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Civil/Site Land Development PE/PM
GPAC
Raleigh, NC
- $100,000 to $140,000 USD / year
We are seeking an experienced Professional Engineer (PE) to join our Land Development team in a Project Manager capacity. This individual will play a key role in leading projects, managing…
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Land Development EIT
GPAC
Charlotte, NC
- $55,000 to $94,000 USD / year
We are seeking a motivated Engineer-in-Training (EIT) to join our Land Development team. This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career engineer to gain hands-on experience, work…
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Lead Water Resources Engineer
GPAC
Lisle, IL
- $90,000 to $120,000 USD / year
Career Blueprint: Lead Water Resources Engineer
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Sr Mechanical Project Engineer
GPAC
Orlando, FL
- $120,000 to $150,000 USD / year
5+ years of experience in building engineering
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Sr. Electrical Engineer (PE)
GPAC
Jacksonville, FL
- $110,000 to $135,000 USD / year
We are partnering with a well-established, employee-focused engineering consulting firm seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to join its growing MEP team. This opportunity is ideal for an…
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Sr Mechanical Project Engineer
GPAC
Jacksonville, FL
- $120,000 to $150,000 USD / year
5+ years of experience in building engineering
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Sr Mechanical Project Engineer
GPAC
Hialeah, FL
- $120,000 to $150,000 USD / year
5+ years of experience in building engineering
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Civil/Site Land Development PE/PM
GPAC
Port Saint Lucie, FL
- $100,000 to $140,000 USD / year
We are seeking an experienced Professional Engineer (PE) to join our Land Development team in a Project Manager capacity. This individual will play a key role in leading projects, managing…
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Drainage Engineer
GPAC
Cary, NC
- $100,000 to $150,000 USD / year
Develop your technical expertise while building the project management and client-facing skills needed for the next stage of your career.
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Structural Engineer - Commercial & Institutional Buildings (Texas)
GPAC
Dallas, TX
- $115,000 to $130,000 USD / year
Prepare calculations, drawings, and specifications for building projects
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Structural Engineer
GPAC
New York, NY
- $80,000 to $120,000 USD / year
Our client, a growing A&E firm with an office in New York City, is looking for a Structural Engineer to join its building structures team in a permanent, full-time role.
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Sr Structural Engineer
GPAC
Tallahassee, FL
- $140,000 to $170,000 USD / year
A respected engineering consulting firm is seeking a Senior Structural Project Engineer to join its growing team in the Greater Chicago market.
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Sr Structural Engineer
GPAC
Saint Petersburg, FL
- $140,000 to $170,000 USD / year
A respected engineering consulting firm is seeking a Senior Structural Project Engineer to join its growing team in the Greater Chicago market.
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Civil Professional Engineer (PE)
GPAC
Chicago, IL
- $100,000 to $125,000 USD / year
We are seeking a licensed Civil Professional Engineer (PE) to join our growing civil engineering division of our multi-disciplinary firm. The successful candidate will lead the design and…
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Engineer-in-Training (EIT) - Land Development
GPAC
Chicago, IL
- $75,000 to $100,000 USD / year
We are seeking a motivated Engineer-in-Training (EIT) to join our Land Development team. This is an excellent opportunity for an early-career engineer to gain hands-on experience, work…
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Electronic Warfare DevOps Engineer
Leidos
Huntsville, AL
Leidos’ Defense Open Air Sensors Division is seeking an Electronic Warfare DevOps Engineer to join a diverse team to create unique solutions for complex sensor and radar orientated…
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Sr. Space Based Environmental Monitoring (SBEM) Strategic Architect
The Aerospace Corpor
Colorado Springs, CO
- $151,300 to $226,900 USD / year
We're not just building satellites; we're constructing the future of defense, one innovative solution at a time. As the trusted partner to the nation's space programs, we tackle the most…
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Flight Dynamics Engineer
The Aerospace Corpor
Colorado Springs, CO
- $132,900 to $249,600 USD / year
Project Leader/Senior Project Engineer to join the EOFDD team. The selected candidate will provide expertise for a wide range of customer flight mechanics needs, supporting both analysis…
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2027 Trajectory Optimization Engineer
The Aerospace Corpor
Colorado Springs, CO
- $86,600 to $150,400 USD / year
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Applied AI Engineer
Becoming
San Francisco, CA
Becoming is building Developmental Intelligence: AI for predicting how organisms change over time.
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Optics Engineer
Becoming
San Francisco, CA
Becoming is building Developmental Intelligence: AI for predicting how organisms change over time.
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Machinist / Prototype Fabrication Engineer
Becoming
San Francisco, CA
- $90,000 to $140,000 USD / year
Becoming is building a new technology platform at the intersection of developmental biology, engineering, and AI.
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Robotics Engineer (Product / Electrical)
Becoming
San Francisco, CA
Becoming is building Developmental Intelligence: AI for predicting how organisms change over time.
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Senior Design Engineer
Eaton Corporation
Worcester, MA
Eaton’s Distributed IT division is seeking a Senior Design Engineer to lead the development and enhancement of Data Center Hot Aisle Containment (HAC) solutions. This role is based on site…
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Senior Software Engineer / Typescript, Data, AWS / Boston, MA
Kelly Services
Boston, MA
A multimedia company in Boston is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for their team. As a Senior Developer, you’ll be a point person for building and scaling out their world-class digital…

