Senior SAR Imagery Scientist / Exploitation Specialist NGA MAVEN Program
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Job description
Premier Enterprise Solutions is seeking a Senior SAR Imagery Scientist to support the NGA MAVEN Program. This role serves as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery, supporting advanced GEOINT, AI/ML, and data exploitation initiatives. The selected candidate will provide technical leadership for SAR imagery acquisition, preprocessing, quality assessment, sensor integration, and data preparation supporting operational intelligence and machine learning applications., * Serve as the SAR SME supporting NGA MAVEN imagery exploitation and sensor integration efforts.
- Assess emerging SAR sensors and integrate new data sources into existing data pipelines and workflows.
- Analyze SAR phenomenology, collection geometry, metadata, image quality, and exploitation products.
- Develop preprocessing, tiling, orthorectification, and imagery transformation workflows for AI/ML applications.
- Evaluate imagery quality using RNIIRS and SAR-specific quality metrics.
- Support development of automated processes, algorithms, and methodologies using SAR imagery and remote sensing data.
- Generate and manage imagery pre-labels derived from intelligence reporting, machine observations, and human analysis.
- Collaborate with data scientists, engineers, and analysts to prepare data for machine learning model development.
- Support weekly imagery deliveries and rapid-turn operational requirements.
- Identify opportunities to integrate coincident EO imagery and other sensor sources to enhance exploitation.
Requirements
Do you have experience in Sensors?, * Active TS/SCI Clearance.
- Bachelor's degree in Remote Sensing, Engineering, Computer Science, Geospatial Intelligence, or related technical field.
- 4+ years of SAR imagery exploitation and analysis experience.
- Strong understanding of:
- SAR collection and phenomenology
- Image formation processes
- Sensor geometry and metadata
- SAR exploitation methodologies
- Experience using:
- SARPy
- MATLAB SAR Toolbox
- Python
- MATLAB
- Experience developing algorithms, processes, and analytical workflows using SAR imagery.
- Experience communicating technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience applying AI/ML or Computer Vision techniques to SAR imagery.
- Experience supporting NGA, NRO, DIA, or Intelligence Community GEOINT programs.
- Experience with cloud-based geospatial processing environments.
- GEOINT Professional Certification (GPC) preferred., * of SAR imagery exploitation and analysis : 5 years (Required)
Benefits & conditions
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- 401(k)
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance, * 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance