Senior Image Processing Engineer — Real-Time Satellite

Blacksky Holdings LLC; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) and Roth options

Professional development

Employee stock purchase program

Job summary

BlackSky seeks a Senior Image Processing Engineer to design, build, and maintain the image processing pipeline that transforms raw pixels into image products. You will work on image-to-image registration, photogrammetry, feature extraction, and image-quality enhancement in a high-volume, low-latency environment.

Reporting to the Director, Image Processing, you will collaborate across teams to support satellite launches, calibrations, and operational activities while advancing processing

Qualifications

• Five years developing image processing algorithms.
• Five years developing software in Python.
• Three years working with an operational imaging system.
• Strong mathematical base in algorithm development, data processing, and uncertainty propagation.
• Excellent communication and organization skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop the algorithms and tools to process raw pixel values into imagery products.
• Maintain those algorithms and tools throughout their operational life cycle, particularly in commercial operations.
• Develop tools to monitor and maintain image quality and related metrics.
• Collaborate across the organization to improve concepts of imaging operations and define new imagery products.
• Support launch and early operations of new satellites and related calibration/operations activities.

Skills

Python

Image processing

Algorithms

Mathematics

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Astronomy, Physics, Computer Science or related engineering fields

Tools

C++

Job description

BlackSky seeks a Senior Image Processing Engineer to design, build, and maintain the image processing pipeline that transforms raw pixels into image products. You will work on image-to-image registration, photogrammetry, feature extraction, and image-quality enhancement in a high-volume, low-latency environment.

Reporting to the Director, Image Processing, you will collaborate across teams to support satellite launches, calibrations, and operational activities while advancing processing