Sensor Engineer IV

Responsibilities

We are looking for a SENSOR SYSTEMS ENGINEER to join a skilled, highly respected, and long-standing team supporting New Capabilities Integration efforts for emerging systems. The successful candidate will support product evaluations, quality studies, new product initializations, and/or product algorithm assessments. The candidate should have a working understanding and practical application of modeling components of the image path, including sensor, detector, atmospheric, and material properties.

Familiarity with current systems and products will be necessary to develop, assess, and execute test and verification methodologies. Activities include, but are not limited to:

• Sensor modeling; decomposing product formation elements to quantify the overall quality of the image chain
• Algorithm assessment to quantify the performance of a product given desire mission application
• Performing baseline assessment of system performance to support sensor initialization
• Operational monitoring of system performance over time
• Responding to detected errors and artifacts by recommending possible causes and corrective actions

Required:

• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph
• 8 to 10 years of experience with a BS, 6 8 years with a MS, or 3 to 5 years with a PhD
• A degree in Imaging Science or Engineering
• Experienced in Image Science (Phenomenology, Sensor technology, Image Processing)
• Understanding of Image chain analysis to include sensor modeling, signal quality and noise, optics, detector calibration, and image processing of pixel data.
• Understanding and application of image quality standards, scales, metrics, and image quality equations.
• Applied knowledge of sensor imaging systems, products, and exploitation processes
• Understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle, including independent testing and data verification
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Willingness to learn, solve problems, and perform in a dynamic work environment

Desired:

• Degree in Image Science, Field of Engineering, or Physics
• Understanding of the enterprise TCPED process
• A basic understanding of RF analysis and potential antenna modeling
• Experience working in a DoD or IC operational environment
• Experience working on Product Initialization teams
• Understanding of Machine Learning and Neural Network algorithms

Experience developing engineering code (e.g. C, Python, Matlab, IDL) to solve hard problems and create processes for repeatable results.

We are an equal opportunity employer and federal government contractor. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment as protected by law.