Electro-Optical Sensor Performance Engineer
Core
Lead optical system design, analysis, and testing for passive electro-optical airborne and space-based remote sensing systems serving national security and defense customers.
Role type
Senior IC electro-optical sensor performance engineer
Builds
Passive remote sensing systems (visible, infrared, multi/hyper-spectral) for DoD and intelligence community
Domain
Defense / Space / Remote Sensing / Optics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
optical system design and analysis, ray tracing (CodeV, Zemax), sensor performance evaluation (radiometry, metrics), stray light analysis, MATLAB/Python/ENVI/IDL programming, concurrent engineering collaboration
Preferred skills
optical system architecture trades, link budget analysis, FRED stray light analysis, flight hardware integration, field test support
Technologies
CodeV, Zemax, MATLAB, Python, ENVI, IDL, Mathematica, FRED
Responsibilities
Design and model passive electro-optical systems; evaluate infrared sensor performance theoretically and experimentally; perform stray light analysis; design, assemble, align, and test complex sensors; collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC