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