EO/IR Vision & ML Systems Engineer

Rocket Lab Corporation; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grant

Employee stock purchase program

Medical plans

Paid vacation & sick time

Disability & life insurance

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Rocket Lab is seeking a Senior Algorithm Engineer II - EO/IR image analysis in Long Beach, CA. You will develop computer vision algorithms and deep neural networks for EO/IR processing, collaborating with researchers on AI/ML/CV, scaling data, and deploying models for Optical Systems applications.

Must have strong math, Python, and DL library experience, with U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a security clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher with 8+ years in physics/optical/CS/math/EE or related field and EO/IR experience.
• Strong background in ML fundamentals and model lifecycle (selection, training, validation, deployment).
• Experience building deep learning networks for CV tasks (detection, segmentation, tracking).
• Strong math, including linear algebra and optimization.
• Proficiency in Python and DL libraries (TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch).
• Software engineering basics: version control, testing, CI/CD, containerization.
• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop CV algorithms and deep neural networks for image/video processing chains.
• Collaborate with researchers/engineers in AI/ML/CV.
• Scale training/validation data with physics-based simulation.
• Design, train, and deploy ML models for Optical Systems.
• Prototype and integrate into operational systems; troubleshoot and maintain.

Skills

Python

Deep learning

Computer vision

Mathematics

Linear algebra

Version control

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree + 8+ years

Master's + 5+ years

PhD + 2+ years

Tools

TensorFlow

Keras

PyTorch

Git

CI/CD

Docker

Job description

Rocket Lab is seeking a Senior Algorithm Engineer II - EO/IR image analysis in Long Beach, CA. You will develop computer vision algorithms and deep neural networks for EO/IR processing, collaborating with researchers on AI/ML/CV, scaling data, and deploying models for Optical Systems applications.

Must have strong math, Python, and DL library experience, with U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a security clearance.