LiDAR Systems Engineer

ID 2025-2010
Job Locations
US-MS-Kiln
Workplace Type
Onsite

Overview

Seeking a new career challenge? Then Woolpert is seeking you!  We are seeking a highly motivated and technically proficient LiDAR Systems Engineer with strong project management capabilities to lead and support airborne and terrestrial LiDAR initiatives. This mid-career role is ideal for someone with a solid foundation in LiDAR system design and integration, who is ready to take ownership of project delivery, client engagement, and cross-functional coordination. This position is located at our Advanced Sensing and Processing Office in Kiln, MS. Relocation packages are available for preferred candidates. 

 

We are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.  Applicants must already possess work authorization in the country the job is located.

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Participate in the design, integration, and testing of advanced LiDAR systems for airborne, drone, and ground-based platforms.
  • Manage project timelines, budgets, and deliverables across multiple LiDAR-related contracts.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including software, mechanical, and electrical engineers to ensure seamless system performance.
  • Oversee QA/QC processes for LiDAR data acquisition and processing workflows.
  • Contribute to proposal development, technical documentation, and system specifications.
  • Stay current with emerging LiDAR technologies and recommend innovations to enhance system capabilities. 

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Geomatics, or a related field.
  • 7–12 years of experience in LiDAR system development and/or LiDAR system components development
  • Demonstrated experience with system-level integration, including optics, sensors, and embedded systems.
  • Strong understanding of LiDAR data processing, calibration, and QA/QC standards.
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills. 

Preferred Qualifications:

  • PMP certification or equivalent project management experience is preferred. 
  • Experience with airborne and bathymetric LiDAR systems.
  • Familiarity with ASPRS standards and federal geospatial data requirements.
  • Proficiency in tools such as Microsoft Project, Python, or C for system control and automation. 

Qualifications

Unique Benefits

Certified as a Great Place to Work®, Woolpert is one of the fastest growing architecture, engineering, and geospatial (AEG) companies in the world. With over 60 offices and countless projects around the globe, Woolpert makes a real difference at home and abroad. In addition to offering competitive pay, we provide employees with a robust set of unique benefits, including:

  • Diverse experiences: Work on meaningful projects that improve quality of life around the world.
  • Freedom to work program: Set your own schedule and location (as appropriate).
  • Principal program: Earn the opportunity to become an owner of the firm.
  • Flexible vacation
  • Career development: Explore a wide range of learning and growth opportunities within and across industries.
  • Health, life, vision, and dental insurance: Cover all your medical bases.
  • Paid sick time, fitness reimbursement, pet insurance, identity protection, technology stipend, employee assistance program, and more: Choose the benefits that work best for you.

 

Level up your career with Woolpert. Apply today and join our team to help shape the future of tomorrow!

 

Why Woolpert?

Woolpert is looking for supportive, goal-oriented, and career-minded individuals who are, or are looking to become, industry leaders in their fields. We blend design excellence with innovative technology and geospatial applications to deliver exceptional value to our clients. When you join us, you'll join a team of experts who are passionate about their work and dedicated to building the next generation of industry leaders. Woolpert embraces progress and innovation, creating limitless opportunities for your career growth.

 

 

Our vision: http://woolpert.com/about-us/

 

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

 

 

To all agencies: Please, no phone calls or emails to any employee of Woolpert or any of our subsidiaries about this requisition. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee at Woolpert via-email, the internet or in any form and/or method will be deemed the sole property of Woolpert, unless such search firms/employment agencies were engaged by Woolpert's Talent Acquisition Team for this requisition and a valid agreement is in place. In the event a candidate who was submitted outside of Woolpert's applicant process is hired, no fee or payment of any kind will be paid.

 

Posted Salary Range

USD $106,400.00 - USD $177,400.00 /Yr.

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