The Aerospace Corporation
Remote Sensing Specialist
6 days agoPayCompetitive
LocationChantilly/Virginia
Employment typeFull-Time
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Job Description
- Req#: R012511
Employer Industry: Aerospace Engineering and Technology
Why consider this job opportunity:
- Opportunity for career advancement and growth within the organization
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans
- Flexible spending accounts and 401(k) Plan with company-paid benefits
- Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career
- Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation
- Inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect
What to Expect (Job Responsibilities):
- Support the design, development, and characterization of EO/IR collection capabilities through modeling, analysis, and laboratory capabilities
- Design, develop, demonstrate, and test capabilities for laboratory and field testing
- Explore EO/IR system design trades through modeling, analysis, and/or prototyping
- Implement, develop, and assess image processing and data analysis techniques for EO/IR data sets
- Collaborate with a team of junior and senior staff on technical studies as both contributor and leader
What is Required (Qualifications):
- Bachelor’s degree in Physics, Astronomy, Remote Sensing, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Imaging Science, Optical Engineering, or another related discipline
- Eight or more years of relevant work experience relating to EO/IR systems and/or EO/IR data sets
- Expertise in data analysis, modeling, characterization, design, and/or performance assessments of EO/IR systems and data
- Experience implementing laboratory experiments relating to characterization of optical components, focal planes, and/or radiometric characterization
- Proficiency with programming environments and languages such as Matlab, Python, and/or C/C++
How to Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications):
- An advanced degree in Physics, Astronomy, Remote Sensing, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Imaging Science, Optical Engineering, or another related discipline
- Experience collecting, analyzing, and applying data with standard radiometric measurement equipment
- Expertise related to Space Domain Awareness modeling and analysis
- Prior experience working with change detection and tracking products derived from imagery
- Current TS/SCI security clearance
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