Engineer Senior - EOIR Payload Calibration

The Engineering, Science and Analysis (ESA) Strategic Capabilities Unit comprises the technical talent and organizational leadership that enables the successful delivery of high-impact discriminating technologies for our customers’ missions.

Our collaborative, cross-functional teams are committed to innovation, integrity, continual learning and strong execution.

• Develop and implement the calibration solutions necessary to achieve world class EO/IR remote sensor performance.

• Analyze data quality of optical payload and subsystem requirements and decompose as necessary to inform the related design, build, and test architecture and verification activities.

• Contribute to the formulation and execution of radiometric, spectral, and other calibration strategies to achieve the required mission data quality.

• Under direction of a lead, learn remote sensing payload design calibration architectures using component hardware technologies, calibration sources, calibration techniques, and uncertainty analysis.

• Collaborate on novel calibration approaches and related proposals for internal or customer funded research and development projects.

• Help create physics-based calibration models and budgets.

• Collaborate with other engineering disciplines (systems, optical, mechanical, electrical, software, test, etc.) to execute calibration tasks.

• Interface with and support the program’s calibration lead and/or chief systems engineer.

• Prepare and give presentations to peers, management and customers.

• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.

• Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.

• Perform other duties as necessary.

On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site five days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location.

Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.

• Work is performed in an office, laboratory, production floor, or cleanroom, outdoors or remote research environment.

• May occasionally work in production work centers where use of protective equipment and gear is required.

• May access other facilities in various weather conditions.