Senior EO/IR Image Processing Engineer II

Rocketlab

Long Beach (CA)

On-site

USD 195,000 - 300,000

Full time

11 days ago
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Equity compensation
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Medical, dental, vision plans
401(k) plan with company match

Job summary

Rocket Lab is seeking a Senior Algorithm Engineer II in Long Beach, CA, to develop and optimize EO/IR image-processing algorithms for space payloads. You will work with ML techniques, simulations, and cross-disciplinary teams to deliver robust, real-time solutions.

The role requires advanced degrees and US citizenship with ability to obtain a security clearance. Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits are provided.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in physics, optical sciences, computer science, mathematics, or engineering with 8+ years for BS, 5+ for MS, 2+ for PhD in image processing/EO/IR systems.
  • Strong experience designing, implementing, testing, and optimizing EO/IR image processing algorithms.
  • Proficiency in Python; experience with C/C++ is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, optimize, and validate EO/IR image-processing chains for real-time deployment on space payloads.
  • Build modeling/simulation frameworks to generate mission imagery for ML training and validation.
  • Apply deep learning approaches to detect and track low-SNR objects in EO/IR data.
  • Collaborate with software/firmware teams to deploy algorithms into high-performance implementations.
  • Analyze large EO/IR datasets and present results to stakeholders.

Skills

EO/IR image processing
Python programming
Machine learning
Communication
Team leadership
US citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical field
Master's degree
PhD in a related field

Tools

C/C++
Modeling & Simulation
Vision libraries

Job description

Rocket Lab is seeking a Senior Algorithm Engineer II in Long Beach, CA, to develop and optimize EO/IR image-processing algorithms for space payloads. You will work with ML techniques, simulations, and cross-disciplinary teams to deliver robust, real-time solutions.

The role requires advanced degrees and US citizenship with ability to obtain a security clearance. Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits are provided.

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