Senior Electro-Optical Engineer
About The Position
As a Senior Electro-Optical Engineer at Impulse, you will own the development of flight camera systems and optical payloads from early architecture through test and flight. This role is for someone who wants to do more than contribute analysis in a narrow lane, you will be responsible for the technical execution of a spacecraft electro-optical product and will help define how it is built, tested, and integrated. You will work across optics, camera hardware, embedded software, opto- mechanics, avionics, test, and spacecraft integration to deliver high-performance flight systems on aggressive timelines. This is a high-autonomy role with significant room for growth. The right person will be comfortable acting as the technical owner of the product, driving decisions, coordinating cross-functional execution, and closing hardware quickly.
Requirements
- Own the technical development of flight camera systems and optical payloads from concept through flight.
- Define requirements, drive architecture trades, and make key decisions across optics, detector selection, embedded camera interfaces, opto-mechanics, thermal design, and calibration strategy.
- Partner closely with embedded software, avionics, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, and test teams to bring up, validate, and mature hardware.
- Lead subsystem integration, test planning, issue resolution, and performance closure for electro-optical flight hardware.
- Drive execution with a high degree of autonomy, including risk retirement, prioritization, vendor coordination, and communication of technical status to leadership.
Nice To Haves
- Experience developing flight cameras, imaging payloads, optical navigation systems, electro-optical spacecraft hardware, or other precision imaging systems.
- Strong core competency in one or more of the following: camera embedded software, electro-optical hardware, opto-mechanics, or optical system design.
- Experience with CMOS image sensors, camera electronics, detector bring-up, image pipelines, or embedded camera software.
- Experience with optical design and analysis tools such as Zemax OpticStudio, Code V, or similar.
- Experience with calibration, image quality characterization, and environmental test of precision imaging systems.
- Space hardware experience, including qualification, acceptance, launch survivability, and spacecraft integration, is strongly preferred.
- Prior experience operating as a responsible engineer, technical lead, principal investigator, or product-facing engineering owner is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Own the technical development of flight camera systems and optical payloads from concept through flight.
- Define requirements, drive architecture trades, and make key decisions across optics, detector selection, embedded camera interfaces, opto-mechanics, thermal design, and calibration strategy.
- Partner closely with embedded software, avionics, mechanical, thermal, manufacturing, and test teams to bring up, validate, and mature hardware.
- Lead subsystem integration, test planning, issue resolution, and performance closure for electro-optical flight hardware.
- Drive execution with a high degree of autonomy, including risk retirement, prioritization, vendor coordination, and communication of technical status to leadership.
Benefits
- long-term incentives, in the form of stock options
- access to medical, vision & dental coverage
- access to a 401(k) retirement plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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