Senior Optical Systems & Mission Support Engineer (Remote)

Simera Sense; Heverlee; Hybrid; EUR 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Niche global market for opticalPayload

Friendly working environment

Job summary

Simera Sense is seeking a Senior Systems Support Engineer with strong optical and imaging systems expertise to support integration, operation, and performance of Earth-observation payloads. This role blends hands-on engineering with customer interactions and system-level investigations to deliver mission-ready solutions.

You will act as a primary technical interface to customers, lead discussions on imaging-system performance, and translate complex payload behavior into actionable engineering

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in optical or related engineering field.
• 5–10 years of professional engineering experience in optical or imaging systems.
• Hands-on experience analysing imaging performance at instrument or system level.
• Experience communicating with customers and stakeholders within an engineering environment.
• Willingness to travel for customer meetings and reviews.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary technical interface for customers on optical payload integration and imaging performance.
• Lead technical discussions with customers on imaging system performance and integration topics.
• Translate payload performance into practical system- and mission-level implications.
• Coordinate inputs from multiple engineering disciplines to resolve complex issues.
• Take ownership of technically ambiguous problems and drive them toward resolution.

Skills

Optical systems engineering

Imaging systems analysis

Customer-facing

Technical leadership

System-level integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Optical Engineering, Physics, Electrical/Electronic or Systems Engineering

Tools

Python

MATLAB

Job description

Simera Sense is seeking a Senior Systems Support Engineer with strong optical and imaging systems expertise to support integration, operation, and performance of Earth-observation payloads. This role blends hands-on engineering with customer interactions and system-level investigations to deliver mission-ready solutions.

You will act as a primary technical interface to customers, lead discussions on imaging-system performance, and translate complex payload behavior into actionable engineering