Seeker Responsible Engineer

Space is a war fighting domain. True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build the technology that secures it.

True Anomaly delivers decisive capabilities for space superiority. We build autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors — enabling the U.S. and its Allies to secure the space environment and counter threats from the ultimate high ground.

• Be the offset.We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity.
• What would it take?We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results.
• It’s the people.Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together.

True Anomaly is seeking an exceptional Seeker Responsible Engineer to lead the technical development and integration of seeker sensor systems for one of our most critical spacecraft programs. In this role, you will serve as the single technical authority for the seeker — 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.

You will bring deep expertise across the electro-optical spectrum from VNIR through LWIR, a 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.

• Serve as the Responsible Engineer for the seeker sensor system, owning technical direction, integration, and performance accountability from concept through on-orbit operation
• Drive the generation and decomposition of system-level requirements into subsystem andcomponentspecifications, ensuring full traceability from mission need to verified performance
• Manage multidisciplinary development efforts spanning optical, detector, electronics, firmware, and software teams to ensure a technically coherent seeker design
• Apply radiometric budgeting toallocatesignal, noise, and margin across the sensor design,validatingthat performance predictions meet mission requirements
• Develop andmaintaina strong understanding of calibration methodologies and on-orbit CONOPS to ensure the seeker performs reliably throughout its 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, ensuring traceability of test results to requirements
• Generate andmaintaintechnical documentation including system specifications, interface requirements, analysis reports, and test plans
• Present design status, analysis results, and program updates clearly and confidently to customers and internal stakeholders at design reviews and program milestones
• Collaborate with the EO Systems Engineering Manager and broader Payloads team to ensure the seeker integrates seamlessly with the spacecraft platform

• Bachelor's degree in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field (Master'spreferred)
• 7+ years of professional experience in electro-optical system design and development, withdemonstratedexperience across the full EO spectrum from VNIR through LWIR
• Experience as a system or subsystem Responsible Engineer, with ownership of requirements, integration, and performance verification for a complex EO system
• Demonstratedexpertisein radiometric analysis, signal chain performance modeling, and noise budgeting for EO sensor systems
• Experience with EO sensor calibration methodologies and on-orbit CONOPS development
• Familiarity with synthetic image generation tools and image processing techniques for model-based testing and algorithm development
• Experience generating technical documentation and presenting program status and analysis results to customers and stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills