Senior Camera Engineer

2 weeks ago

San Francisco, California, United States Planet Labs Full time
About the Role

Planet Labs is seeking a highly skilled Senior Camera Engineer to join our Electro-Optical Systems team. As a Senior Camera Engineer, you will be responsible for the full-lifecycle of our imaging systems, from design and development to testing and in-orbit operations.

Key Responsibilities
  • Characterize new sensors in terms of resolution and radiometry in the lab
  • Lead camera assembly, integration and test (AI&T) efforts
  • Develop lab and space-borne camera calibration automation methods
  • Develop and validate camera performance and payload performance metrics
  • Troubleshoot camera image quality issues and develop long-term mitigations and improvements
  • Contribute to the design and modeling of new imaging systems and operating modes
  • Collaborate with Satellite Operations, Imaging Pipeline, hardware (Optics/Electrical Engineering), and embedded software teams
Requirements
  • Bachelor of Science in an Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or relevant scientific/engineering field
  • 10+ years working with imaging systems, optics, detectors, image quality, calibration, and noise characterization
  • Excellent interpersonal communication skills and an ability to collaborate effectively
  • Excellent lab/instrumentation experience with ability to test, evaluate and automate camera and hardware development
  • Expertise with image processing fundamentals and ability to perform trade studies of cameras, detectors, optics and image processing
  • Experience taking the lead on challenging projects
  • Experience with CI/CD and software automation best practices with Jenkins and Docker
  • Experience with Linux sysadmin tools (bash scripting, network configuration) and DVCS, such as Git
What Makes You Stand Out
  • Experience with CI/CD and software automation best practices with Jenkins and Docker
  • Experience with Agile methodologies to develop quality instrumentation
  • Deep familiarity with camera vendors and standards
  • Masters of Science and/or PhD in EE, CS, AA or relevant scientific/engineering field
  • Experience in opto-mechanics, rapid iteration, consumer electronics, thermal, and/or simulation
  • Experience in Solidworks, Zemax, Altium, Python, and/or C++
  • Experience leveraging scientific MATLAB, and/or Verilog/System Verilog in a Linux/GCS/AWS environment to develop and automate novel imaging algorithm
  • Experience with low-level programming and debugging for embedded development (C/C++) and/or RTL for FPGA platforms

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