Senior Space Surveillance Engineer
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Senior Space Surveillance Engineer at Slingshot Aerospace detecting and tracking satellites and debris. Leading projects and collaborating with global teams to enhance space operations.
Responsibilities:
- Execute all position responsibilities in alignment with Slingshot’s core values, mission, and purpose
- Perform system-level design, simulation, and integration of hardware components to create cutting-edge space surveillance systems
- Develop algorithms and software to help automate and enhance sensor data tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination
- Support ongoing and future transitions of Slingshot’s products and services to the Slingshot Global Sensor Network (SGSN), space operations centers, and other technology testbeds
- Engage with customers and stakeholders to ensure successful outcomes for their mission-critical needs
- Contribute your expertise and ideas to help shape our products and strategies
- Prepare technical reports and briefing materials
- Represent your team and Slingshot to a broader audience through presentations to customers and stakeholders
- Serve as a technical expert and key contributor to Slingshot’s space surveillance technology development.
- Lead the successful execution of individual projects, small team projects, and/or product development activities
- Share subject matter expertise through mentoring and training of other staff
- Take point in writing technical sections of proposals for winning new work
- Lead technical work on larger team efforts including cross-team initiatives
- Ideate and champion internal research & development activities
- Perform other duties as assigned (to be less than 10% of the responsibilities listed above)
- Must be a U.S. citizen eligible for government clearances
Requirements:
- Undergraduate degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 7+ years of relevant experience, including experience with real-time image processing and/or sensor system development
- Strong programming experience in C++ and Python
- Experience developing and deploying applications in GPU-accelerated environments, including use of CUDA
- Experience with PyTorch or similar frameworks for high-performance or machine learning applications
- Background in signal processing, algorithm design, and linear algebra
- Experience with image calibration and working with space-based or sensor coordinate systems
- Experience contributing to the design, development, or integration of sensor systems
- Ability to design, implement, and optimize real-time processing pipelines
- Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to varied audiences
- Ability to travel up to 5% domestically and internationally as needed
- Must be a U.S. citizen eligible for and able to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
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