System Engineer – Mid Level

Position Description:

The Product Quality System Engineer will lead the planning, test development, data definition, and task execution for new and existing products within the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG). The candidate will need to write clear test plans to satisfy the test objectives. They will lead a team of image scientists, image analysts, photogrammetrists, and statisticians to perform specific tasks, track issues, and clearly communicate status and results to multiple stakeholders. The qualified candidate should have experience with test design to verify and validate products against requirements to meet the planned concept of operations. The ideal candidate will have image science or imagery analysis experience or knowledge ready to apply to the challenges of the group.

Required Experience/Education:

• Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in System Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Software Engineering, or a related Science or Engineering field.
• 5-10 years of system engineering experience, including independent testing and data verification, requirements, and development of the concept of operations.
• Experience with sensor imaging systems, products, and exploitation processes.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, with emphasis on briefing to obtain decisions and solve technical issues and test plans/report writing.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Willingness to learn, solve problems, and perform in a dynamic work environment.

Preferred Skillset:

• Experience in remote sensing phenomenologies (for example EO/IR/SAR).
• Knowledge of NSG tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination (TCPED) image chain.
• Experience with product quality assessments, visual or metadata assessments.