Perception Engineer, Missile Defense
True Anomaly11 hours ago
Denver, CO, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$125k - $270k/yr
Responsibilities
- Drive architecture for image-processing, multi-object tracking, and discrimination pipelines for space-based missile defense.
- Design and implement multi-band EO/IR image processing in C++, including non-uniformity correction, radiometric calibration, band registration, frame stacking, adaptive detection, and PSF photometry.
- Develop physics-based features and model thermal, optical, illumination, viewing-geometry, glint, optics, and detector phenomenology.
- Design robust tracking for many closely spaced objects through occlusion and maneuvers.
- Perform statistical analysis, Monte Carlo campaigns, and error-budget analysis to characterize and verify algorithm performance.
- Test and verify algorithms through software- and hardware-in-the-loop simulation with high-fidelity scene generation.
- Integrate perception algorithms into flight software with the software team.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in physics, electrical engineering, aerospace engineering, computer science, or a similar discipline.
- Experience with C/C++ and Python.
- At least 2 years of experience implementing image-processing, detection, and tracking algorithms deployed in real-world systems.
- Working knowledge of radiometry and infrared phenomenology.
- Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams and solve complex problems using first-principles approaches.
- U.S. citizenship and eligibility for a DoD Secret or TS/SCI clearance.
- Preferred qualifications include a master’s or PhD, missile defense or EO/IR sensor-program experience, expertise in EO/IR phenomenology, radiometric calibration, thermal modeling, focal-plane array characterization, nonlinear filtering, multi-object tracking, scene generation, sensor simulation, measured-data validation, and at least 2 years of professional production C/C++ experience.
Benefits
- 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents, with HSA/HRA options.
- Flexible Time Off for exempt employees or accrued PTO of up to 25 days for non-exempt employees, plus 12 paid holidays, parental leave, and sick leave.
- Daily catered lunch and unlimited snacks for in-office employees.
- 401(k) retirement plan, fitness reimbursement, Dog Fridays, and equity participation.
- Onsite role for candidates based near Denver, Colorado or Long Beach, California.
About True Anomaly
True Anomaly builds spacecraft and software for space defense, including autonomous satellites, precision-sensing payloads, mission command-and-control software, and space-based interceptors for national security and commercial operators. Founded in 2022 by former U.S. Space Force members, it is privately held and headquartered in Englewood, Colorado. The company sells hardware, AI-enabled flight software, and mission operations services to U.S. and allied defense programs and space infrastructure providers.