Senior Missile Warning – Tracking and Defense Calibration Engineer
| Company | The Aerospace Coporation |
|---|---|
| Location | Boulder, CO, USA, El Segundo, CA, USA |
| Salary | $129000 – $249600 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Experience with FPA testing and data interpretation and/or optical design and performance
- Understanding of thermal vacuum testing procedures and equipment for IR sensor prelaunch testing
- Familiarity with contamination control plans and methods for testing for same
- Bachelor’s degree in astronomy, optical design, imaging science, or remote sensing-related disciplines
- 8 or more years of industry related electro-optical engineering experience
Responsibilities
- Trending radiometric and goniometric calibrations for the various sensors over time
- Comparing performance attributes for sensors that are part of different constellations/ at different orbital altitudes
- Assessing stray light and off-axis response performance of the sensors and comparing to prelaunch models
- Evaluating noise performance under different mission conditions (deep space/ATH, BTH low/benign clutter, BTH high background/clutter conditions), and comparing the results to predictions for same
- Seeking approaches to streamline calibration processes on the ground and a pipelines for data handling
- Advising on the quality of proposals by assessing sensor designs, data processing approaches, and mission performance through modeling, simulation, and data analysis
- Supporting customer acquisitions throughout the lifecycle, from program definition through AI&T and on-orbit operations
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced (Masters or Ph.D.) degree from an accredited program in physics, electrical engineering, optics, mechanical engineering or another related field
- An active SCI/Top Secret security clearance, which is issued by the US government. U.S citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance
- Demonstrated history of supporting EO/IR programs through an entire lifecycle, from initial development studies through on-orbit operations