Imagery Scientist (OPIR)

About the role

This exciting opportunity will have you serving as a customer-facing technical authority, delivering deep physics- and math-driven analysis across optics, thermal radiation, and signal processing, while leveraging advanced geospatial data management (ArcGIS, SDE, SQL/Oracle), scripting and analytics tools (Python/R, Tableau), and a forward-leaning understanding of AI integration in intelligence workflows.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a customer-facing technical lead, requiring strong written and verbal communication skills, the ability to represent Leidos professionally with government stakeholders, and the capability to provide informal team leadership and mentorship as mission needs dictate.
• Deliver deep physics- and math-driven analysis across optics, thermal radiation, and signal processing.
• Leverage advanced geospatial data management (ArcGIS, SDE, SQL/Oracle).
• Use scripting and analytics tools (Python/R, Tableau).
• Understand and apply emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, tools, and methodologies, with an understanding of their applications, implications, and integration into daily geospatial and intelligence workflows.

Requirements

• Typically requires a BS degree and 12– 15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10 – 13years of prior relevant experience.
• (Must be able to obtain minimum of 18 combined experience points as defined by customer requirements)
• Strong physics & math with optics, thermal radiation, and signal processing experience.
• Knowledge of extraction and metadata specifications, relational database management system (RDBMS) best practices & performance tuning/optimization, enterprise geodatabases like spatial database engines (SDEs). Arc Suite, ArcGIS for Server, Excel, Access, SQL, Oracle.
• Demonstrated understanding of cartographic principles.
• Understanding of ArcGIS Online & Portal for data management.
• Familiarity with emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, tools, and methodologies, with an understanding of their applications, implications, and integration into daily geospatial and intelligence workflows.
• Professional certifications, particularly GPC Fundamentals.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with willingness to get a CI Polygraph.

Skills

• R/Python or other scripting language.
• Understanding of ArcGIS Online & Portal for data management.
• Familiarity with emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, tools, and methodologies, with an understanding of their applications, implications, and integration into daily geospatial and intelligence workflows.
• Professional certifications, particularly GPC Fundamentals.

Benefits

Pay Range $116,350.00 - $210,325.00

Pay

Pay Range $116,350.00 - $210,325.00

Schedule

N/A

Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay And Benefits

Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.