Becoming

Optics Engineer

San Francisco, CA, United States

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Posting language: English
Posted: Jul 16, 2026

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About Becoming Becoming is building Developmental Intelligence: AI for predicting how organisms change over time. Most experimental systems fail when metabolic demands become too high. We are building systems that don’t - by combining engineered metabolic environments, sensing, control, and software into tightly integrated products that operate reliably over long time horizons. Hardware is core to our platform. It must work continuously, predictably, and under real biological constraints.

The Role We are hiring an Optics Engineer to architect and own optical subsystems within Becoming’s integrated hardware platform. This is a senior builder role. You will design stable, production-grade optical systems that integrate tightly with mechanical structures, electronics, firmware, and data systems - and you will be accountable for their real-world performance. This is not a research imaging role. You will think in terms of alignment stability, signal integrity, manufacturability, and long-duration runtime. You will define specifications, make architecture decisions, and own outcomes.

What You’ll Own

End-to-end ownership of optical subsystems inside complex hardware platforms
Optical path architecture: illumination, detection, filtering, and signal optimization
Component selection with attention to stability, lifecycle, and manufacturability
Mechanical integration and alignment strategy under thermal and environmental constraints
Electrical integration of detectors and signal acquisition systems
Signal-to-noise optimization and drift mitigation
Calibration frameworks and long-term stability validation
Prototyping, stress testing, and failure analysis
Documentation and standards that enable scaling

Who You Are

You are someone who:

Operates with high agency - you identify problems, define solutions, and execute
Takes end-to-end ownership of what you build
Brings high energy to complex, ambiguous engineering challenges
Acts with high integrity - you are honest about tradeoffs, risks, and failure modes
Communicates directly and clearly, especially when something won’t work
Is self-aware about your strengths and gaps, and proactively fills them
Thinks like a systems integrator, not a narrow specialist
Cares deeply about understanding systems at a first-principles level
Have built optical systems that operated outside of controlled lab demos
Think in systems, not just ray traces
Understand how optical decisions impact mechanical tolerances and electrical noise
Surface limitations and risks clearly
Prefer robust architectures over fragile precision
Stay composed debugging signal degradation in live systems
Raise the technical bar around you
You take responsibility for whether the signal holds up over time - not just whether the design simulated correctly.

Strong Signals

Degree in optics, physics, electrical engineering, or equivalent demonstrated depth
Experience designing and shipping integrated optical systems
Strong first-principles understanding of optical design and detection physics
Experience integrating optics with mechanical and electrical platforms
Demonstrated ownership of systems operating under real-world constraints
Ability to operate without rigid process scaffolding or heavy vendor abstraction
Competitive salary and meaningful equity
Full benefits
High-trust, high-ownership environment
Rapid growth in scope and responsibility

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Firmware
Research
Hardware platforms
Documentation
Debugging
Electrical engineering

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