Exploitation Specialist/Imagery Imagery Scientist (SAR) Lead
The Imagery Scientist is the subject matter expert on their respective imagery modality (e.g., Synthetic Aperture Radar). They shall provide technical direction and conduct the work necessary to acquire and prepare imagery of the necessary quality, standards, and requirements provided by the Government. Developed solutions should be informed by specific phenomenology limitations and advantages of the sensors and platforms in mind.
Client: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Locations:
- Springfield, VA
- St. Louis, MO
- Denver, CO
Work Location: Onsite – Field Contractor Office
Salary: $260,000 – $263,000 (Based on experience and technical interview)
Citizenship: U.S. Citizen Required
Clearance: Active TS/SCI Required
Required Skills:
- 6+ years as a SAR expert with understanding of collection, phenomenology, image formation process, and exploitation products.
- Exhibit experience using SARPy and Matlab SAR toolbox
- Experience in RNIIRS, information theoretic-based image quality metrics, SAR imagery quality metrics (e.g., Integrated Sidelobe Ratio, Multiplicative Noise Ratio), and sensor metadata describing impacts of geometry on phenomenology (e.g., graze, squint, azimuth)
- Exhibit experience exploiting SAR to determine the occurrence and location of objects of interest
- Exhibit experience developing, testing, and evaluating new algorithms, processes,
methodologies, and products using SAR imagery including experience utilizing advanced processing tools (e.g., Python, MATLAB, Google Earth Engine, etc.) to automate scientific processes of SAR imagery data to aid analysis
- Exhibit experience communicating with a variety of technical and non-technical audiences on availability and capabilities of SAR imagery products, methodologies, procedures, and algorithms to enhance analysis.
- Exhibit a deep understanding of the principles of remote sensing and imagery processing and advanced exploitation methods
Desired Skills:
- Exhibit experience applying CV and machine learning (ML) techniques to SAR imagery and data to address intelligence problems
Required Tasks:
- Conduct assessment of potential differences between new sensor characteristics and capabilities compared to currently utilized platforms
- Assess potential differences in metadata, data format, and data structure characteristics in regards to changes to databases, schemas, APis, and other ETL related processes for the
ingestion and movement of data when integrating into the existing data operations pipeline
- Determine how to acquire new data, potential latency associated with acquisition, data formats, and security domains
- Determine how to pre-process and standardize the data to match existing data standards or to be transformed into a usable state for labeling and model testing purposes. This may
involve converting between file format types or tiling full-size images into specified sizes or geospatial bounds.
- Investigate any gaps in the emerging sensor capability that may need to be supplemented by other sources
- Explore options for coincident imagery collects from other imagery platforms (e.g., EO platforms) that align with areas of emerging sensor's collection. Determine other platforms with similar geographic and temporal coverage.
Application Question(s):
· Willingness to work onsite in one of the 3 locations
Security clearance:
· Top Secret(SCI) (Required)
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- On-the-job training
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Relocation assistance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Pay: $260,000.00 - $263,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Experience:
- advanced SAR exploitation and imagery science: 6 years (Required)
Security clearance:
Work Location: In person
