Data Scientist, Imagery and EO Sensors | TS/SCI CI Poly

What you will be working on: 

We apply advanced technologies such as Digital Signal Processing, Analytics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, and Cloud computing to solve our customer and mission challenges. As a Senior Scientist, you'll work with a team of extraordinary scientists, engineers, and analysts.  You will develop algorithms and software, and unique approaches to image data processing and exploitation for use in the latest ground processing architectures.  You will also work with existing, advanced algorithms and software for automated target recognition, change detection, multi-source data fusion, and tracking. Areas of expertise includes:

• Design, develop, and test advanced, automated feature extraction algorithms.
• Extraction of information from large geospatial/spectral datasets.
• Development of processing architectures and software for use with customer systems and sensors.
• Explore new machine learning and artificial intelligence approaches for automated object detection, feature extraction/target state estimation, multi-source data fusion, and much more.
• Document developed algorithms and transition them to the software team for incorporation into the production code base.  Understanding of problem and technical approach based on underlying mathematical/heuristic models.
• Prototyping/proof-of-concept demonstrations: Ability to demonstrate that your ideas work on real data in real processing environments and meet critical mission requirements.
• Develop evaluation techniques and processes. Develop performance metrics. Test algorithms and measure performance under different operating conditions. Document results.
• Support operations with the ability to diagnose/fix problems after algorithms/software are integrated into and run within a larger system in operational environments.
• Expansion of current capabilities: Add to existing algorithms/code bases to create new/expanded capabilities providing new functionality to enhance products and services.
• Experience with profiling and optimizing source codes.
• Strong fundamentals in data structures and algorithms.
• Support technical proposal/report writing with the ability to communicate ideas clearly making use of graphs, graphics, images, and equations when needed.
• Provide customers and General Dynamics leadership briefings: Ability to communicate complex ideas to audiences with a wide range of education and interest in technical details. Some customers simply want to understand the basic idea. Ability to go deep when needed.

From inventing new products or enhancing existing applications, your talent and leadership abilities will be front and center.  The ideal candidate for this position is comfortable working independently, and in small groups, to develop ideas that meet customer needs. They are highly motivated to write proposals and develop new ideas and carry through phases of scientific research and software development from initial physical equations of phenomenology to demonstration pseudo-code, to fully documented and tested large scale scientific software running in the newest cloud-based, ground processing architectures.

Requirements

• Masters or PhD in degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Image Science, Remote Sensing, Optics, or other Physical Science or Engineering degree is required. 
• A Masters and 12 years or PhD with 10 years of relevant experience with a TS/SCI clearance is also required. 
• Post-degree work experience and post-doctoral work experience counts towards experience.

Required Skills

• Technologies that are top-notch.
• A team of bold thinkers committed to exploring what's next.
• Opportunities to gain new knowledge through advanced research and development cycles driven by mission critical requirements.
• Small team environment where your voice is heard and direct involvement with a customer solving their immediate problems.
• State of the art facility company facility with on premise perks, gym, walking trails, and close by amenities.
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Very strong knowledge of technology trends and the ability to champion new ideas, products, and process improvements.
• Passion to make a difference for our country in support of critical national security missions.

What you will get

• A high-growth environment with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as the company grows.  We are looking for leaders. 
• Owner and Leadership team that come from technical backgrounds so they understand the day-to-day challenges of the technical consulting world and can offer real life solutions and guidance. 
• Highly competitive benefits package that shows we want to hire the very best.