Imagery Scientist (OPIR)

Leidos•Aurora, CO

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Leidos is seeking an Expert-level Imagery Scientist (OPIR) to represent our team at Buckley AFB, CO. This employee will serve as a customer-facing technical authority. The role involves delivering deep physics- and math-driven analysis across optics, thermal radiation, and signal processing, leveraging advanced geospatial data management and scripting tools. A forward-leaning understanding of AI integration in intelligence workflows, along with strong communication and leadership skills, is essential.

Requirements

BS in BS management, electrical engineering, or 15+ years’ experience.
Typically requires a BA degree and 12 – 15 years of prior relevant experience or master’s with 10 – 13 years of prior relevant experience.
(Must be able to obtain minimum of 18 combined experience points as defined by customer requirements)
Strong physics & math with optics, thermal radiation, and signal processing experience.
Knowledge of extraction and metadata specifications, relational database management system (RDBMS) best practices & performance tuning/optimization, enterprise geodatabases like spatial database engines (SDEs).
Arc Suite, ArcGIS for Server, Excel, Access, SQL, Oracle.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to represent Leidos professionally with government stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

R/Python or other scripting language.
Demonstrated understanding of cartographic principles.
Understanding of ArcGIS Online & Portal for data management.
Knowledge of Tableau.
Familiarity with emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, tools, and methodologies, with an understanding of their applications, implications, and integration into daily geospatial and intelligence workflows.
Professional certifications, particularly GPC Fundamentals.

Responsibilities

Deliver deep physics- and math-driven analysis across optics, thermal radiation, and signal processing.
Leverage advanced geospatial data management (ArcGIS, SDE, SQL/Oracle), scripting and analytics tools (Python/R, Tableau).
Provide informal technical leadership.
Serve as a customer-facing technical lead.
Provide informal team leadership and mentorship as mission needs dictate.