On-orbit Geometric Calibration Engineer
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Muon SpaceSpace Systems
RemoteFull-TimeSenior
Salary$143,000 - $214,000
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Job Details
- Experience
- PhD with 5+ years, MS with 8+ years, or BS with 10+ years of industry experience.
- Required Skills
- Python
Requirements
- PhD with 5+ years of experience in a relevant domain, OR MS with 8+ years of industry experience, OR BS with 10+ years of industry experience.
- Relevant domains include remote sensing, photogrammetry, geodesy, astronomy, physics, optical engineering, electrical engineering, or robotics.
- Strong mathematical skills, particularly in geometry, linear algebra, statistics, and modeling.
- Proficiency in Python-based development and analysis.
- Ability to work with a distributed, interdisciplinary team.
- Prior knowledge of remote sensing and photogrammetric processing, including bundle adjustment and orthorectification (preferred).
- Hands-on experience with geometric calibration of imaging instruments (preferred).
- Experience calibrating on-orbit instruments (preferred).
- Experience with mid-wave or long-wave infrared instruments and data processing (preferred).
- Experience with geospatial data tooling such as XArray, COG, GeoTIFF, NetCDF, or gdal (preferred).
Responsibilities
- Complete on-orbit geometric calibration of new FireSat satellites during the commissioning phase.
- Design and implement geometric calibration of multispectral infrared imagery, including camera geometry modeling and geolocation calibration.
- Develop and implement geolocation calibration algorithms to validate and correct on-orbit pointing knowledge.
- Continuously improve geospatial processing algorithms including bundle adjustment, orthorectification, and atmospheric corrections.
- Research and develop metrics for and improvements to geometric accuracy, image registration, and spatial data quality.
- Implement and operate production pipelines for geometric calibration and geospatial data processing.
- Write production-ready code.
- Work cross-functionally to design, build, and maintain operational services from remote sensing missions.
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