Maven Exploitation Specialist​/Imagery Scientist; EO Focused Expert

Job Summary

+++ This opportunity is for an upcoming award expected in July 2026****

BTS Software Solutions is seeking a Maven Exploitation Specialist/ Imagery Scientist (EO Focused) Expert to support Department of Defense IC missions at Springfield, VA.

Primary

Location:

Springfield, VA

Secondary

Location:

St. Louis, Missouri

TS/SCI; must be willing to take a CI Poly in the future

• Integrate emerging sensors and platforms into existing Maven or G systems during experimental/pre‑IOC phases before full operational status. Use available sensor information to develop pipelines and data structures for new sensor integration.
• Assess differences between new sensor characteristics and capabilities compared to currently utilized platforms.
• Analyze potential differences in metadata, data format, and data structure that affect databases, schemas, APIs, and ETL processes for ingestion and movement of data.
• Determine acquisition strategy for new data, including latency, data formats, and security domains.
• Pre‑process and standardize data to match existing standards or transform data for labeling and model development, including format conversion and tiling full‑size images to specified sizes or geospatial bounds.
• Investigate gaps in emerging sensor capability and supplement with other sources. Collaborate with SAR Imagery Scientist to provide coincident EO imagery aligned with collection time frames.
• Develop mathematical conversion models to transform data labels from multiple imagery types (e.g., PNG, NITF) and between orthorectified and non‑orthorectified imagery.
• Develop and implement methods to tile and pre‑process raw imagery, maintaining metadata and data integrity, and to generate tiles with precise geospatial boundaries.
• Analyze image quality and sensor metadata to recommend and curate imagery acquisition aligned with Government priorities. Experience with NIIRS, information‑theoretic image quality metrics, and sensor metadata impacting phenomenology is required.
• Execute day‑to‑day management of imagery curation, acquisition, and pre‑processing, including tiling, pre‑label generation, and file‑type conversion per NGA Maven data strategies.
• Provide EO imagery coincident with SAR imagery within specified geographic and temporal ranges.
• Identify and apply curation methods such as NLP on Intelligence Reporting, automated or semi‑automated machine‑based techniques, and API integration to prioritize imagery per Government directives.
• Monitor and prioritize data holdings to support diversity needs defined by the Government (geographic regions, temporal windows, metadata characteristics, scene characteristics).
• Oversee weekly deliveries of processed imagery and conduct ad‑hoc deliveries for quick‑turn operations support.

• 4+ years as an EO expert with understanding of collection, phenomenology, image formation, and exploitation products.
• Experience exploiting the electromagnetic spectrum (e.g., electro‑optical) to locate objects of interest.
• Experience developing, testing, and evaluating algorithms, processes, and products using EO imagery, including advanced tools (Python, MATLAB, Google Earth Engine).
• Experience communicating EO imagery products, methodologies, and procedures to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Deep understanding of remote sensing, imagery processing, and advanced exploitation methods.

• Experience applying computer vision and machine learning techniques to EO imagery and data to address intelligence problems.

Pay Range: $210,000 to $230,000. This range is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation; final offers will consider factors such as role complexity, educational background, experience, and critical competencies.

BTS Software Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.