Seeker Hardware Integration Engineer

Furientis; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Furientis is seeking a senior engineer to own the seeker as a complete, fielded system from bench prototypes to qualification. You will drive capability architecture (cameras, compute, sensors) into a single, calibrated seeker, coordinating with opto-mechanical and thermal teams.

Prior experience with imaging systems is essential, with an emphasis on end-to-end integration and repeatable build processes. You will own environmental qualification, supplier interactions, and a rigorous test

Qualifications

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or related.
• 8+ years of hands-on integration of precision imaging or electro-optical hardware, from component selection through qualification.
• Demonstrated mastery of a complete imaging chain: sensor and lens selection against performance requirements (SNR, QE, pixel pitch, MTF), optics, mechanics, electronics, and software.
• Rapid prototype iteration: breadboard-to-brassboard builds, quick-turn fabrication, and test rigs improvised from eval kits and what's on the bench.
• System-level debug across domains: can chase an image-quality fault through optics, electronics, firmware, and thermal to root cause.
• Experimental discipline: characterization campaigns, optical alignment and metrology fundamentals, instrumentation you can trust, and data that separates signal from setup artifact.
• Strong CAD and GD&T; packaging dense assemblies into tight envelopes; comfortable at an electronics bench.
• Test automation in Python or similar; daily use of agentic coding tools (Claude Code or similar).

Responsibilities

• Own the physical integration of the seeker: master CAD, packaging, harnessing, connectors, and assembly sequence, inside the mass, volume, power, and cost budgets.
• Own the seeker build: the lens-to-FPA marriage, electronics integration, first-article bring-up, and system-level debug.
• Run the detector trade: vendor engagement, eval-kit bring-up, and bench characterization of candidate FPAs.
• Own calibration: non-uniformity correction, bad-pixel maps, radiometric cal, and boresight, developed on the first articles and pipelined to every unit that follows.
• Own seeker test and acceptance: stations and instrumentation you can prove trustworthy, and the data package that shows each unit performs.
• Own seeker-level environmental qualification campaigns, and run failures to root cause.
• Own the seeker supply chain and test infrastructure: every purchased item rides your system.
• Automate everything you touch twice, and build so the next unit is the same as the last.

Skills

CAD

GD&T

Python

Claude Code / agentic coding tools

Education

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or related

Job description

Furientis is seeking a senior engineer to own the seeker as a complete, fielded system from bench prototypes to qualification. You will drive capability architecture (cameras, compute, sensors) into a single, calibrated seeker, coordinating with opto-mechanical and thermal teams.

Prior experience with imaging systems is essential, with an emphasis on end-to-end integration and repeatable build processes. You will own environmental qualification, supplier interactions, and a rigorous test