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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # EO/IR Pointing & Tracking - Systems Engineering Lead - **Company:** BAE Systems - **Location:** Austin, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $149,603.0 - $254,317.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Systems Engineering, Embedded Software, Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation, Inertial Navigation Systems, Python (Programming Language), Kinematics, MATLAB, Real Time Simulation, Sensor Fusion, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Systems Integration, Test Data, MagicDraw, SC Clearance, Low Latency - **Published:** August 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/132637623A0047578AC2670D674067B7/job/ ## About the Role * B.S. degree in a STEM field in addition to 15 years of experience with pointing, tracking, guidance, navigation, controls, gimbals, stabilized platforms or related systems. * Strong understanding of control-systems fundamentals, including feedback control, stability, frequency response and dynamic modeling. * Experience leading a team of systems or EO/IR engineers. * Proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink, Python, or comparable tools. * Experience analyzing real-world sensors and actuator data. * Ability to troubleshoot complex multidisciplinary systems. * Possess an active Secret security clearance (with ability to possess a Top-Secret clearance in the future) Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills * Experience with gimbaled or stabilized electro-optical systems. * Experience with Kalman filtering, inertial navigation, target tracking or multi-sensor fusion. * Familiarity with coordinate transformations, attitude representations, and kinematics. * Experience with hardware-in-the-loop or real-time simulation. * Experience taking a pointing/tracking system through integration and environmental or field testing. * CAM/EV integrated product team lead experience. * Strong leadership skills and experience directing and mentoring engineers on complex programs. * Expert in effectively documenting, communicating, leading and working with a team on designs, results, reports, and presentations. * Experience performing systems engineering activities across the development cycle (analysis/decomposition/derivation/allocation of requirements, system modeling & simulation, system design & development, system integration & test) * Experience developing viable concept solutions, identifying and tracking technical risks, and leading technical teams * Model based systems engineering experience with tools such as Magic Draw. * Familiarity or experience with Agile Systems Engineering * Active Top Secret (TS) or TS/SCI security clearance ## Description We are seeking a Pointing & Tracking Systems Engineer to design, develop, integrate, and test precision pointing and tracking systems. The engineer will work across controls, estimation, sensing, software, electro-optical and electromechanical systems to achieve accurate and stable pointing and tracking of dynamic targets. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience developing closed-loop tracking systems and is comfortable taking systems from requirements and modeling through integration, test, and operational deployment., * Develop and implement pointing, tracking, and stabilization algorithms. * Design closed-loop control systems for precision pointing mechanisms and platforms. * Develop target acquisition, tracking, and pointing solutions using sensor measurements. * Perform system modeling, simulation, analysis, and performance prediction. * Develop and tune control loops, filters, estimators, and tracking algorithms. * Integrate sensors, actuators, motion-control hardware, and embedded software systems. * Analyze pointing accuracy, tracking error, stability, latency, jitter and system dynamics. * Develop test plans and procedures and support hardware-in-the-loop, laboratory, and field testing., * Understand the system architecture, pointing/tracking requirements, and key performance drivers. * Own significant portions of the pointing and tracking design. * Develop and validate models and algorithms against test data. * Improve pointing and tracking performance through analysis and closed-loop tuning. * Lead integration and troubleshooting of assigned subsystems. * Establish repeatable test and verification methods for system performance. ## Related Videos - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) - [Leveraging Large Language Models for Legacy Code Translation: Challenges and Solutions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1157-leveraging-large-language-models-for-legacy-code-translation-challenges-and-solutions) - [Dirty Tests And How To Clean Them](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/515-dirty-tests-and-how-to-clean-them) - [Building a hypercar from scratch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/607-building-a-hypercar-from-scratch) - [Stop Guessing, Start Measuring: Evaluating RAG Systems with Synthetic Test Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1982-stop-guessing-start-measuring-evaluating-rag-systems-with-synthetic-test-data) - [Model Based Systems Engineering in an Agile Product Development Process](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/68-model-based-systems-engineering-in-an-agile-product-development-process) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [What is Software Engineering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/289-what-is-software-engineering) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers)