Allen Control Systems
Electro-Optical & Infrared (EO/IR) Engineer
About this role
Allen Control Systems seeks an experienced EO/IR engineer to develop sensor performance models, define system requirements, and support business development for an autonomous defense platform. You'll apply expertise in optical/infrared systems and digital signal processing to predict sensor capabilities across multiple spectral bands and contribute to next-generation detection algorithms.
What you'll do
- Build and validate physics-based models in Python to predict EO/IR sensor performance across visible, NIR, SWIR, MWIR, and LWIR bands
- Conduct sensor performance trade studies accounting for atmospheric effects, target signatures, and signal processing chains
- Apply DSP techniques to event-based camera data for target detection, tracking, and discrimination algorithms
- Develop and flow down system requirements for EO/IR payloads with full traceability
- Support systems engineering lifecycle from concept through integration and test
- Author technical proposal sections and deliver presentations to stakeholders and customers
What they're looking for
- EO/IR sensor performance modeling and analysis (10+ years)
- Digital signal processing on EO/IR data
- Python programming for sensor analysis and data reduction
- Radiometry and optical system design fundamentals
- Detector physics and atmospheric propagation
- Systems engineering and requirements management
- Industry tools (NV-IPM, SSCAMIP, MODTRAN)
- Technical writing and presentation skills
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Allen Control Systems
Allen Control Systems builds autonomous defense systems, including gun turrets and drone-defense technology, using computer vision, control systems, and robotics. The company is hiring across software engineering, mechanical engineering, testing, and operations roles to support product development and scaled production.
View all jobs at Allen Control SystemsLikely interview questions
- Walk us through your experience building and validating EO/IR sensor performance models. Which tools have you used (NV-IPM, SSCAMIP, MODTRAN, etc.), and how did you account for atmospheric effects and detector characteristics?
- Describe a complex sensor performance trade study you've conducted. What parameters did you optimize, and how did you communicate the results to stakeholders?