Location
Tukwila, WA, United States
Posted
July 25, 2026
Job Description
Job Description
The Senior Electro-Optical Payload Engineer will play a key role in architecting, designing, integrating, and testing advanced electro-optical payloads for a cutting-edge space-based intelligence platform. This position focuses on developing new imaging payload concepts, defining integration and test strategies, and supporting instruments from ground testing through on-orbit commissioning and long-term characterization and calibration. You will collaborate closely with payload, constellation, image processing, and satellite operations teams to optimize payload performance across the full satellite lifecycle, while also leading the development of a new optical test facility dedicated to these next-generation payloads.
Responsibilities
+ Develop comprehensive integration, requirements verification, and test strategies for electro-optical payloads to ensure robust performance from ground testing through on-orbit operations.
+ Design, develop, and ma...
The Senior Electro-Optical Payload Engineer will play a key role in architecting, designing, integrating, and testing advanced electro-optical payloads for a cutting-edge space-based intelligence platform. This position focuses on developing new imaging payload concepts, defining integration and test strategies, and supporting instruments from ground testing through on-orbit commissioning and long-term characterization and calibration. You will collaborate closely with payload, constellation, image processing, and satellite operations teams to optimize payload performance across the full satellite lifecycle, while also leading the development of a new optical test facility dedicated to these next-generation payloads.
Responsibilities
+ Develop comprehensive integration, requirements verification, and test strategies for electro-optical payloads to ensure robust performance from ground testing through on-orbit operations.
+ Design, develop, and ma...