Senior EO/IR Image Processing Engineer II

Rocket Lab Corporation; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 243,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Stock equity with total compensation

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Rocket Lab Corporation in Long Beach, CA seeks a Senior Algorithm Engineer II specializing in EO/IR image analysis for space payloads. You will design and validate algorithms, build simulation frameworks, and work with cross-functional teams on real-time processing and mission-ready software.

The role requires senior expertise in image processing, computer vision, and Python, with U.S. citizen status and clearance eligibility. Equity and competitive compensation are included.

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.
• Strong experience designing, implementing, testing, and optimizing EO/IR image processing algorithms.
• Broad experience in computer vision including detection, tracking, and 3-D modeling.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Experience in image-system modeling and simulation.

Responsibilities

• Develop, validate, and deploy EO/IR image-processing algorithms for space payloads.
• Create modeling/simulation frameworks to generate mission imagery for ML training.
• Apply deep learning to detect and track low-SNR objects in EO/IR data.
• Collaborate with software/firmware teams to run real-time implementations.
• Maintain and improve deployed algorithms and system performance.
• Analyze large EO/IR datasets and report results to stakeholders.
• Present findings to government customers and participate in technical meetings.
• Travel or work off-site as needed.

Skills

Python

Communication skills

Leadership

Security clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years experience

Master’s degree with 5+ years experience

Ph.D. with 2+ years experience

Tools

C/C++

Modeling & simulation

Job description

Rocket Lab Corporation in Long Beach, CA seeks a Senior Algorithm Engineer II specializing in EO/IR image analysis for space payloads. You will design and validate algorithms, build simulation frameworks, and work with cross-functional teams on real-time processing and mission-ready software.

The role requires senior expertise in image processing, computer vision, and Python, with U.S. citizen status and clearance eligibility. Equity and competitive compensation are included.