Optical Systems Engineer

Your responsibilities

• Translate customer needs and observation requirements into technical requirements for spacecraft and optical payload subcontractors;
• Supervise instrument design, manufacturing, assembly, integration and testing;
• Participate in suppliers/subcontractors management, including assessment of their technical credibility, assessment of technical solutions, specifying statement of work and verification of datapack;
• Manage optical payload requirements traceability and own requirements V&V;
• Define instrument concept of operations and manage instrument technical budgets (e.g. power, data, mass, pointing/stability);
• Assess internal and external risks to the instrument, develop mitigation plans, and communicate them effectively;
• Monitor the performance of on-orbit instruments and data pipelines, support anomaly detection and root cause analysis;
• Collaborate effectively with other engineers, software developers, data product developers, ground segment team, and mission operations teams.

Our requirements

• B.S, M.S., or Ph.D. in an optical engineering field, or equivalent experience;
• 10+ years of experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment, with exposure to spacecraft, remote sensing instruments, and imaging systems;
• Hands-on experience on systems that gained flight heritage including data products exploitation;
• Experience driving right-sized trade studies and identifying systems solutions;
• Demonstrated project management skills and ability to collaborate with other engineering disciplines;
• Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills;
• Ability to rapidly change roles/responsibilities while working in a high-paced, rewarding work environment.
• Experience with on-ground optical imaging data processing;
• Experience with infrared imaging systems and components;
• Experience working with precision electro-optical equipment;
• Exposure to design and analysis of optical components and systems;
• Experience supporting integrated spacecraft testing and launch campaigns.