Systems Engineer

Position Description:

We are seeking a motivated product quality mid-level SYSTEMS ENGINEER to support planning, test development, data definition, and task execution for new and existing products within the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG). The selected candidate will work with a team of image scientists, image analysts, photogrammetrists, and statisticians to perform specific tasks, track issues, and clearly communicate status and results to multiple stakeholders.

The mission spans many data providers and sensor phenomenologies including electrical-optical, RADAR, LIDAR, OPIR, motion, multi- and hyper-spectral. We work to verify and validate product visual quality, as well as the accuracy of the support data. The qualified candidate should have experience with test design to verify and validate products against requirements to meet planned concept of operations. The ideal candidate will have image science or imagery analysis experience or knowledge ready to apply to the challenges of the group. Good written and verbal communication and team work is critical.   

Required Experience/Education:

• Must have the required clearance and willing to sit for and pass a polygraph within 30 days of employment or at customers request

• Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in System Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Software Engineering, or a related Science or Engineering
• 5+ years of experience as a system engineer to include independent testing and data verification, requirements, and development of concept of operations.
• Experience with sensor imaging systems, products, and exploitation processes

• Strong written and oral communication skills, with emphasis on briefing to obtain decisions and solve technical issues and test plans/reports writing
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Willingness to learn, solve problems and perform in a dynamic work environment

Preferred Skillset:

• Experience in remote sensing phenomenologies (for example EO/IR/SAR)
• Knowledge of NSG tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination (TCPED) image chain

• Experience with product quality assessments, visual or metadata assessments