Senior Electro-Optical (EO) Imagery Scientist (TS/SCI)
About The Position
This position supports the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) Assurance and Governance Office (QA) Accreditation of AI Models (AGAIM) program. The role involves evaluating and validating AI-enabled GEOINT capabilities against operational imagery datasets to ensure AI systems perform reliably in operational conditions. The scientist will work at the intersection of GEOINT tradecraft, remote sensing science, and AI/ML evaluation, analyzing how environmental effects, collection geometry, sensor limitations, and image quality impact algorithm performance. This includes designing analytic methodologies and validation frameworks to test AI systems beyond ideal conditions. The expertise in EO phenomenology, collection systems, and image exploitation will directly shape how NGA accredits and operationalizes emerging AI capabilities.
Requirements
- Current active Top Secret / SCI clearance with the willingness to obtain CI poly.
- PhD + 10 years / Master's degree + 13 / Bachelor’s degree + 15 / Associate's degree + 16 / 18+ years of relevant experience.
- Deep expertise in EO collection systems, phenomenology, and image formation.
- Strong experience evaluating AI/ML algorithms using operational EO datasets.
- Experience exploiting EO imagery to determine occurrence and location of objects of interest (OOIs).
- Experience developing, testing, or evaluating analytic methodologies or algorithms.
- Proficiency with Python, MATLAB, and/or Google Earth Engine.
- Deep understanding of remote sensing principles and GEOINT tradecraft.
- Experience applying image quality metrics and assessing environmental or sensor impacts.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with computer vision and machine learning applied to EO imagery.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate and validate AI-enabled GEOINT capabilities against operational imagery datasets.
- Analyze how environmental effects, collection geometry, sensor limitations, and image quality impact algorithm performance.
- Design analytic methodologies and validation frameworks to test AI systems.
- Analyze EO imagery to determine occurrence and location of objects of interest (OOIs).
- Develop, test, or evaluate analytic methodologies or algorithms.
- Handle large operational datasets, test analytic workflows, and assess model outputs.
- Apply image quality metrics and assess environmental or sensor impacts.
Benefits
- Tailored health care plans
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Paid time off (PTO)
- 401K with employer matching
- GeoAI scholarship
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
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