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# OPIR Imagery Scientist

- **Company:** GRVTY, LLC
- **Location:** Charlottesville, VA, United States
- **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $210,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Business Analytics Applications, ArcGIS (Software), Configuration Management, Code Generation, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Geospatial Intelligence, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Performance Tuning, RemoteView, Signal Processing, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, Verification and Validation (Software), Data Processing, Git, Containerization, Information Technology, Virtual Agents, Lidar, Software Version Control, GXP
- **Published:** October 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9280035/opir-imagery-scientist

## About the Role

* U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI clearance, with the ability to obtain a CI polygraph
 * Hands-on exploitation of OPIR or other infrared sensor data for intelligence production
 * Working knowledge of IR phenomenology, including sensor resolution, sensitivity, and the strengths and limits of persistent overhead collection
 * Demonstrated experience developing analytic tools or data-processing software in Python or a similar language, including version control (e.g., Git), testing, and documentation
 * Proficiency with standard GEOINT and MASINT tools such as ArcGIS, ENVI, SOCET GXP, or RemoteView

What Would be Nice to Have

 * Prior support to NGIC, NASIC, NGA, MDA, or another DoD or IC production center
 * Knowledge of TIV, PIV, AFAST
 * Degree in physics, engineering, remote sensing, computer science, or another STEM field; graduate education a plus
 * Background in radiometry, including radiometric calibration, detector response, signal-to-noise characterization, and uncertainty propagation
 * Experience with temporal analysis, including time-series conditioning, event segmentation, and transient characterization
 * Experience designing multi-step or tool-using AI agent workflows, or evaluating AI performance on analytic tasks
 * Experience deploying software in classified or air-gapped environments, including containerization, CI/CD, and configuration management
 * Familiarity with detection theory, signal processing, image processing, or machine learning
 * Experience with SAR, MSI/HSI, or LiDAR exploitation in addition to IR
 * Experience planning or supporting collections at CONUS or OCONUS test ranges

## Description

* Support 1 st through 3 rd phase exploitation of OPIR and other EO/IR sensor data to detect, track, and characterize events, separating real signatures from background clutter and false alarms
 * Review OPIR processed data, sensor metadata, and collection geometry to determine data quality
 * Design, build, and maintain algorithms, analytic tools, and data-processing pipelines for PIR collection planning, exploitation, and signature analysis, using sound software development practices such as version control, testing, documentation, and code review
 * Use agentic AI tools and workflows to accelerate tool development, automate repetitive exploitation and data-conditioning tasks, and prototype new analytic methods, verifying and validating AI-generated code and outputs before they reach operational use
 * Develop repeatable workflows for data conditioning, calibration, quality control, and uncertainty characterization
 * Compare laboratory or modeled signatures with overhead observations, accounting for sensor response, geometry, atmospheric effects, and background conditions
 * Support the transition of new tools and methods into operational use, including test, verification and validation, documentation, and user feedback
 * Author and review reports, graphics, and briefings for analysts, leadership, and customers, matching technical depth to the audience
 * Help draft and prioritize collection requirements, and support field tests, test-range activities, and data collections
 * Work directly with government customers, collectors, engineers, and analysts to understand tool requirements