Space Observation Software Engineer

CFD Research Corporation; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Medical, vision, dental insurance

Paid leave and disability coverage

Bonuses for exceptional performance

Job summary

CFD Research Corporation seeks a Remote Sensing Software Engineer to develop SDA and remote sensing exploitation pipelines, guiding technical direction and collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams on high‑fidelity space observation analytics.

The role focuses on end‑to‑end processing systems for EO/IR missions, ML-based anomaly detection, and multi-sensor fusion, with emphasis on Python, C++, and scalable compute. Dayton onsite with U.S. citizenship required.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility is required.
• 3–8+ years in remote sensing, image/signal processing, or GEOINT data exploitation.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related STEM field.

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end remote sensing processing systems for EO/IR missions.
• Develop radiometric and spectral response models.
• Support imaging algorithms like multi-frame super-resolution and deconvolution.
• Implement ML-based anomaly detection, behavior classification, and object discrimination.
• Design multi-sensor fusion pipelines using Bayesian or ML methods.
• Conduct trajectory estimation and 3D kinematic modeling.
• Architect scalable scientific computing solutions using Python, C++, CUDA, HPC clusters, or cloud-native platforms.

Skills

Active Top Secret clearance

GEOINT / remote sensing experience

Python

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Tools

Python

C++

CUDA

HPC

Cloud

Job description

CFD Research Corporation seeks a Remote Sensing Software Engineer to develop SDA and remote sensing exploitation pipelines, guiding technical direction and collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams on high‑fidelity space observation analytics.

The role focuses on end‑to‑end processing systems for EO/IR missions, ML-based anomaly detection, and multi-sensor fusion, with emphasis on Python, C++, and scalable compute. Dayton onsite with U.S. citizenship required.