Please apply here: https://careers.kbr.com/us/en/job/R2064263/Senior-Photogrammetric-Engineer
Locations:
- Chantilly, Virginia
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Denver, Colorado
- Dayton, Ohio
- Carlsbad, California
- King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
KBR is seeking experts in photogrammetry to join our dynamic and growing team of highly skilled professionals. We use cutting-edge scientific and engineering techniques to perform exciting, challenging, and fulfilling analyses that influence Senior Government decisions. While your duties may fluctuate, you will be primarily responsible for:
- Leading project technical teams, developing analysis plans and schedules, and effectively communicating methods, status updates, and results to government customers
- Ensuring that products are delivered according to schedule and that engineering analysis is correct
- Explaining complex photogrammetry and geolocation concepts and justifying conclusions in terms understandable to government and corporate management
- Mentoring junior personnel for photogrammetric tasks
- Developing, validating, implementing, and testing new photogrammetric algorithms and techniques for improving the quality, utility, and availability of imagery products
- Performing modeling and simulation to predict geolocation accuracy performance, and compare those predictions to observed geolocation accuracy
Required Qualifications
- Must possess a currently active TS/SCI Clearance, or active TS with SCI eligibility, and willingness to undergo a CI poly
- B.S. degree in Engineering, Remote Sensing, Physics, Mathematics, or another related field
- 10+ years of experience working in the photogrammetry field performing analyses supporting development or operations
- Demonstrated experience with imaging sensor geometric modeling, covariance error propagation, and multi-variate least squares adjustment
- Applied knowledge of sensor imaging systems, products, and exploitation processes
- Knowledge of Electro-Optical and SAR payloads and their Concept of Operations (CONOPs)
- Experience testing and analyzing Electro-Optical payload and imagery geolocation and mensuration performance
- Experience writing or enhancing C++, MATLAB, Python, or R code for prototyping, problem solving, visualization, or engineering analysis of systems and concepts
- Working familiarity with software tools such as SOCET GXP, MSP, and iSpy
- Strong conceptual, analytical, and problem-solving skills with a persistent desire to learn
- Ability to work as an effective member of a dynamic, collaborative team, including mentoring more junior personnel
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate complex engineering analyses and study results to government and corporate management
- Demonstrated organizational skills, initiative, self-motivation, ability to work-independently, and sense of project ownership
Desired Qualifications
- Advanced degree in Photogrammetry, Geomatics, Civil Engineering, Geodetic Science, Physics, or another related field
- 10+ years working within the US Intelligence Community
- Experience testing and analyzing SAR payload and imagery geolocation performance
- Experience with LIDAR data and software
- Experience with geometric and gravimetric geodesy, including coordinate reference systems, map projections, and Earth orientation parameter modeling
- Published author in peer-reviewed journals
- 5+ years of experience conducting electro-optical engineering analysis, modeling, and simulation
- Demonstrated ability to design engineering experiments for the purpose of understanding system design impacts or identifying optimal parameter settings
- Experience with project plan and technical report development
- Understanding of the systems engineering lifecycle to include independent testing and data verification and emerging Digital Engineering techniques
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