Principal Algorithm Engineer (EO/IR Image Analysis)New$370K

Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move fast, build real hardware for meaningful missions, and make the impossible routine.

What you'll do

• Develop, optimize, and validate complex EO/IR image-processing chains and: support their deployment into real-time implementations on space-based sensor payloads.

• Bring your understanding of the physics of optical sensors and image: formation to develop and optimize modeling and simulation frameworks to simulation mission imagery.

• Use these simulation frameworks to synthesize mission imagery to support: machine learning training and image algorithm validation.

• Apply classical and modern (deep learning) approaches to detect and track: low-SNR objects within EO/IR imagery for mission-critical applications.

• Work with software and firmware teams to transition complex image-processing: algorithms into high-performance, real-time implementations.

• Support and enhance existing operational programs, including maintaining and: improving deployed algorithms, troubleshooting fielded systems, and ensuring ongoing system performance and reliability.

What they're looking for

• Analyze large and complex EO/IR datasets to extract analytics and assess algorithm performance.
• Document and present algorithm performance results to technical and: non-technical stakeholders, including government customers.
• Attend technical interchange meetings and represent the organization in: matters pertaining to project development.
• Support travel or off-site work, as needed.