Company Profile
AOM is bringing decades of experience in optical metrology expertise to bear on some of the most demanding optics applications on earth – the fast-growing commercial space telescope industry, extreme precision optics for EUV lithography, and a host of other consumer, research, and industrial technologies that will shape humanity’s future through optics.
We are a fast-growing optics metrology business supporting amazing technology development all around the world. We operate with the pace and feel of a tech startup with the security of a mature technology at its core. It’s challenging, fun, and offers many opportunities to learn and grow for a motivated IT & Software Quality Engineer.
Our products and services include:
- Computer Generated Holograms (CGHs) enabling interferometric testing of optical surfaces – aspheres, freeforms, cylinders, conic sections, and many other complex surface shapes and optical systems
- Mechanics for precise positioning and alignment of CGHs and test optics
- Development of complete optical test setups for the fast-growing commercial space telescope industry, consumer electronics customers, the semiconductor lithography industry, and many other applications.
Primary Functions
IT Services & Systems Administration
- Support day-to-day IT operations for approximately 35 employees, including hardware setup, user onboarding/offboarding, and troubleshooting.
- Administer and support Microsoft 365 services including Exchange Online, SharePoint, Teams, and OneDrive.
- Assist with Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) identity and access management, including user/group management, conditional access, and MFA configuration.
- Support Microsoft Intune device enrollment, policy management, and software deployment across Windows endpoints.
- Troubleshoot, maintain, and optimize network infrastructure: routers, switches, firewalls, access points, VPNs, DHCP, and DNS.
- Assist with hardware procurement, configuration, and lifecycle management.
- Provide general technical support and maintain documentation for IT systems and procedures.
- Support a continual improvement process for AI tool governance and administration under established organizational policies.
Cybersecurity & CMMC 2.0 Compliance
- Assist with AOM’s CMMC 2.0 Level 2 compliance program under NIST SP 800-171.
- Support policy management tasks including drafting, reviewing, updating, and tracking information security policies.
- Help coordinate and track employee security awareness training and policy acknowledgments.
- Assist with logging, monitoring, and reporting activities to support audit readiness.
- Contribute to System Security Plan (SSP) maintenance and related compliance documentation.
- Support identification and remediation of security gaps across IT systems and processes.
Secondary Functions
Software Quality Assurance & Testing
- Execute manual test cases and exploratory testing across internal software applications.
- Identify, document, and track software defects with clear reproduction steps and supporting detail.
- Assist in developing and maintaining test plans, test cases, and QA documentation.
- Participate in the software development lifecycle by providing structured QA feedback to developers.
- Perform regression testing following software updates or bug fixes.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of QA processes and testing practices.
Qualifications
The successful candidate will possess these skills and qualifications:
Required
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field — or equivalent experience or certifications (CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, or Microsoft).
- Solid foundational knowledge of computer hardware, operating systems, and networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, firewalls).
- Familiarity with Microsoft 365 services and the broader Microsoft ecosystem.
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills with attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to document technical processes clearly.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively in a small-team environment.
- Genuine curiosity about technology and a desire to learn across disciplines.
Desired
- Hands-on experience with Microsoft Entra ID, Intune, and/or M365 Business Premium.
- Exposure to cybersecurity frameworks such as NIST SP 800-171 or CMMC.
- Familiarity with software testing methodologies and defect tracking tools.
- Basic scripting or programming experience (PowerShell, Python, or similar).
- Experience in a compliance-sensitive or government-contracting environment.
- Experience in software quality assurance
Why AOM?
We are a fast-growing optics metrology business supporting amazing technology development all around the world. We operate with the pace and feel of a tech startup with the security of a mature technology at its core. It’s challenging, fun, and offers many opportunities to learn and grow for a motivated IT & Software Quality Engineer.
Pay: $65,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
