Image Scientist Senior (PIR)

What Impact Youll Have

GRVTY is seeking motivated and experienced multidisciplinary scientists and intelligence analysts to support Persistent Infrared (PIR) Scientific and Technical Intelligence (S&TI) research and development collection planning and broader multi-INT missions. The ideal candidate brings established Intelligence Community experience a record of technical or analytical leadership and a passion for advanced scientific problem solving across the full PIR mission lifecycle from collection requirements and tasking through data production exploitation technical analysis analytic reporting and the development and evaluation of new collection and processing capabilities. Successful candidates may support operational collections R&D collection campaigns Phase 13 analysis laboratory and test-range activities data-quality assessment signature development technical intelligence production and the transition of new analytical methods into operational use.

What Youll be Owning

• Support the development refinement and validation of PIR collection requirements including:
  • Intelligence needs and observables
  • Essential elements of information
  • Collection success criteria
• Plan and support routine operational and R&D PIR collections including:
  • Collection feasibility assessments and tasking coordination
  • Coverage analysis and test-event planning
  • Post-collection evaluation
• Apply knowledge of the PIR mission enterprise across the full pipeline including:
  • Collection requirements and tasking
  • Sensor operations and ground processing
  • Data production exploitation and dissemination
  • Downstream analytical use
• Perform or support Phase 13 exploitation and analysis in accordance with applicable customer workflows tradecraft standards and reporting requirements
• Conduct quantitative analysis of laboratory field test-range and operationally collected data including:
  • Radiometric spectral temporal and spatial analysis
  • Phenomenological analysis
• Develop repeatable workflows for:
  • Data conditioning calibration and quality control
  • Exploratory analysis and visualization
  • Uncertainty characterization and technical reporting
• Compare laboratory or modeled signatures with field and overhead observations accounting for:
  • Sensor response geometry and atmospheric effects
  • Background conditions operational variability and collection limitations
• Develop and evaluate algorithms analytical tools models scripts databases and data-processing pipelines that improve:
  • Collection planning and exploitation
  • Signature analysis and intelligence production
• Produce defensible technical assessments briefings and data products for technical and senior decision-maker audiences including:
  • Collection recommendations and requests for information
  • Finished and foundational S&TI products
• Identify collection gaps analytical uncertainties anomalous observations and opportunities for follow-on collection or experimentation
• Work directly with government customers operators collectors engineers laboratory personnel test organizations analysts and other mission partners
• Support the transition of R&D capabilities into operational environments including:
  • Test design verification and validation
  • Documentation user feedback and performance assessment
• Apply multi-INT approaches where appropriate including integration or correlation of PIR with:
  • GMTI imagery radar and telemetry
  • Geospatial all-source and other relevant data
• Support CONUS and OCONUS test-range activities including:
  • Pre-deployment planning and instrumentation coordination
  • Data collection field troubleshooting and documentation
  • Post-test analysis
• Contribute to internal technical reviews mentor other employees and independently plan and complete assigned work

What You Must Have

• Active TS/SCI Clearance with the ability to obtain a CI/Poly
• 8 years of directly relevant experience with consideration given to the depth relevance and impact of the candidates work
• Deep knowledge of PIR collections tasking operations data production exploitation Phase 13 analysis technical intelligence or capability-development activities
• Experience leading:
  • Collection campaigns R&D programs or complex technical analyses
  • Intelligence-production efforts test events or cross-organizational working groups
• Demonstrated ability to identify intelligence or capability gaps and convert them into:
  • Executable technical plans and collection strategies
  • Research efforts and analytical products
• Experience reviewing and defending analytical conclusions resolving conflicting technical interpretations and communicating uncertainty and confidence to decision-makers
• Proven ability to develop personnel mentor junior analysts or scientists and improve team tradecraft
• Ability to represent the company professionally in customer engagements and contribute to technical strategy program shaping and proposal development
• A degree is preferred; substantial directly relevant Intelligence Community military scientific engineering or operational experience may be considered in lieu of a specific degree requirement

What Would be Nice to Have

• Strong background in radiometry including:
  • Radiometric calibration detector response signal-to-noise characterization and dynamic range
  • Uncertainty propagation instrument drift nonuniformity background subtraction and cross-sensor comparison
• Experience with infrared phenomenology and analysis across relevant spectral regions
• Experience analyzing multispectral or hyperspectral imagery and data including:
  • Spectral feature extraction and endmember or material characterization
  • Dimensionality reduction targe-background separability spectral libraries and atmospheric effects
• Experience with EO/IR imaging systems non-imaging radiometers spectrometers thermal imagers focal-plane arrays laboratory sources calibration targets or related instrumentation
• Strong background in temporal analysis of laboratory or field-collected data including:
  • Synchronization time-series conditioning and event segmentation
  • Trend and change detection anomaly analysis transient characterization and multi-instrument correlation
• Experience building or maintaining reproducible data-processing and analysis pipelines including:
  • Automated quality checks metadata handling and version control
  • Configuration management and traceable analytical outputs
• Familiarity with statistical inference detection theory signal processing image processing time-series analysis machine learning pattern recognition modeling and simulation or data fusion
• Experience working with PIR data products ground-processing environments collection-management workflows or operational exploitation tools
• Experience supporting military or government laboratories acquisition organizations test and evaluation organizations operational units combatant commands service intelligence centers or national Intelligence Community elements
• Experience planning or executing collections at U.S. or OCONUS test ranges including:
  • Range coordination collection plans instrumentation and logistics
  • Field operations data custody after-action reporting and post-test analysis
• Experience operating in multidisciplinary teams composed of scientists engineers operators collection managers intelligence analysts software developers and program personnel
• Graduate education published technical work relevant military training formal intelligence-analysis training collection-management training or recognized subject-matter expertise in a relevant mission area

Pay Range:At GRVTY we understand that compensation is influenced by many factorssuch as geographic location federal contract labor categories wage rates prior experience skillsets education and certifications. Were proud to offer a work environment that empowers our team to achieve a strong work-life balance. GRVTY provides competitive pay comprehensive benefits and meaningful opportunities for professional growth. Our benefits package is designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families and includes coverage in areas such as healthcare financial wellness retirement planning family assistance continued education and paid time off.

• The pay range for this position is: $170000 - $190000

Why Choose GRVTY

The toughest national security challenges demand vision and ingenuity not just resources. We deliver mission and technical expertise to outpace our adversaries. Were purpose-built to tackle the most entrenched systemic national security issues around the world.

We partner with our customers to help them overcome challenges in every corner of technology and defenseincluding the ones still being explored. Our growing capabilities create complementary advantages giving on-the-ground operations the edge they need to succeed. We muster everything we have to answer every challenge presented every day of our lives.

At GRVTY we believe that when our employees thrive our company thrives. Thats why we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support your well-being growth and work-life balance.

Robust health plan including medical dental and vision

Health Savings Account with company contribution

Annual Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays

Paid Parental Leave

401k with generous company match

Training and Development Opportunities

Award Programs

Variety of Company Sponsored Events

EEO Statement

GRVTY is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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