Missile Seeker Hardware Integration Engineer

Purposelink Recruitment; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Purposelink Recruitment is seeking a Perception Hardware Integration Engineer in El Segundo/Los Angeles, CA. This on-site role covers the full lifecycle of the missile seeker hardware, from benchtop prototype to high‑volume production, with regular flight tests and cross‑functional collaboration.

You will integrate sensors, optics, compute modules, and thermal imaging units, perform advanced calibration, and ensure readiness for rapid test cycles in a hardware‑driven environment.

Qualifications

• 8–15 years of hands‑on integration experience with electro‑optical systems, thermal imaging (LWIR/MWIR), or defense sensor hardware.
• Experience taking optical hardware from CAD (Siemens NX) through prototype build, environmental qualification, and flight test.
• Proficiency in Python for test automation and hardware bring‑up.

Responsibilities

• Own the seeker hardware system across prototype development, integration, testing, and production scaling.
• Assemble and integrate optical sensors, LWIR/MWIR thermal imaging units, compute boards, custom optics, IMUs, and wiring harnesses into complete seeker packages.
• Perform advanced calibration, including NUC, radiometric calibration, bad‑pixel mapping, and boresight alignment across multiple seeker systems in parallel.
• Participate in bi‑weekly flight tests in Mojave, analyzing flight data and driving rapid mechanical/optical redesign cycles.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional engineering teams to ensure environmental qualification, reliability, and production readiness.

Skills

Python

Tools

Siemens NX

Job description

Purposelink Recruitment is seeking a Perception Hardware Integration Engineer in El Segundo/Los Angeles, CA. This on-site role covers the full lifecycle of the missile seeker hardware, from benchtop prototype to high‑volume production, with regular flight tests and cross‑functional collaboration.

You will integrate sensors, optics, compute modules, and thermal imaging units, perform advanced calibration, and ensure readiness for rapid test cycles in a hardware‑driven environment.