Job Description BAE Systems Inc, Space and Mission Systems (SMS) is seeking a skilled Engineer with a blend of PIR remote sensing and software development experience to join our team. As a Signal and Image Processing Engineer, you will work closely with our customers at NASIC to leverage your expertise in remote sensing technologies and apply it to exciting areas including agentic development, code containerization, and building machine learning (ML) models. Beyond remote sensing and software engineering, preferred skills in model-based systems engineering (MBSE), algorithm development, and/or natural language processing (NLP) and Large Language Models (LLM) will allow you to contribute to a wide range of efforts at BAE Systems Inc.
The Engineering, Science and Analysis (ESA) Strategic Capabilities Unit comprises the technical talent and organizational leadership that enables the successful delivery of high-impact discriminating technologies for our customers’ missions. Our collaborative, cross-functional teams are committed to innovation, integrity, continual learning and strong execution.
What You’ll Do:
- Solve intelligence, tactical, and military problem sets.
- Create applications for PIR or similar sensor data.
- Develop spatial and temporal signal processing algorithms for Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination.
- Model system performance.
- Characterize remote sensing sensors and the impact on target detection and classification.
- Enhance, test, and evaluate algorithms to detect, track, characterize, and exploit weak signals.
- Apply rigorous statistical methods and analysis to ensure findings are complete and accurate.
- Develop, optimize, test, evaluate, and integrate scientific algorithms using high-level computing languages (typically Python, MATLAB).
- Coordinate research activities within a team.
- Collaborate with customers at all levels within the IC customer base.
- Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company. Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
- Perform other duties as necessary.
On-Site Work Environment: This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site five days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.
Working Conditions:
- Work is performed in an office, laboratory, production floor, or cleanroom, outdoors or remote research environment.
- May occasionally work in production work centers where use of protective equipment and gear is required.
- May access other facilities in various weather conditions.
