Senior EO/IR Image Processing Engineer II

Rocket Lab Corporation; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grant

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Health insurance

Dental and vision coverage

Paid vacation and sick time

11 paid holidays

401(k) retirement plan with company 
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Job summary

Rocket Lab in Chantilly, VA is seeking a Senior Algorithm Engineer II to develop computer vision and deep learning solutions for EO/IR image processing. You will collaborate with researchers and engineers to create scalable, physics‑based data pipelines and deploy models for space‑systems applications. The role requires strong math and ML fundamentals, Python proficiency, and experience with Keras/TensorFlow/PyTorch.

U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a security clearance are required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in physics/optical sciences/computer science/related field with image processing/EO/IR exposure.
• Strong background in math and ML fundamentals including model selection, training, validation, testing, and deployment.
• Experience building deep learning neural networks (CNN) for computer vision or image analysis (detection/segmentation/tracking).
• Proficient in Python and common DL libraries (Keras, TensorFlow, PyTorch).
• Software engineering fundamentals: version control, testing, CI/CD, containerization.
• U.S. citizenship is required by program requirements and ability to obtain security clearance.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop computer vision algorithms and deep neural networks for image/video processing chains.
• Collaborate with researchers/engineers on AI/ML and computer vision.
• Work with physics-based image simulation to scale training/validation data.
• Design, train, and deploy ML models for Optical Systems applications.
• Prototype rapidly and integrate into operational systems.
• Troubleshoot, fix bugs, and maintain existing/new systems.
• Stay current with ML research and evaluate new tools/frameworks/techniques.

Skills

Python proficiency

Deep learning (CNN)

Math fundamentals

ML fundamentals

Software eng basics

Version control / CI‑CD

US citizenship

Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field

Master’s degree in a related field

PhD in a related field

Tools

Keras

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Job description

Rocket Lab in Chantilly, VA is seeking a Senior Algorithm Engineer II to develop computer vision and deep learning solutions for EO/IR image processing. You will collaborate with researchers and engineers to create scalable, physics‑based data pipelines and deploy models for space‑systems applications. The role requires strong math and ML fundamentals, Python proficiency, and experience with Keras/TensorFlow/PyTorch.

U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a security clearance are required.