Senior Remote Sensing Software Engineer
CFD Research Corporation•Dayton, OH
•Onsite
About The Position
CFD is seeking a Senior Remote Sensing Software Engineer, to architect advanced SDA and remote sensing exploitation pipelines, guide technical direction, and lead multi-disciplinary teams building high-fidelity space observation analytics. This work will shape next‑generation tools that integrate imaging physics, ML-based behavior inference, and multi‑sensor fusion.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in remote sensing, image/signal processing, or GEOINT data exploitation
- Experience with orbital mechanics, satellite characterization, Domain-specific applications or SDA operational workflows
- Experience with Python, scientific Python packages or other Object-oriented programming languages such as C++ or JavaScript
- Experience architecting with large-scale software environments (such as CUDA, HPC or cloud)
- Experience with ML systems for imagery processing, target detection, tracking, or object classification
- Bachelor’s degree in related STEM field
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- ACTIVE TS/SCI clearance IS REQUIRED, and willingness to take a polygraph
Nice To Haves
- Experience with remote sensing systems in support of missile warning/tracking missions
- Experience with building/training synthetic models for simulation‑aided training
- Experience integrating EO/IR, RF, Radar, or GEOINT tracks into fused solutions
- Record of publications, whitepapers, presentations or mission briefings
- Experience with uncertainty quantification, Kalman filtering, or tracking algorithms
- Experience with AI‑augmented development workflows or agentic tools
- Master’s degree or Ph.D. in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field
Responsibilities
- Architect end‑to‑end remote sensing processing systems for EO/IR missions
- Lead development of radiometric and spectral response models
- Oversee advanced imaging algorithms including multi-frame super-resolution, deconvolution, target phenomenology detection, and low-SNR enhancement
- Direct ML‑based anomaly detection, behavior classification, and object discrimination frameworks
- Design multi-sensor fusion pipelines integrating GEOINT, Radar, RF, and optical data using Bayesian or ML-based methods
- Lead trajectory estimation and 3D kinematic modeling, including IOD, parallax exploitation, and uncertainty quantification
- Architect scalable scientific computing solutions using Python, C++, CUDA, HPC clusters, or cloud-native platforms
- Mentor junior engineers and help set technical road maps in collaboration with client and mission leadership
Benefits
- competitive salaries
- employer matching 401(k)
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
- highly competitive insurance package, including medical, vision, and dental insurance
- company paid leave
- compensation time
- parental leave
- long-term and short-term disability
- accidental death and dismemberment
- life insurance
- group and individual bonuses for exceptional performance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
