Image Scientist - Senior (PIR) at GRVTY

<p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>What Impact You'll Have</strong></p> <p>GRVTY is seeking motivated and experienced multidisciplinary scientists and intelligence analysts to support Persistent Infrared (PIR), Scientific and Technical Intelligence (S&amp;TI), research and development, collection planning, and broader multi-INT missions. The ideal candidate brings established Intelligence Community experience, a record of technical or analytical leadership, and a passion for advanced scientific problem solving across the full PIR mission lifecycle — from collection requirements and tasking through data production, exploitation, technical analysis, analytic reporting, and the development and evaluation of new collection and processing capabilities. Successful candidates may support operational collections, R&amp;D collection campaigns, Phase 1–3 analysis, laboratory and test-range activities, data-quality assessment, signature development, technical intelligence production, and the transition of new analytical methods into operational use.</p> <p><strong>What You'll be Owning</strong></p> <ul> <li>Support the development, refinement, and validation of PIR collection requirements, including: <ul> <li>Intelligence needs and observables</li> <li>Essential elements of information</li> <li>Collection success criteria</li> </ul> </li> <li>Plan and support routine, operational, and R&amp;D PIR collections, including: <ul> <li>Collection feasibility assessments and tasking coordination</li> <li>Coverage analysis and test-event planning</li> <li>Post-collection evaluation</li> </ul> </li> <li>Apply knowledge of the PIR mission enterprise across the full pipeline, including: <ul> <li>Collection requirements and tasking</li> <li>Sensor operations and ground processing</li> <li>Data production, exploitation, and dissemination</li> <li>Downstream analytical use&nbsp;</li> </ul> </li> <li>Perform or support Phase 1–3 exploitation and analysis in accordance with applicable customer workflows, tradecraft standards, and reporting requirements</li> <li>Conduct quantitative analysis of laboratory, field, test-range, and operationally collected data, including: <ul> <li>Radiometric, spectral, temporal, and spatial analysis</li> <li>Phenomenological analysis</li> </ul> </li> <li>Develop repeatable workflows for: <ul> <li>Data conditioning, calibration, and quality control</li> <li>Exploratory analysis and visualization</li> <li>Uncertainty characterization and technical reporting</li> </ul> </li> <li>Compare laboratory or modeled signatures with field and overhead observations, accounting for: <ul> <li>Sensor response, geometry, and atmospheric effects</li> <li>Background conditions, operational variability, and collection limitations</li> </ul> </li> <li>Develop and evaluate algorithms, analytical tools, models, scripts, databases, and data-processing pipelines that improve: <ul> <li>Collection planning and exploitation</li> <li>Signature analysis and intelligence production</li> </ul> </li> <li>Produce defensible technical assessments, briefings, and data products for technical and senior decision-maker audiences, including: <ul> <li>Collection recommendations and requests for information</li> <li>Finished and foundational S&amp;TI products</li> </ul> </li> <li>Identify collection gaps, analytical uncertainties, anomalous observations, and opportunities for follow-on collection or experimentation</li> <li>Work directly with government customers, operators, collectors, engineers, laboratory personnel, test organizations, analysts, and other mission partners</li> <li>Support the transition of R&amp;D capabilities into operational environments, including: <ul> <li>Test design, verification, and validation</li> <li>Documentation, user feedback, and performance assessment</li> </ul> </li> <li>Apply multi-INT approaches where appropriate, including integration or correlation of PIR with: <ul> <li>GMTI, imagery, radar, and telemetry</li> <li>Geospatial, all-source, and other relevant data</li> </ul> </li> <li>Support CONUS and OCONUS test-range activities, including: <ul> <li>Pre-deployment planning and instrumentation coordination</li> <li>Data collection, field troubleshooting, and documentation</li> <li>Post-test analysis</li> </ul> </li> <li>Contribute to internal technical reviews, mentor other employees, and independently plan and complete assigned work</li> </ul> <p><strong>What You Must Have</strong></p> <ul> <li>Active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a SCI</li> <li>8+ years of directly relevant experience, with consideration given to the depth, relevance, and impact of the candidate's work</li> <li>Deep knowledge of PIR collections, tasking, operations, data production, exploitation, Phase 1–3 analysis, technical intelligence, or capability-development activities</li> <li>Experience leading: <ul> <li>Collection campaigns, R&amp;D programs, or complex technical analyses&nbsp;</li> <li>Intelligence-production efforts, test events, or cross-organizational working groups</li> </ul> </li> <li>Demonstrated ability to identify intelligence or capability gaps and convert them into: <ul> <li>Executable technical plans and collection strategies</li> <li>Research efforts and analytical products</li> </ul> </li> <li>Experience reviewing and defending analytical conclusions, resolving conflicting technical interpretations, and communicating uncertainty and confidence to decision-makers</li> <li>Proven ability to develop personnel, mentor junior analysts or scientists, and improve team tradecraft</li> <li>Ability to represent the company professionally in customer engagements and contribute to technical strategy, program shaping, and proposal development</li> <li>A degree is preferred; substantial directly relevant Intelligence Community, military, scientific, engineering, or operational experience may be considered in lieu of a specific degree requirement</li> </ul> <p><strong>What Would be Nice to Have</strong></p> <ul> <li>Strong background in radiometry, including: <ul> <li>Radiometric calibration, detector response, signal-to-noise characterization, and dynamic range</li> <li>Uncertainty propagation, instrument drift, nonuniformity, background subtraction, and cross-sensor comparison</li> </ul> </li> <li>Experience with infrared phenomenology and analysis across relevant