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Light Amplification Lead (f/m/d)
Darmstadt, DE · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Experience
- Extensive technical leadership experience; no number of years stated.
About the job
Leads the laser amplification function, making technical decisions and setting a development roadmap so the subsystem meets requirements and integrates with the wider laser system.
What you'll do
- Lead and develop technical teams, including line management, feedback, capability development, and hiring contributions.
- Evaluate technical options and stakeholder input, making reasoned decisions and guiding complex projects through uncertainty.
- Own the amplification roadmap, architecture, requirements, and interfaces, coordinating with adjacent laser functions and system integration.
What they ask for
- Some laser exposure and a general understanding of amplification.
- Extensive experience leading technical teams and complex engineering projects, with responsibility for people, priorities, and delivery.
- Strong engineering judgement and experience evaluating technical evidence, risks, and recommendations.
- Experience leading through uncertainty, plus line management and development of technical colleagues.
Nice to have
- Direct experience developing laser amplifiers or high-energy/high-power laser systems; familiarity with solid-state, fibre or diode-pumped amplification, CPA/OPCPA, or pulsed and ultrafast systems.
- Systems engineering, subsystem integration, industrialisation, supplier coordination, or experience in fusion, high-power laser facilities, or defence laser programmes.
Tools
solid-state, fibre, diode-pumped amplification, CPA/OPCPA
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