TITLE: Sr. Research Scientist - Machine Automated Recognition

LOCATION: Bethesda, MD

CLEARANCE: current Top Secret/SCI with Poly

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

You will be the SME (Subject Matter Expert) for a project driving the future of Geo-Data Fusion. The innovations in data fusion and automated reasoning techniques will enable large-scale monitoring of both man-made and natural change with unprecedented temporal resolution and area coverage, erasing strategic surprise. Harmonization ensures calibration, correction, and geo-registration, which allows the creation of a virtual constellation, providing the necessary coverage and temporal resolution for many intelligence problems. Subsequently, machine learning and reasoning activities across spatial, spectral, and temporal features deliver automated sense-making against the harmonized data, enabling global alerting for change of interest.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATION

• Bachelor's degree in physics, engineering, computer science, or other technical field related to the subject matter of the program, or an equivalent combination of education and practical experience.
• 3+ years' of experience in theoretical and experimental research in radiative transfer, remote sensing, image processing, and signal processing, including experimental design.
• 3+ years' experience as an engineering expert and technical advisor/consultant to government agencies and/ or the aerospace industry on space and aeronautical flight systems, vehicles, or payloads on projects of national significance.
• 3+ years' experience directing or managing engineering and integration efforts for projects or programs involving space and aeronautical flight systems, vehicles, or payloads.
• Demonstrated knowledge and expertise in data modeling, statistical inference, machine learning, and other quantitative data analytic methods.
• 3+ years' experience implementing DevOps and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery practices.
• 2+ years of experience with large systems software design and development, integration support or systems or software development projects, visualization, Test Driven Development, Automated Unit Testing and data and configuration management.
• 2+ years' experience with Web Services lifecycle (design, build, test, deploy), Application Programming Interface versioning, development, and design approaches, tools, inter-operability, and Service Oriented Architecture concepts.
• 2+ years' experience in program management including implementation of best practices (e.g., PMP certification) & toolsets including at the minimum Gantt charts and risk matrices.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and coherently within a dynamic, interdisciplinary environment.
• Demonstrated ability to identify technical gaps and to diagnose technical problems.
• Excellent interpersonal and oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to learn, evaluate and adopt new technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and execute projects from start to finish.
• Ability to utilize software including Microsoft Office suite (Work, PowerPoint, Project, Excel, and Visio).

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Advanced degree (Master's or Doctorate) in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Statistics, Applied Math or other quantitative fields. A mathematical background (Probability and Statistics) is preferred.
• 3+ years' experience with atmospheric radiance modeling and/or remoting sensing data in and across the electromagnetic spectrum.
• 3+ years' experience with machine/deep learning techniques for object and pixel based detection.
• 3+ years' experience building geospatial data processing workflows in Python or other open source languages.
• 3+ years' experience utilizing two or more machine/deep learning frameworks.
• 3+ years' experience utilizing AWS environments and frameworks.
• 2+ years' experience drafting technical solutions for integrated systems and/or hardware that spans the electromagnetic spectrum.
• 2+ years' experience with project management frameworks and best practices. Experience with tracking multiple project schedules and dependencies.
• Demonstrated leverage of excellent oral and written communication skills to brief senior leaders.
• 3+ years' experience with Agile software development methodology.

Bluemont Technology & Research, Inc. (Bluemont) offers a premium benefits package. Our culture is based on treating people like you would treat yourself. The company is focused on challenging applications of cutting-edge technologies and data intensive applications. We are proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Bluemont is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or other related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, characteristic or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local laws. Bluemont maintains a drug-free workplace and performs background checks. Bluemont is an E-Verify Employer. Follow this ink to view: www.dhs.gov/E-Verify