EO/IR Remote Sensing Modeling & Simulation Engineer
The Aerospace Corporation · Posted Nov 9, 2026
- Chantilly, Virginia, United States +1 more
- Full-time · Senior
- $182K–$273K per year
- 15+ years
Lead the design, development, and simulation of advanced remote sensing systems for defense, civil, and commercial customers.
Locations (2)
- Chantilly, Virginia, United States
- Dayton, Ohio, United States
Compensation
$181,700.00 - $272,500.00
Responsibilities
- Develop and use innovative techniques and tools for image chain modeling, spectroscopy, computer vision, change detection and tracking, space domain awareness, lidar and 3D remote sensing, EO/IR remote sensing, product quality metrics, optics, calibration, and data simulation
- Design, perform, document, and present results of studies using deterministic and probabilistic numerical analysis techniques
- Advise government and internal Aerospace customers on operational and R&D remote sensing system performance
- Present and promote work to contractors and customers to inform and influence key decisions and drive system requirements
- Build physics-based modeling code while collaborating with small teams to develop end-to-end system and performance modeling tools