Job Description
Senior Remote Sensing Engineer
Location
US-OH-Dayton
ID
2024-3315
Category
Intelligence Analysis / Geospatial Analysis
Position Type
Full Time Salary
Riverside Overview
Riverside Research is an independent National Security Nonprofit dedicated to research and development in the national interest. We provide high-end technical services, research and development, and prototype solutions to some of the country's most challenging technical problems.
All Riverside Research opportunities require U.S. Citizenship.
Position Overview
Riverside Research is seeking a full-time Senior Remote Sensing Scientist in support of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Wright Patterson AFB, OH. You will be working with a team of Riverside Research, government, military, and contractor personnel using electro-optical and infrared data for scientific and technical intelligence reporting. This work is in support of US Air Force and Intelligence Community programs.
Responsibilities
Process and exploit EO-IR (spectral, thermal, and/or visible) data from remote sensing data sources
Provide independent verification and validation of algorithms and tools
Translate operational needs into technical requirements; prepare supporting documentation
Identify new mission applications for current or near-future sensor systems (including commercial sensor systems)
Identify workflow processes that can be automated or improved; document and implement process improvements
Support intelligence production from EO-IR imagery and signature analysis
Mentor junior EO-IR scientists on EO-IR phenomenologies, data sources, and analytical methods relevant to the NASIC GEOINT mission
Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Active TS/SCI security clearance
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or comparable technical degree; non-technical degree with experience will be considered
10+ years of experience working with overhead EO-IR data
Experience with both scene-based and physics-based atmospheric correction techniques
Experience with intelligence community overhead EO-IR data sources
Experience with common remote sensing EO-IR data formats
Desired Qualifications:
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or comparable technical degree
Experience working with spectral and thermal signatures and libraries
Knowledge of standard spectral and thermal imaging data formats
Demonstrated proficiency processing and analyzing spectral data in ENVI and AGITK
Familiarity with SOCET GXP, RemoteView, or other Electronic Light Tables
Global Comp
$100,000 - $160,000 This represents the typical compensation range for this position based on experience, location and other factors.
Closing Statement
Riverside Research Institute is a not-for-profit, technology-oriented defense company, where service to our customers and support of our staff is our overall mission. Riverside is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. Riverside offers comprehensive compensation and benefit packages to our employees.
Riverside bases its employment decisions solely on technical experience, qualifications and other job-related criteria related to our organizational purpose as a not-for-profit company, and without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran's status or any other status legally protected by applicable federal, state, and local law.
Riverside Research is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state and local law.
