Expert Imagery Scientist (SAR)

Leidos has an exciting opportunity for an Expert Level Exploitation Specialist/Imagery Scientist (SAR) - to join our team in Springfield VA.

Our ideal candidate will be able to :

• Conduct applied image processing and advanced analysis of radar imagery including both literal image interpretation and non-literal analysis.
• Support the development of analysis techniques of radar imagery for new signature and methodology development.
• Collect data and perform data analysis.
• Perform ad hoc analysis and present results in a clear manner.
• Communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear precise and actionable manner using storytelling/visualization.
• Create/deploy/maintain automated workflows and processing pipelines
• Create/deploy/maintain tools to extract features data and metadata from a variety of sources.
• Write/maintain Python scripts to improve efficiency of the production process.
• Contribute to customer organization mentorship and training on related phenomenology processing tools and tradecraft.
• Collaborate with external mission partner organizations as needed to support customer mission & analytic goals.

Skills and Experience:

Basic Qualifications

• Typically requires a BA degree and 8 12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 10 years of prior relevant experience.
• BS in image science remote sensing earth science etc.
• Expert knowledge & skill processing & exploiting SAR data.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with ability to be approved for a CI Poly

Preferred 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 and ArcGIS.

If youre looking for comfort keep scrolling. At Leidos we outthink outbuild and outpace the status quo because the mission demands it. Were not hiring followers. Were recruiting the ones who disrupt provoke and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. Were already at step 30 and moving faster than anyone else dares.

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Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.