BlackSky - Staff Electro-Optical Payload Engineer

Tukwila, WA or short-term remote - Hybrid$155k - $180k+ Equity3mo ago

In Office Staff NA Insurance Staff Engineer Python Plane Program Management Procurement

Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience in technical engineering roles involving the specification, modeling, design, integration, and/or test of imaging or non-imaging optical systems and associated components/subsystems, particularly the testing of space-based optical systems. • Bachelor's degree in optical engineering, physics, or other area of appropriate technical focus (or equivalent experience of four additional years). • Hands-on laboratory experience and familiarity with typical optical test and meteorology instrumentation and practices, e.g., interferometers, theodolite/laser tracker, optical alignment. • Proficiency in at least one computer language with an emphasis on numerical or technical computing. • Strong technical grasp of the physics of optical image formation and associated detector phenomenology, especially in the visible and infrared spectra. • Proficiency with radiometry, optical imaging and detection figures of merit, and optical system performance modeling/estimation/simulation. • Adept with developing concise specifications for optical systems within a well-defined, systematic requirements framework. • Familiarity with satellite/payload interface and CONOPs constraints and associated systems engineering. • Due to program requirements, this position requires holding US citizenship. • Direct experience in spaceborne optical remote sensing systems. • Direct experience in focal plane array design and engineering. • Direct experience in satellite radiometric, spatial, and spectral calibration. • Proficiency with numerical and technical programming in Python. • Familiarity and experience with a technical discipline complementary to optics, e.g., mechanical, thermal, electrical engineering. • Life at BlackSky for full-time US benefits eligible employees includes: • Life at BlackSky for full-time US benefits eligible employees includes • Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance • BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses! • 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more • 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match • Flexible Spending Accounts • Employee Stock Purchase Program • Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs • Employer matching donations • Professional development • Mac or PC? Your choice! • The anticipated salary range for candidates in Seattle, WA is $155,000-180,000 per year. The final compensation package offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on specific background and education. BlackSky is a multi-state employer and this pay scale may not reflect salary ranges in other states or locations outside of Seattle, WA.

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive integration, requirements verification, and test strategies for EO payloads. • Develop and maintain optical and sensor test facilities. • Test payloads and support the production team as they integrate your payloads onto satellites. • Partner with engineering, program management, and production to ensure comprehensive and efficient end-to-end validation of payload test from plan through design and execution. • Define requirements for and oversee the design and build of test Ground Support Equipment (GSE) and other test infrastructure for the payload. • Support the development of new EO payload architectures and concepts. • Simulate and analyses new sensors, designs, and/or phenomonologies to support R&D and technical strategy development. • Develop optical system requirements associated with new designs. • Provide technical assistance and oversight with design procurement and integration. • Support the characterization and commissioning activities of orbital imaging systems. • Evaluate on-orbit imaging systems performance, compare with your ground predictions, and evolve your test & performance prediction capabilities. • Other job-related duties as assigned.