Postdoctoral Appointee - Remote Sensing Innovation, Onsite

About the role

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Appointee to join the Weaponization and Signature R&D Department at Sandia National Labs. Our team focuses on research and development to advance active and passive remote sensing systems, signatures, and exploitation. Due to the nature of this work the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

Responsibilities

• Plan, and execute laboratory or field experiments to measure the spectral, radiometric, and temporal signatures of sources of interest to national security.
• Model visible/infrared sources
• Develop and field visible/infrared radiometric and spectral remote sensing systems.
• Perform data acquisition, processing and feature extraction, and develop novel detection/extraction algorithms.

Requirements

• PhD in Optical Engineering, Remote Sensing, Physics or a related field
• PhD must be conferred before starting in the role and have been conferred in the last five years
• Computer programming skills including C++, MATLAB, or Python.

Preferred Qualifications

• Research experience in optical/infrared source emission, radiometery, data analysis, and image processing.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Experience with multi-spectral or hyperspectral data exploitation.
• Passion to propose new research and invent new remote sensing technologies.
• Ability to prioritize and balance competing activities.
• Ability to obtain DOE SCI clearance.

About the team

The Weaponization and Signature R&D Department is responsible for advancing national security missions through the development of innovative concepts for active and passive remote sensing systems, signatures, and exploitation. The department maintains a breadth of remote sensing competencies including target source phenomenology, scene simulation, optical sensor modeling, spectral & temporal data processing, algorithm development, and rapid prototyping of optical system hardware. This collection of competencies allows the group to develop novel, mission specific sensor concepts as well as assess and predict mission performance. The projects within the group span diverse mission areas including OPIR, nuclear nonproliferation, weaponization, and nuclear detonation detection. We support customers across DOD, DOE, and the Intelligence Community.