Imagery Scientist (SAR)

Leidos has an exciting opportunity for an Expert Level Exploitation Specialist/Imagery Scientist (SAR) - to join our team in Springfield, VA.

Our ideal candidate will be able to :

• Conduct applied image processing and advanced analysis of radar imagery, including both literal image interpretation and non-literal analysis.
• Support the development of analysis techniques of radar imagery for new signature and methodology development.
• Collect data and perform data analysis.
• Perform ad hoc analysis and present results in a clear manner.
• Communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear, precise and actionable manner using storytelling/visualization.
• Create/deploy/maintain automated workflows and processing pipelines
• Create/deploy/maintain tools to extract features, data, and metadata from a variety of sources.
• Write/maintain Python scripts to improve efficiency of the production process.
• Contribute to customer organization mentorship and training on related phenomenology, processing, tools, and tradecraft.
• Collaborate with external mission partner organizations as needed to support customer mission & analytic goals.

• Typically requires a BA degree and 8 - 12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 - 10 years of prior relevant experience.
• BS in image science, remote sensing, earth science, etc.
• Expert knowledge & skill processing & exploiting SAR data.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with ability to be approved for a CI Poly, * Formal training & experience in remote sensing/earth science/etc.
• IDL/Java/C++/VB/MATLAB/R/other.
• APIs.
• Advanced degree.
• Proficiency in Google Earth Engine, ESRI ARC Services, Tableau, Web Services Development and ArcGIS.

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That’s why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits .

If you’re looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We’re not hiring followers. We’re recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We’re already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares., Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com .