Senior EO/IR Algorithm Engineer II - Real-Time Payloads

Rocket Lab USA

Long Beach (CA)

On-site

USD 195,000 - 300,000

Full time

10 days ago
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Job summary

Rocket Lab Optical Systems in Long Beach, CA seeks a Senior Algorithm Engineer II to develop, validate, and deploy advanced EO/IR image-processing algorithms for space payloads. You will work with ML, optical design, and space vehicle modeling teams to prototype processing claims for next-generation payloads.

The role requires leadership in a high-performance team, strong communication, and the ability to obtain/maintain a U.S. security clearance. Travel may be required and TS/SCI may be needed.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience, master's with 5+ years, or Ph.D. with 2+ years in a relevant technical discipline with experience in image processing or EO/IR systems.
  • Strong experience designing, implementing, testing, and optimizing image processing algorithms for EO/IR sensors.
  • Proficiency in Python with strong programming skills.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, optimize, and validate EO/IR image-processing chains for real-time space payloads.
  • Create modeling and simulation frameworks to generate mission imagery for ML training and validation.
  • Apply traditional and deep-learning approaches to detect and track low-SNR objects in EO/IR imagery.

Skills

EO/IR image processing
Object detection
Tracking
Python programming

Education

Bachelor's degree
Master's degree
PhD

Tools

Python
C/C++

Job description

Rocket Lab Optical Systems in Long Beach, CA seeks a Senior Algorithm Engineer II to develop, validate, and deploy advanced EO/IR image-processing algorithms for space payloads. You will work with ML, optical design, and space vehicle modeling teams to prototype processing claims for next-generation payloads.

The role requires leadership in a high-performance team, strong communication, and the ability to obtain/maintain a U.S. security clearance. Travel may be required and TS/SCI may be needed.

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