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Senior C/C++ Software Scientist with remote sensing expertise

Senior C/C++ Software Scientist with remote sensing expertise

CompanyGeneral Dynamics
LocationChantilly, VA, USA
Salary$158846 – $214910
TypeFull-Time
DegreesMaster’s, PhD
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • C (Programming Language)
  • C++ Programming Language
  • Python (Programming Language)
  • 10 + years of related experience
  • U.S. citizenship is required
  • Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Image Science, Remote Sensing, Optics, or other Physical Science or Engineering degree is required
  • Current TS/SCI security POLY must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, document and test advanced, automated feature extraction in C/C++ and Python, algorithms
  • Perform extraction from large geospatial/spectral datasets
  • Development of processing architectures and software for use with customer systems and sensors
  • Explore new algorithms / machine learning and artificial intelligence approaches for automated object detection / classification, feature extraction/target state estimation, multi-source data fusion
  • Document developed algorithms and transition them to the software team for incorporation into the production code base
  • Understand problem and technical approach based on underlying mathematical/heuristic models
  • Demonstrate real data in real processing environments and meet critical mission requirements

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master’s and 12 years or PhD with Post-degree work experience and post-doctoral work experience and will count towards experience
  • AWS/Cloud development/computing and OpenCV
  • Working knowledge in statistical principles and probability theory, image segmentation, automated quantitative evaluation of image data, and feature extraction