Imagery Scientist (SAR / EO)

Bluehawk • Springfield, VA

4d

About The Position

BLUEHAWK, LLC is seeking creative, motivated, and talented individuals to join our team. We are hiring Imagery Scientists at the Middle, Senior, and Expert levels to support the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) Assurance and Governance Office (QA) Accreditation of AI Models (AGAIM) program. This program focuses on the accreditation and validation of AI models used with operational imagery datasets to ensure their proper performance in real-world mission environments. These positions are crucial for supporting NGA's mission initiatives, which include imagery exploitation, understanding sensor phenomenology, developing and testing algorithms, and conducting operational AI accreditation activities.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance
• Must be willing to obtain or maintain a CI Polygraph
• Middle Level – 5 experience points
• Senior Level – 10 experience points
• Expert Level – 18 experience points
• SAR or EO imagery exploitation experience
• Understanding of remote sensing, phenomenology, and imagery processing
• Experience with Python, MATLAB, scripting, or data exploitation tools
• Experience with geospatial analysis and visualization
• Experience conducting multi-INT analysis
• Familiarity with AI/ML or computer vision applications related to imagery exploitation

Nice To Haves

• Experience applying machine learning or computer vision to imagery analysis
• Experience with Google Earth Engine, SARPy, MATLAB SAR Toolbox, or related tools
• Knowledge of imagery quality metrics, metadata analysis, and operational exploitation workflows

Responsibilities

• Identify, acquire, and prepare imagery datasets supporting AI accreditation efforts.
• Analyze SAR or EO imagery and assess image quality, sensor metadata, and exploitation outputs.
• Support AI/ML model validation against operational imagery datasets.
• Develop or support new analytic methodologies, workflows, algorithms, and exploitation techniques.
• Communicate imagery capabilities and limitations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Support multi-INT analysis and advanced geospatial exploitation activities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed