Seeker Sensor Lead for Space EO Systems

Menlo Ventures; Laguna Beach (CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision

HRA/HSA options

PTO and paid holidays

401K

Parental Leave

Job summary

True Anomaly is seeking an exceptional Seeker Responsible Engineer to lead the technical development and integration of seeker sensor systems for a critical spacecraft program.

You will own the full signal chain from optical collection to image processing, coordinating hardware, software, and test disciplines while guiding multidisciplinary teams toward a technically coherent, mission-ready design. This role requires deep EO expertise and strong leadership to drive program success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Optical/Electrical Engineering or related field (Master's preferred)
• 7+ years of professional experience in electro-optical system design and development across VNIR to LWIR
• Experience as a system or subsystem Responsible Engineer with ownership of requirements, integration, and verification for EO systems

Responsibilities

• Own technical direction, integration, and performance accountability for the seeker sensor system from concept through on-orbit operation
• Decompose system requirements into subsystems with full traceability from mission need to verified performance
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams spanning optical, detector, electronics, firmware, and software to ensure a coherent seeker design
• Apply radiometric budgeting to allocate signal, noise, and margin across the sensor design to meet requirements
• Develop and maintain calibration methodologies and on-orbit CONOPS for reliable mission performance
• Apply synthetic image generation and image processing to support model-based testing and algorithm development
• Define and support seeker integration, characterization, and qualification test campaigns with traceable results
• Generate and maintain technical documentation including specifications, interfaces, analyses, and test plans
• Present design status and results to customers and stakeholders at reviews
• Collaborate with EO Systems Engineering Manager and Payloads team to ensure seamless integration with spacecraft

Skills

System engineering leadership

Requirements decomposition

Radiometric analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Optical/Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

FRED

ASAP

Job description

True Anomaly is seeking an exceptional Seeker Responsible Engineer to lead the technical development and integration of seeker sensor systems for a critical spacecraft program.

You will own the full signal chain from optical collection to image processing, coordinating hardware, software, and test disciplines while guiding multidisciplinary teams toward a technically coherent, mission-ready design. This role requires deep EO expertise and strong leadership to drive program success.