Job DescriptionStrategic ACI is seeking a motivated Photogrammetrist to support product evaluations, quality studies, and new product initializations.
Responsibilities:- Sensor modeling; decomposing product formation elements to quantify the overall quality of the image chain.
- Geolocation and mensuration accuracy assessments.
- Modeling geometric collection process to trace the exact location of a point on the ground to the pixel location on an image.
- Support engineering analysis activities, including assessment projects related to the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG).
- Performing baseline assessment of system performance to support sensor initialization.
- Operational monitoring of system performance over time.
- Responding to detected errors by recommending possible causes and corrective actions.
Qualifications:Required:
- Active Top Secret clearance, and willing to upgrade to TS/SCI as well as the ability to pass a polygraph within 30 days of employment or at the customer's request.
- Bachelor's degree in Photogrammetry, Image Science, Physics, Mathematics, or Statistics.
- Experience with various exploitation software such as ARC-GIS, SOCET GXP, QT Modeler, Active Earthscape, ERDAS Imagine, or Remote View.
- 10+ years of experience working with imagery and imagery platforms.
- Geolocation and mensuration assessment experience.
- Applied knowledge of sensor imaging systems, products, and exploitation processes.
- Basic understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle to include independent testing and data verification.
- 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.
- Track record of delivering results.
Desired:
- Understanding and application of basic image quality standards, scales, and metrics.
- Experience with image products and services such as the Digital Point Positioning Database (DPPDB), Controlled Image Base (CIB), or Orthorectified Commercial Imagery (CI-Ortho).
- Image processing and Digital Signal processing experience.
- Knowledge of NSG tasking, collection, processing, exploitation and dissemination (TCPED) image chain.
- Experience with Mensuration Services Program (MSP).
- ASPRS membership or professional certificate.
- Experience working in a DoD or IC operational, technical, or research environment.
- Experience developing engineering code (C, Python, Matlab, IDL) to solve hard problems and create processes for repeatable results.
