Senior SAR Imagery Scientist

About the role

Bcore is seeking a Senior SAR Imagery Analyst to join our team in Springfield, VA or St. Louis, MO. The role involves evaluating and integrating new SAR sensors, developing automated pipelines, and analyzing image quality.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and integrate new SAR sensors and platforms into existing data workflows
• Audit differences between new and existing sensors including data formats, metadata structures, and processing requirements
• Pre-process, standardize, and tile imagery to specified formats and dimensions while preserving data integrity
• Develop conversion models to transform data across imagery formats and coordinate systems, ensuring geospatial accuracy
• Analyze image quality and sensor metadata to guide imagery acquisition and curation priorities
• Build automated methods to manage and curate large imagery datasets, including integrating with external data sources via APIs
• Support annotation workflows by identifying and flagging imagery containing objects of interest
• Source complementary imagery from other sensors to support multi-modal analysis
• Develop, test, and evaluate new algorithms and processing workflows using Python, MATLAB, or similar tools
• Manage routine and ad-hoc imagery delivery operations
• Communicate technical findings and capabilities to both technical and non-technical audiences

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI eligibility with eligibility to obtain CI poly
• 4+ years of hands-on SAR expertise, including collection, phenomenology, image formation, and exploitation
• Familiarity with SARPy and/or MATLAB SAR toolbox
• Understanding of how geometry affects SAR phenomenology (e.g., graze angle, squint, azimuth)
• Experience exploiting SAR imagery for object detection and characterization
• Strong foundation in remote sensing principles and geospatial data processing
• Clear communicator across technical and non-technical audiences

Qualifications

• Experience applying machine learning or computer vision techniques to SAR or other remotely sensed data
• Familiarity with multi-sensor or multi-modal imagery (e.g., SAR and EO)
• Experience working with cloud-based geospatial processing platforms

Skills

• Python
• MATLAB

Benefits

The expected salary range within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is $190,000-$235,000. Final compensation is unique to each individual and will be determined based on factors such as experience, education, geographic location, and contractual requirements. This is not a guarantee.

BCore offers:

• Health/Dental/Vision
• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off
• STD/LTD/Life Insurance/Voluntary Life Insurance
• Stipends
• Referral Bonuses

Pay

The expected salary range within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is $190,000-$235,000. Final compensation is unique to each individual and will be determined based on factors such as experience, education, geographic location, and contractual requirements. This is not a guarantee.

Schedule

The expected schedule is full-time.