{"id":3252209,"url":"https://alion.io/job/beyond-new-horizons-idc-imaging-systems-engineer","title":"ID&C Imaging Systems Engineer","company":{"id":4421608,"name":"Beyond New Horizons","domain":"bnh-jv.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/bnh-jv","size_band":"501-1000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"iCIMS","truth_index":null},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"senior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":109000,"max":149000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":149000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":true,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"C++","optional":true},{"name":"MATLAB","optional":true},{"name":"Python","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-25T22:33:25Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-25","last_verified_at":"2026-10-30T23:34:58Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":5,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":5},"description":"Overview\nJob Title: ID&C Imaging System Engineer\nLocation: Arnold Air Force, TN\nFunction/Branch: Engineering/Instrumentation, Data & Controls\nDirectorate: Mission Information Services\nPosition Type: Regular, Full Time\nPay Type: Exempt\nSponsorship: Position Not Sponsored\nGrade: L08 (OA0816) - L09 (OA0916)\nSalary Range: L08: $109,000 - $149,000 / year\nL09: $ 128,500 - $176,000 / year\nOverview\nBeyond New Horizons, LLC (BNH) has an exciting opportunity for an ID&C Imaging System Engineer supporting the Test and Operations Sustainment (TOS) II contract at Arnold Air Force Base, TN. In this role, you will lead and support the design, installation, integration, calibration, and maintenance of advanced, high-speed optical and infrared imaging systems. These diagnostic assets are critical for capturing and analyzing transient test events, including hypersonic flows, arc heater thermal testing, pressure sensitive paint, and other test surveillance videos.\nYou will also work closely with other Test Operations Engineers, Design and Systems Engineers, and Project Managers to deliver high-fidelity diagnostic data from unique national test assets.\nOpen to internal and external candidates. The selected candidate for this requisition may be required to occasionally work outside normal business hours.\nJob Summary\nThe successful candidate will apply programming, design, configuration management, and testing skills to develop complex systems and applications to perform the above functions, while assisting in system/application deployment, installation, maintenance, and support.\nJob Duties:\nAn Imaging System Engineer at AEDC is critical to the execution of the test mission. Specifically, duties for this mid-career position include:\nSustain and Optimize Imaging Systems: Manage, maintain, calibrate, and upgrade ultra-high-speed digital imaging cameras, optical diagnostics, and high-speed infrared (IR) cameras used in harsh and aerothermal test environments.\nDirect Diagnostic Setup and Execution: Lead the physical setup, precise optical alignment, laser safety coordination, and camera synchronization (at rates up to and exceeding 10,000 frames per second) to record transient arc heater arc-root movements, plasma jets, flow interactions, etc.\nDesign Specialized Optical Paths: Develop and integrate advanced optical configurations including Schlieren systems, pressure sensitive paint, multispectral setups, and test surveillance video.\nManage Large Datasets: Coordinate the ingestion, analysis, reduction, and archiving of high-bandwidth scientific video datasets. Use specialized image processing software to extract quantitative engineering metrics from qualitative visual recordings.\nCollaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with the ID&C Branch, test operations teams, facility engineers, and government representatives to gather requirements, estimate task costs, and build execution schedules for diagnostic projects.\nSustain Safety: Enforce rigorous safety protocols, particularly relating to Class 3/4 laser systems, high-voltage equipment, and industrial test environments.\nAuthor Documentation: Draft detailed technical reports, standard operating procedures, electrical schematics, and equipment checklists to institutionalize system knowledge and satisfy contractual deliverables.\nSupport Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to upgrade diagnostic capabilities, automate image analysis pipelines, and reduce test cycle setup times.\nIt is a condition of employment to wear company-issued Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).\nBasic Qualifications:\nBachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Optical Engineering, Physics, or another closely related engineering or scientific discipline from an accredited college or university. \nL08: A minimum of 5 years of progressive work experience in design, development, and operation of high-speed optical diagnostic systems in an industrial, academic research, or aerospace test environment.\nL09: A minimum of 8 years of progressive work experience with demonstrated technical leadership in high-speed optical engineering, instrumentation design, and cross-functional team project management.\nCurrent US Citizenship required.\nMust be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance and access to the local AEDC network.\nPreferred Qualifications\nHigh-Speed Videography Expertise: In-depth, hands-on experience configuring and troubleshooting specialized high-speed scientific cameras (e.g., Phantom, Photron) and high-power illumination systems (laser, LED, xenon strobe).\nOptical Diagnostic Techniques: Strong technical knowledge of experimental aerothermodynamics flow visualization (Schlieren systems), pressure sensitive paint, and multispectral setups.\nInfrared Thermography: Experience using and calibrating radiometric infrared thermal cameras to extract high-temperature surfaces and plasma characteristics.\nProgramming & Image Processing: Proficiency using MATLAB, Python, LabVIEW, or C/C++ to write automated scripts for image filtering, edge detection, and statistical tracking.\nData Acquisition Integration: Experience integrating imaging triggers and camera synchronization signals with larger facility control systems and data acquisition systems.\nEnvironmental Resilience: Familiarity with protecting sensitive optical equipment from harsh vibrations, thermal loads, magnetic fields, and dust using environmental enclosures or purge systems.\nActive DoD Security Clearance\nWhat We Offer\nCompetitive salaries\nContinuing education assistance\nMultiple healthcare benefits packages\n401K with employer matching\nPaid time off (PTO) along with a federally recognized holiday schedule\nWho We Are\nBeyond New Horizons (BNH) is a fully populated joint venture of Astrion and Fluor Federal Services, Inc. formed to provide unmatched Test Operations and Sustainment services for the Arnold Engineering Development Complex.\nWe chose our name to serve as an enduring reminder of our commitment to AEDC’s rich aerospace research and development legacy anchored in AEDC’s Toward New Horizons founding study and the unprecedented opportunities to greatly expand AEDC’s capabilities and capacity Beyond those existing today. Leveraging the capabilities of our parent companies, BNH specializes in testing and evaluation for military and space systems combined with proven capability in large-scale Government program management, integration, engineering, and construction services for specialized and technically advanced high-hazard facilities.\nJoin our Team!\nU.S. Citizenship is required. At this time BNH will not sponsor any applicants for employment authorization or offer any immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1b, F1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, E-2, E-3, L-1, or other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer). \nThe minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations and refers to the amount BNH is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time jobs will be adjusted based upon the number of hours agreed to work at the Tennessee location. \nL08: $109,000 - $149,000 / year; L09: $ 128,500 - $176,000 / year at Arnold Air Force Base, TN. \nBNH is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. 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