Senior Systems Engineer, EO/IR Payloads
Core
Drive technical exploration of new EO/IR payload and instrument concepts, enable novel imaging modes, and conceptualize innovative use cases through advanced systems engineering, modeling, and analysis.
Role type
Senior Systems Engineer (EO/IR Payloads)
Builds
Early-stage mission concepts, proof-of-concept demonstrations, and technical architectures for defense, intelligence, and commercial remote sensing applications.
Domain
Space Systems / Remote Sensing / EO/IR
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
Systems engineering, requirements development, simulation and modeling, radiometric modeling, trade studies, feasibility analysis, software modeling (Python, Julia, MATLAB), remote sensing phenomenology knowledge
Preferred skills
Early-stage business development, strategic capture, rapid prototyping, small satellite system architectures
Technologies
Python, Julia, MATLAB
Responsibilities
Conceptualize, analyze, demonstrate, and experiment with new EO/IR payload concepts; Develop system and payload requirements and perform detailed technical analysis; Identify and enable novel imaging modes and operational use cases; Drive and support early-stage R&D activities as Principal Investigator; Partner with Product and Applied Science to translate ideas into feasible technical architectures; Evaluate technical trades and system budgets for unconventional applications; Perform feasibility studies and trade studies to support mission and instrument concepts; Support customer discovery, capability demonstrations, and proposal generation.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic exploration focus
