Scientist (Computer Vision)

Arete Associates•West Falls Church, VA

8h•$110,000 - $165,000•Onsite

About The Position

At Areté, we are on the forefront of developing innovative solutions, with great minds from all backgrounds, to help solve the nation’s most complex security challenges. We strive for an inclusive, collaborative team environment that approaches differences as opportunities for innovation and excellence. As an employee-owned company, we foster an atmosphere that propels diverse career opportunities and professional growth. Discover your future with us. As a Computer Vision Scientist at Areté, you will be responsible for developing algorithms, datasets, and workflows for image processing, object detection and classification, 3D reconstruction, and scene understanding. This work involves adapting existing libraries, and/or implementing new algorithms to process and visualize imagery data. You will evaluate algorithm performance, develop metrics and test data to quantify strengths and weaknesses, identify root cause of algorithm errors, propose and implement fixes or algorithm improvements as needed. You will need to work with current Python codebases, implementing features or modifications needed for algorithm improvement. Prototype emerging computer vision algorithms leveraging multiple supporting capabilities and assess performance on customer applications. You will need to prioritize multiple tasks, contribute to completion of technical milestones and prepare presentation-worthy graphics and technical briefings, with an emphasis on high-quality visualization and technical writing. This position will be based at our Falls Church, VA office and is classified as a full-time, exempt, non-supervisory position.

Requirements

Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
BS, MS or Ph.D. in Physics, Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, or related technical field.
Proficient in Python and common numerical and image processing packages
Familiarity with modern Computer Vision algorithms and frameworks
Related machine learning concepts and applications
Research experience related to image processing, computer vison, or other types of sensor data.
Ability to learn and apply programming tools and software packages as needed.
Intellectual curiosity and desire for continuous learning
Skilled and innovative problem solver
Comfortable adapting to a wide variety of roles to support different types of technical projects
Comfortable interfacing with a variety of co-workers and customers
Confident approaching senior scientists for guidance and implementing their technical recommendations.
Proficient in the use of standard Office software
U.S. citizenship is required to meet position eligibility.
Successful passage of a criminal background screen is required to meet position eligibility.
Successful passage of a Department of Transportation (DOT) drug test is required to meet position eligibility.

Nice To Haves

Vision Language Models and/or Vision Foundation Models
3D modeling and visualization
MLOps
Additional computing languages, software engineering practices and tools (C/C++, Test Driven Development, CI/CD)
Detection, tracking and estimation algorithms
GUI development
Satellite or airborne image processing
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Processing
Cloud computing / DevOps and networking tools (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes)
GPU acceleration of image processing algorithms (CUDA)
Parallelization, multiprocessing, and network-enabled microservices
Proposal development and/or project management experience.

Responsibilities

Developing algorithms, datasets, and workflows for image processing, object detection and classification, 3D reconstruction, and scene understanding.
Adapting existing libraries, and/or implementing new algorithms to process and visualize imagery data.
Evaluating algorithm performance, developing metrics and test data to quantify strengths and weaknesses, identifying root cause of algorithm errors, proposing and implementing fixes or algorithm improvements as needed.
Working with current Python codebases, implementing features or modifications needed for algorithm improvement.
Prototyping emerging computer vision algorithms leveraging multiple supporting capabilities and assessing performance on customer applications.
Prioritizing multiple tasks, contributing to completion of technical milestones and preparing presentation-worthy graphics and technical briefings, with an emphasis on high-quality visualization and technical writing.