Image Processing Engineer III
Quantum Space1 month ago
Rockville, MD, USA +2 moreSenior
Base Salary
$140k - $185k/yr
Responsibilities
- Advance computer vision and image-processing prototypes into production-ready software.
- Design and implement multi-feature and target tracking and localization algorithms for challenging environments.
- Develop mathematical models for statistical error, uncertainty, confidence, and covariance estimation.
- Implement outlier rejection, noise filtering, and subpixel refinement techniques.
- Create validation frameworks, simulation scenarios, and benchmarks to compare algorithm performance.
- Evaluate how sensor and optical hardware characteristics affect algorithm performance and system design.
- Define and maintain software interfaces, data contracts, and schema-validated API structures.
- Collaborate across software, GNC, autonomy, and spacecraft systems teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field.
- At least 5 years of hands-on experience developing computer vision, image processing, or estimation algorithms in production, research, or mission-critical environments.
- Strong knowledge of computer vision, image processing, estimation theory, linear algebra, probability, statistics, and numerical optimization.
- Experience developing algorithm software, simulations, and performance evaluations in C++ and/or Python.
- Experience validating and optimizing algorithms with real-world sensor data, synthetic datasets, or simulation environments.
- Familiarity with camera systems, optical sensors, image formation, calibration, lighting, and environmental effects.
- Experience with version control, testing, debugging, documentation, and collaborative software development.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts and collaborate across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
- Advanced degree research may be considered in lieu of some professional experience.
- Applicants must meet applicable U.S. Government space technology export-control eligibility requirements.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary, equity, medical, dental, vision, generous leave, HSA, 401(k) matching, and equity sharing.
- Work location is available in Rockville, Maryland; Hawthorne, California; or Denver, Colorado.
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