Imagery Analyst

Description

In support of Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA), NATECH is recruiting for an Imagery Scientist to advance techniques to determine and exploit the full value of information from a range of imaging sensors by focusing on non-visible portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The role uses phenomenological studies to develop new approaches and capabilities to enable imagery analysts’ exploitation of a range of unique phenomenologies associated with multispectral, hyperspectral, radar and thermal signatures.

The candidate will develop algorithms, tools, and create customized methodologies and products to address geospatial intelligence requirements, and prepare products to describe and document findings and activities.

• Provide imagery science support specifically related to the exploitation of imagery of the following sensor disciplines:
  Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Thermal Infrared, Spectral, or Geospatial including OPIR, Moving Target Indicator (MTI), Photogrammetry, and Light Imaging Detection and Ranging (LIDAR).
• Provide technical analytical expertise in support of the USMC National Geospatial-Intelligence Program funded Full Spectrum GEOINT (FSG) analysis and production program.
• Provide recommendations of operational GEOINT architectures, and FSG guidance to analysts, operators, and managers on processes, techniques and procedures.
• Participate in the development of program strategies, issues papers, briefings, and senior‑level correspondence for MCIA and HQ USMC leadership necessary to sustain and expand FSG analysis and production capabilities to meet current and future USMC operations.
• Provide technical assistance in establishing relationships with NSG functional managers to promote service‑specific GEOINT requirements and resolve shortfall impacts to MCIA GEOINT.
• Provide guidance and expertise to improve competency of military and civilian analysts in applying advanced remote sensing techniques.
• Support the development of collection strategies for standing, ad hoc, and emerging FSG capabilities; investigate and report on collection parameters and constraints associated with littoral mission requirements; and educate and train MCIA collections staff on existing collection strategies and development and implementation of new strategies.
• Support the development and dissemination of FSG products to satisfy USMC and Government requirements, including the fusion of FSG products with data, information and products from other Intelligence disciplines (HUMINT, SIGINT, OSINT, MASINT).
• Provide knowledge on a variety of geospatial exploitation software suites and be able to use data and products from a variety of sensors and collection platforms.
• Develop and standardize innovative and adaptive full‑Spectrum GEOINT products and services.
• Provide research and guidance on sensor application to specific geospatial problem sets, sensor‑specific processing techniques, and related training/education.
• Assist in analyzing and conducting statistical analyses on image datasets, and in identifying and using alternative data sources to satisfy specific mission requirements.
• Collaborate with and provide scientific support to imagery/geospatial analysis to sharpen assessments of current intelligence issues.
• Provide Imagery Science expertise to support GEOINT analysis and assessments on intelligence issues.
• Evaluate commercial, academic, and outside approaches and algorithms, refine, develop measures of effectiveness, improve system environments, and create new procedures.

• Must possess an active TS SCI clearance.
• Must have relevant and demonstrated experience.
• Demonstrates in‑depth knowledge and understanding of the labor category activities required to meet mission requirements.
• Demonstrates mastery of qualitative and quantitative analytic methodologies and pursues developments in academia or other fields that affect tradecraft methodology.
• Demonstrates ability to define comprehensive, new, or unique research approaches that enable rigorous assessments to address and contribute to high‑level tasks.
• Demonstrates in‑depth analysis of analytic operations and knowledge…