spectral regions</li> <li>Experience analyzing multispectral or hyperspectral imagery and data, including: <ul> <li>Spectral feature extraction and endmember or material characterization</li> <li>Dimensionality reduction, targe-background separability, spectral libraries, and atmospheric effects</li> </ul> </li> <li>Experience with EO/IR imaging systems, non-imaging radiometers, spectrometers, thermal imagers, focal-plane arrays, laboratory sources, calibration targets, or related instrumentation</li> <li>Strong background in temporal analysis of laboratory or field-collected data, including: <ul> <li>Synchronization, time-series conditioning, and event segmentation</li> <li>Trend and change detection, anomaly analysis, transient characterization, and multi-instrument correlation</li> </ul> </li> <li>Experience building or maintaining reproducible data-processing and analysis pipelines, including: <ul> <li>Automated quality checks, metadata handling, and version control</li> <li>Configuration management and traceable analytical outputs</li> </ul> </li> <li>Familiarity with statistical inference, detection theory, signal processing, image processing, time-series analysis, machine learning, pattern recognition, modeling and simulation, or data fusion</li> <li>Experience working with PIR data products, ground-processing environments, collection-management workflows, or operational exploitation tools</li> <li>Experience supporting military or government laboratories, acquisition organizations, test and evaluation organizations, operational units, combatant commands, service intelligence centers, or national Intelligence Community elements</li> <li>Experience planning or executing collections at U.S. or OCONUS test ranges, including: <ul> <li>Range coordination, collection plans, instrumentation, and logistics</li> <li>Field operations, data custody, after-action reporting, and post-test analysis</li> </ul> </li> <li>Experience operating in multidisciplinary teams composed of scientists, engineers, operators, collection managers, intelligence analysts, software developers, and program personnel</li> <li>Graduate education, published technical work, relevant military training, formal intelligence-analysis training, collection-management training, or recognized subject-matter expertise in a relevant mission area</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Pay Range:&nbsp;</strong>At GRVTY, we understand that compensation is influenced by many factors—such as geographic location, federal contract labor categories, wage rates, prior experience, skillsets, education, and certifications. We’re proud to offer a work environment that empowers our team to achieve a strong work-life balance. GRVTY provides competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth. Our benefits package is designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, and includes coverage in areas such as healthcare, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off.</p> <ul> <li>The pay range for this position is: $170,000 - $190,000</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p></p> <p><strong>Pay Range: </strong>At GRVTY, we understand that compensation is influenced by many factors—such as geographic location, federal contract labor categories, wage rates, prior experience, skillsets, education, and certifications.<br>We’re proud to offer a work environment that empowers our team to achieve a strong work-life balance. GRVTY provides competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth.<br>Our benefits package is designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, and includes coverage in areas such as healthcare, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p></p></div><div class="title">Virginia Pay Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$170,000</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$190,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p id="isPasted"><strong>Why Choose GRVTY</strong></p> <hr> <p>The toughest national security challenges demand vision and ingenuity, not just resources. We deliver mission and technical expertise to outpace our adversaries. We’re purpose-built to tackle the most entrenched, systemic national security issues around the world.</p> <p>We partner with our customers to help them overcome challenges in every corner of technology and defense—including the ones still being explored. Our growing capabilities create complementary advantages, giving on-the-ground operations the edge they need to succeed. We muster everything we have to answer every challenge presented, every day of our lives.</p> <p>At GRVTY, we believe that when our employees thrive, our company thrives. That’s why we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.</p> <p>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Robust health plan including medical, dental, and vision &nbsp;</p> <p>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Health Savings Account with company contribution &nbsp;</p> <p>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Annual Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays &nbsp;</p> <p>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Paid Parental Leave &nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>• &nbsp; &nbsp;401k with generous company match &nbsp;</p> <p>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Training and Development Opportunities &nbsp;</p> <p>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Award Programs &nbsp;</p> <p>• &nbsp; &nbsp;Variety of Company Sponsored Events</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>EEO Statement</strong></p> <hr> <p>GRVTY, is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.&nbsp;</p> <p>Anyone requiring reasonable accommodations should email <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a> or call 703-544-7930 with requested details.  A member of the HR team will respond to your request within 2 business days. </p> <p><a href="https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf" target="_blank">Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal (eeoc.gov)</a> &nbsp;</p> <p>Please review our current job openings and apply for the positions you believe may be a fit. If you are not an immediate fit, we will also keep your resume in our database for future opportunities.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p></div>