Senior Satellite Image Processing Engineer

BlackSky; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) matching

Employee stock purchase program

Job summary

BlackSky seeks a Senior Image Processing Engineer to design, build and maintain an image processing pipeline for real-time satellite imagery products. You will develop and support image-to-image registration, photogrammetry, feature extraction and image-quality enhancements, processing large data with low latency while ensuring high accuracy.

Collaboration across teams is essential, with preference for candidates near Seattle, WA.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Astronomy, Physics, CS or related engineering.
• Minimum five years developing image processing algorithms.
• Minimum five years developing software in Python.
• Minimum three years working with an operational imaging system.
• Strong mathematical base in algorithm development and data processing.
• Excellent communication and organization skills.
• Self-motivation and ability to thrive on challenging problems.

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 imaging operations, inform sensor designs, and define imagery products and capabilities.
• Support launch and early operations of new satellites along with calibration, commissioning, and operations activities, sometimes requiring after-hours work.
• Other job-related duties as assigned.

Skills

Image processing

Python

Mathematical modeling

Multi-tasking

Self-motivation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Astronomy, Physics, CS or related engineering

Tools

C++

Python

Job description

BlackSky seeks a Senior Image Processing Engineer to design, build and maintain an image processing pipeline for real-time satellite imagery products. You will develop and support image-to-image registration, photogrammetry, feature extraction and image-quality enhancements, processing large data with low latency while ensuring high accuracy.

Collaboration across teams is essential, with preference for candidates near Seattle, WA.