Sr. Spectral Scientist (Atmospheric Research)

Sr. Spectral Atmospheric Scientist

C-Star supports our customers with advanced intelligence analysis to aid analysts, the warfighters and decision makers. You will be supporting a team in Springfield, VA located at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. This position is full-time on-site and a Top Secret Clearance with SCI access is required. 

As a spectral scientist you will focus on research and implementation of algorithms in software tools. You will be developing software tools and plug ins for hyperspectral data. You will work with multiple atmospheric correction techniques like QUAC, FLAASH, QUAC-LSP, and others. Your tools will need to correlate results from multiple algorithms and work to improve results. You will test and validate them and then made for use by the analytic community. You will be required to collaborate effectively with other team members who will also be building other tools to be used by other Community partners. Communication and collaboration are important aspects of this team to ensure tools run correctly and effectively. You will be supporting a research and development team in NGA Springfield, VA. This position is full-time and an active TS/SCI Security Clearance is required.

In this job you will:

• Research radiative transfer theory as it pertains to atmospheric correction of hyperspectral data.
• Develop and implement new software and tools for improved data processing, calibration and atmospheric correction.
• Perform development of target detection algorithms, a physics or spectral phenomenology understanding is needed.
• Implement software tools in Python, C++ or ENVI/IDL
• Build, test, and validate the software and tools
• Document your code in proper software deliverables
• Present your work in technical forums and analyst exchanges
• Collaborate with other teams within the DoD and IC.

• BA/BS and 10 years of relevant experience (may substitute 4 years experience for a M.A/M.S or 8 years for a Ph.D)
• Experienced in Python and ENVI/IDL
• Experience with programming for hyperspectral data analysis.
• An active TS/SCI Clearance

• Experience with hyperspectral image processing techniques and calibration
• Experience processing, exploiting and disseminating results of data analysis to customers.
• Experience with QUAC, FLAASH or QUAC-LSP

C-Star Solutions is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.