Senior EO Systems Engineer, GEOINT Space & Imaging

Stratos Solutions, Inc.; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Stratos Solutions, Inc. in Northern Virginia seeks an Advanced Electro-Optical (EO) Systems Engineer to support an Intelligence Community space program.

You will advance EO sensing systems from concept through deployment, partnering with government engineers, acquisition teams, and industry partners to deliver GEOINT ground processing capabilities. The role emphasizes EO imaging physics, sensor performance, calibration, and integration with PED architectures.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting Electro-Optical (EO) remote sensing systems, imaging payloads, or GEOINT collection programs.
• Strong understanding of EO phenomenology, optics, detector technologies, image formation, and remote sensing physics.
• Experience supporting systems engineering activities across the system lifecycle.
• Knowledge of GEOINT collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination (PED) workflows.
• Experience evaluating system performance, technical risks, and engineering trade studies.
• Ability to analyze complex technical problems and develop practical engineering recommendations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience briefing senior Government leadership and technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise supporting advanced EO collection systems, payloads, and ground processing architectures.
• Evaluate EO system performance, sensor capabilities, and mission effectiveness across the lifecycle.
• Support systems engineering activities including requirements development, architecture analysis, design reviews, integration, testing, and operational transition.
• Assess technical approaches and engineering trade studies supporting future EO capability development.
• Review technical documentation, interface specifications, architecture products, and engineering baselines.

Skills

EO remote sensing

System lifecycle engineering

GEOINT PED workflows

Technical briefing

Acquisition support

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Remote Sensing, Geospatial Science, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical discipline

Active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Job description

Stratos Solutions, Inc. in Northern Virginia seeks an Advanced Electro-Optical (EO) Systems Engineer to support an Intelligence Community space program.

You will advance EO sensing systems from concept through deployment, partnering with government engineers, acquisition teams, and industry partners to deliver GEOINT ground processing capabilities. The role emphasizes EO imaging physics, sensor performance, calibration, and integration with PED architectures.