SAR Imagery Scientist SME

CLEARANCE REQUIRED: TS/SCI

This job is located at: NGA, Springfield, VA

Salary Range: $89,700.00 to $162,100.00

Job description:

• Experience with applied image processing and advanced analysis of radar imagery; possess extensive knowledge of imaging radar physics, phenomenology, and phase history processing;

• Proficiency with imaging radar analysis techniques utilizing advanced image and signal processing methods and tools to support new signature and methodology development

• A detailed understanding of sensor design principles and their relationship to sensor performance.

• SPECIFICALLY: develop automated option to download and catalogue data; support mission partner activities to identify, validate, report, and minimize discrepancies; define, identify, develop, and automate repeatable ways to compute and apply various solutions for detecting and characterizing features and activity of interest.

• Support creation of non-literal processing & analytic methods for repeatable use to add insight to formal intelligence reporting.

• Production and exploitation of change detection products. Develop and maintain documentation for knowledge sharing.

• Develop and progress computer vision workflows that improve efficiency of GEOINT analysis.

Required Qualifications:

• Eight years of experience and a Bachelor’s Degree in image science, remote sensing, earth science, etc. 3+ years processing & exploiting LIDAR data. ArcGIS, QTModeler, ENVI.

• Active Top Secret with SCI and willing to be approved to CI Poly

• Expert knowledge & skill processing & exploiting SAR data

• Experience writing/maintaining Python scripts in Arc GIS

Desired Qualifications:

• Formal training & experience in remote sensing/earth science/etc. IDL/Java/C++/VB/MATLAB/R/other.

• APIs.

• Advanced degree.

• Proficiency in Google Earth Engine, ESRI ARC Services, Tableau, Web Services Development.

• ArcGIS.

Requirements

Why work for QSL?

Our founders, Mel Wick and Bill Cronin, retired from storied careers in the Special Operations Forces (SOF) Community. Like many Americans and military veterans, they felt a strong desire to support the nation’s response to the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in any way they could. They established QSL to do just that, Stay in the Fight! QSL is built on a SOF culture, emphasizing selfless-service and teamwork. Our employees work to ensure that warfighters have every possible resource and all necessary support to safely accomplish their missions in defense of our nation.

QSL's Benefit Package

Because we believe our employees are our most valuable asset, offering a competitive comprehensive compensation package is very important to us. It is the goal of QSL to attract and retain the highest level of experience and technical talent necessary for successful performance. In order to accomplish this, we feel that it is necessary to provide satisfying work, an excellent work environment, and we continually monitor the marketplace to ensure that our total compensation/benefit package remains competitive.

Listed below are some of our standard benefits. We combine all traditional paid time off (Federal holidays, sick time, leave time personal days, jury duty, bereavement, etc.) into one category which allows employees flexibility in how they use their leave time and enables them to better balance their career with their personal needs.

• Combined Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Medical, Dental, Life Insurance
• Disability (Short-Term and Long-Term)
• Vision Insurance (CONUS-based employees)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Employee Discount Programs
• Critical Illness and Accident Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not and will not discriminate in employment and personnel practices based on race, sex, age, disability, veteran status, religion, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring, and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items. EEO/AAP, M, F, V, D.