Principal Algorithm Engineer (EO/IR Image Analysis)

Rocket Lab Corporation • Tucson, AZ

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Rocket Lab Optical Systems solves mission-critical space domain and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance challenges for Department of Defense and Intelligence Community customers. Our vision is to revolutionize the space-based payload market with innovative and novel designs for space, terrestrial, and airborne environments. Building on more than 20 years of electro-optical and infrared systems innovation from Geost, Rocket Lab Optical Systems delivers solutions to the warfighter for responsive, scalable sensing solutions across all orbital domains.
As a Senior Algorithm Engineer II for Rocket Lab Optical Systems in Tucson, AZ, you will have the opportunity to support Tranche 3 of the U.S. Space Development Agency's (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) and beyond by building deep learning neural networks for advanced Electro-Optical (EO/IR) image processing.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of experience, master's degree with 5+ years of experience, or Ph.D. with 2+ years of experience in physics, optical sciences, computer science, mathematics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical discipline with demonstrated experience in image processing or EO/IR systems.
• Strong background in math and fundamentals of machine learning, including model selection, architecting, training, validation, testing, and deployment
• Experience in building deep learning neural networks (e.g., CNN) for computer vision, image processing, or analyses, e.g., object detection, image segmentation, and tracking)
• Strong math background, particularly linear algebra and optimization theory
• Proficiency in Python
• Experience with deep learning libraries (Keras, TensorFlow, Pytorch, etc)
• Software engineering fundamentals: version control, testing, CI/CD, containerization
• U.S. citizenship is required due to program requirements.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency in C/C++/Rust
• Experience curating quality, real-world datasets for training deep learning models
• TS/SCI security clearance

Responsibilities

• Develop computer vision algorithms and deep neural networks for image and video processing chains.
• Collaborate with other researchers/engineers on artificial intelligence, machine learning, and computer vision.
• Work with physics-based image simulation frameworks to scale training and validation data
• Design, train, and deploy machine learning models for Optical Systems applications
• Preform rapid prototyping and enhanced development to be integrated into operational systems.
• Perform troubleshooting, bug fixes, and maintenance of existing and new systems.
• Stay current with ML research and evaluate new tools, frameworks, and techniques

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree