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True Anomaly is seeking an exceptional Seeker Responsible Engineer to lead the technical development and integration of seeker sensor systems for a critical spacecraft program. You will serve as the single technical authority for the seeker system, owning the full signal chain from optical collection through image processing and ensuring a technically coherent, mission-ready design across hardware, software, and test disciplines.
Key responsibilities include:
- Serve as the Responsible Engineer for the seeker sensor system, owning technical direction, integration, and performance accountability from concept through on-orbit operation
- Drive generation and decomposition of system-level requirements into subsystem and component specifications with full traceability from mission need to verified performance
- Manage multidisciplinary development efforts spanning optical, detector, electronics, firmware, and software teams to ensure technically coherent seeker design
- Apply radiometric budgeting to allocate signal, noise, and margin across the sensor design, validating that performance predictions meet mission requirements
- Develop and maintain strong understanding of calibration methodologies and on-orbit CONOPS to ensure reliable seeker performance throughout mission lifecycle
- Apply synthetic image generation and image processing techniques to support model-based testing, algorithm development, and signal chain performance troubleshooting
- Define and support seeker integration, characterization, and qualification test campaigns with traceability of test results to requirements
- Generate and maintain technical documentation including system specifications, interface requirements, analysis reports, and test plans
- Present design status, analysis results, and program updates to customers and internal stakeholders at design reviews and program milestones
- Collaborate with the EO Systems Engineering Manager and broader Payloads team to ensure seamless seeker integration with spacecraft platform
You will bring deep expertise across the electro-optical spectrum from VNIR through LWIR, rigorous command of radiometric analysis and system performance modeling, and the leadership presence to drive requirements, coordinate multidisciplinary teams, and represent the seeker system with confidence to customers and program stakeholders. This is a high-visibility role with direct impact on True Anomaly's most consequential payload development efforts.
