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This position requires an active U.S. Government Security Clearance at the TS/SCI level.

Do you have a head for numbers and enjoy being an integral part of solving mission-critical, real-world problems? Do you like working with geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) data? If so, you’ll love working with us! Our solutions require innovative approaches that integrate bespoke capabilities and tools to solve our customers most complex challenges. We need a Computer Vision (CV) engineer to work on the full stack of the CV workflow, to include acquiring and standardization of imagery data, designing experiments and developing CV models, testing, evaluating various processes of the CV pipeline, and developing and prototyping AI/ML applications.

Responsibilities

• Experimenting with novel CV models applied to commercial and government GEOINT data
• Design, develop, and deploy multiple CV pipeline components (e.g., image preprocessing, inferencing engine, data store, etc)
• Exploring and understanding how synthetic data and generative AI data can be applied to commercial and government GEOINT data
• Data engineering to transform various data typesto support various phases of the AI/ML workflow
• Staying updated on recent CV technical advances from industry and academia and applying them to customer mission problems
• Briefing internal Vantor teams on delivery progress, evaluation results and project challenges

Minimum Qualifications:

• US citizenship and a current TS/SCI clearance (with willingness to get a CI Polygraph)
• B.S. in Data Science, Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Science, Image Science or related field
• 5+ years developing, testing, and deploying CV models
• Competence with deep learning algorithms for computer vision (YOLO, SSD, DetectNet, etc.)
• Competence with the Python data science stack (e.g., numpy, pandas, matplotlib, sklearn, etc.)
• Competence with Pythons geospatial libraries, such as gdal, geopandas, shapely, etc.
• Competence with containerization platforms (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Cloud Foundry, etc.)
• Competence with Linux environments
• Ability to work with a geographically distributed team
• Ability to travel occasionally to government sites for customer meetings and demonstrations
• Excellent communication skills, demonstrated through technical writing (proposals, white papers, academic publications) and speaking engagements (briefing larger groups, conference presentations, etc.)
• Organizational skills and excellent attention to detail

Desired Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in Data Science, Engineering, Math, Physics, Computer Science, Applied Geography, image science or related field
• Competence with image generation models (Stable Diffusion, etc.) and platforms (Hugging Face, etc.)
• Experience working with synthetic training data generation
• Experience working with cloud-based platforms (AWS, Azure, etc.) and integrating AI/ML capabilities (SageMaker, IBM Watson Studio, etc.)
• Experience with remote sensing, GEOINT datasets, and government collection platforms

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The base pay for this position within California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Jersey, the Washington, DC metropolitan area, and for all other states is:

$185,000.00 - $228,000.00

Benefits: Vantor offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond the standard, including a robust 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, and unique perks like student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement and pet insurance to support all aspects of your life. You can find more information on our benefits at:https://www.Vantor.com/careers

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