometric Technologies is a technical leader and system architect for QED Technologies’ Interferometer based product line (e.g. ASI, QIS, etc.). They are responsible for the technical integrity of metrology-oriented products across the full lifecycle—from early concept exploration and architecture through development, release, sustainment, and end-of-life planning. This role exercises strong technical influence over roadmap execution and platform decisions alongside system requirements development, and cross-functional technical alignment.

Key Responsibilities:

Product Line Technical Leadership

• Serve as the technical authority for Interferometry based products, ensuring coherent architecture, sound engineering decisions, and consistent product line strategy.

• Act as Project Technical Lead for Interferometry oriented programs, coordinating technical execution across engineering disciplines.

• Drive technical trade studies and decision records, balancing performance, quality and cost.

• Requirements Development & Management

• Lead customer/product/technical requirements development, translating voice-of-customer inputs into clear, verifiable requirements.

• Create and maintain structure, quality, traceability, and change control of system requirements.

• Facilitate requirements reviews with stakeholders; ensure requirements are verifiable and aligned with product intent, risks, and constraints.

• System Architecture & Concept Development

• Lead project concept development: define system architectures to fulfill established requirements.

• Execute product development plan to manage risk against requirements.

Systems Engineering Execution

• Identify technical risks early and drive mitigation plans through architecture choices, prototypes, analysis, and verification planning.

• Lead functional decomposition, allocate requirements to subsystems, and define interface control requirements.

• Devise innovative processes to meet challenging requirements.

• Develop and maintain verification & validation strategy, including system level acceptance criteria and test plans.

• Product Lifecycle Support (Release, Sustainment & EOL)

• Work alongside manufacturing engineering, operations, sales and marketing to release new products to market.

• Provide ongoing support for released Interferometry based products: cost-down initiatives, obsolescence planning, corrective actions, preventative actions and continuous improvement.

• Partner with manufacturing, service, and quality teams to ensure product changes are robust, documented, and effectively implemented.

• Partner with sales and marketing to support end-of-life planning: transition strategies, documentation completeness, and customer commitments.

Skills & Competencies:

Deep and holistic understanding of interferometry and other metrology technologies is required. With experience in:

• Lens design

• Interferometry

• Opto-mechanics

• Basic coding (e.g. scripting in Python, Matlab, etc.)

• Data analysis

• Proficient in systems engineering and able to drive clarity from ambiguity:

• Disciplined and thoughtful approach to system requirements development

• Comfortable facilitating cross-functional technical reviews and negotiations

• Practical, customer-focused engineering mindset (robust, serviceable solutions) leveraging feedback for continuous improvement

• Effective cross-functional leadership bridging Engineering, R&D, and Operations

• Strong communication and organizational skills for documentation, project support and collaboration

• Strategic supplier and partner management to align resources and ensure product success

• Continuous improvement mindset leveraging post-launch feedback for ongoing refinements

Reporting & Working Relationships:

• Reports to the Systems Engineering Manager

• Serves as a primary internal technical point of contact for Interferometry based systems within defined purview (e.g. ASI, QIS, and future systems)

• Works closely with Project Management, Engineering, Service, Quality, and Applications

• Serves as a technical interface to customers and design partners as appropriate in execution of key responsibilities

Tools:

• Optical design in Zemax, or similar specialized engineering software

• Requirements management in Jama Connect

•Cross-functional engineering tools as needed (Git, JIRA, etc.)