Based on the requirements of shotwave infrared imaging spectrometer with wide field of view, considering the restrictive off-the-shelf detectors, a split field of view (FOV) method was developed. The principle of split field of view was analyzed. A spaceborne shortwave infrared imaging spectrometer with wide field of view was designed using the method. The imaging spectrometer are composed of a 11.42° telecentric off-axis three-mirror anastigmatic telescope and two offner convex grating spectral imaging system. Ray tracing, optimization and analyzing were performed by CODE V and ZEMAX software. The analyzed results demonstrate that the modulation transfer function for different spectral band is more than 0.7 which satisfies the pre-designed requirement.