Solutions Engineer - New Products
Maxar Technologies3 months ago
Westminster, CO, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$109k - $176k/yr
Responsibilities
- Interface with Raptor customers worldwide and coordinate integration of Raptor software into their system architectures.
- Provide technical guidance, travel to customer sites, and support customer adoption and field integration testing.
- Configure Jetson and Raspberry Pi companion computers, PX4 and ArduPilot autopilot stacks, and analyze telemetry, imagery, and positioning data.
- Characterize product software performance and translate customer experiences into technical requirements for product improvements.
- Generate technical designs using satellite imagery and full-motion video for UAS visual positioning, odometry, and navigation.
- Develop, document, and communicate technical and system requirements to the product engineering team.
- Contribute code within the product engineering development process.
- Collaborate with product, engineering, and GTM/sales teams to define and validate interfaces and data flows between Raptor products and OEM systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline such as aerospace, computer science, electrical or mechanical engineering, or mathematics, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience supporting ISR, UAS, aerospace, or defense system integrations.
- Strong programming skills in C, C++, Python, and shell scripting.
- Experience with cross-compilation, toolchains, embedded systems, SoCs, SBCs, and low-level Linux troubleshooting and configuration.
- Experience with system design across hardware and software, networking, communication protocols, and customer-facing solution design.
- Knowledge of serial communication, TCP/IP, and Wi-Fi networking.
- Strong communication skills and sound judgment in customer communications.
- Master’s degree in engineering, computer vision, software engineering, or a related technical field is preferred.
- Preferred experience includes video formats and streaming protocols, multimedia frameworks, GIS systems, image processing, computer vision, cameras and optics, aerial navigation, UAS hardware and software, and embedded Linux or edge-compute platforms.
- Preferred experience includes NVIDIA Jetson, Qualcomm-based SoCs, Raspberry Pi, PX4, and ArduPilot.
Benefits
- Competitive total rewards package with a 401(k) plan and company match.
- Mental health resources, student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement, and pet insurance.
- The position is incentive eligible, with the target determined by role scope, company performance, and individual results.
- The role is based in Herndon, Virginia, includes travel to customer sites, and requires U.S. Person status due to export-control requirements.
- The application window is three days from posting and remains open until a qualified candidate is identified.
About Maxar Technologies
Maxar Technologies builds and operates commercial Earth‑observation satellites and sells high‑resolution imagery, 3D products, and geospatial analytics to government, defense, and enterprise customers. Headquartered in Westminster, Colorado, the company was formed in 2017 from the merger of DigitalGlobe and MDA and was acquired by Advent International in 2023; it supplies data for national security, mapping, and disaster response, and licenses imagery through subscription and platform APIs.