Sr. Product Engineer - National Imagery

Esri • Vienna, VA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Help lead the way in developing advanced image analysis solutions for the defense and intelligence community. You see the big picture, understand how subsystems fit together, and enjoy mentoring others. You will design, test, document, and deploy innovative software solutions for the defense and intelligence communities that apply scientific principles in photogrammetry, remote sensing, and AI into innovative geospatial software capabilities. You thrive on defining critical functionality, shaping user experiences, and ensuring quality at every stage.

Requirements

• 5+ years of engineering experience working on COTS or GOTS software products
• Advanced experience in remote sensing, image processing, photogrammetry, or image analysis
• Proven ability to lead major testing or design efforts and mentor others
• Strong skills in preparing and automating test strategies and cases
• Experience managing project timelines and dependencies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Able to work with controlled unclassified information (CUI)
• Bachelor’s degree in geography, engineering, remote sensing, photogrammetry, or a related field
• U.S. citizenship with the ability to obtain a U.S. Top Secret clearance with SCI access

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in geography, engineering, remote sensing, photogrammetry, or a related field
• Experience in the defense and/or intelligence communities
• Proficiency in modern programming languages (Python, C#, etc.) for validation and sample development
• Familiarity with NITF format and multiple image modalities
• Experience with ArcGIS Pro, ENVI, Socet GXP, Erdas, or RemoteView
• Experience as a Scrum Master or project lead

Responsibilities

• Design, document, and test industry leading software solutions for imagery products supporting common defense and intelligence formats such as NITF, GeoTIFF, CADRG and MISB compliant video (FMV)
• Collaborate with software developers to integrate and test community analytical toolkits and libraries into ArcGIS
• Orchestrate and document results from defense and intelligence holistic lab testing
• Collaborate with software developers on software project teams designing and building new software and planning for future releases
• Define, document, and prioritize user requirements and develop best practices for using GIS software in various real-world remote sensing scenarios
• Potentially lead the design, development, and documentation of automated QA plans and tests (Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), image quality metric evaluations and regression testing)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior