Chief EO/IR Architect Engineer

CACI International•Danbury, CT

4d•$131,800 - $290,000•Onsite

About The Position

As a Chief EO/IR Architect Engineer, you will be involved in all phases of system development, from pre‑proposal activities through final design, manufacturing, assembly, integration, verification, and delivery, providing technical direction and leadership to integrated product teams of varying sizes.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance
Bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of relevant work experience OR 10 years of relevant work experience with a Master’s degree.
Decomposition of complex systems into logical building blocks and the ability to develop the requisite error budgets and requirements traceability.
Evaluation and definition of the optical, mechanical, electrical, and environmental inputs into an EO/IR system and their influence on overall requirements compliance.
Program planning including scope definition, resourcing, and budgeting.
Proficient technical writing skills including proposal content, requirements specifications, verification matrices, verification plans, and verification reports.
CONOPS development.
Technical leadership of cross‑functional/discipline teams.

Nice To Haves

Experience in architecting and/or developing imaging system solutions for spaceborne missions.
Knowledge of EO industry technical capabilities (e.g., focal planes, electronics) for space systems, supporting architecting of EO payloads.
Familiarity with mission‑level performance requirements including NIIRS (image quality), Modulation Transfer Function (MTF), Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR), Minimum Detectable Target, and/or geolocation.
Familiarity with mission‑level phenomenology including solar‑illuminated signal and thermal emission of objects and background/clutter and appropriate selection of spectral bands.

Responsibilities

Evaluation and shaping of customer requirements, assisting business development in defining the opportunity spaces in which future contracts lie.
Development of the top‑level system architecture of mission solutions, including optical and electronic design requirements, on‑board processing requirements, platform interfaces, and CONOPS.
Defining, executing, and overseeing system design trades.
Interfacing with customers throughout the product life cycle as the lead technical representative of the product development team.
Leading program teams, including other engineering disciplines and interfacing with program management, to develop optical system design concepts and decompose and flow down system requirements to lower‑level assemblies and components.
Preparing and presenting material for formal design reviews and customer meetings.
Defining and leading internal IR&D projects.