Description Leidos has an exciting opportunity for an Expert Level Exploitation Specialist/Imagery Scientist (SAR) - to join our team in Alexandria, VA.
Our ideal candidate will be able to :
- Conduct applied image processing and advanced analysis of radar imagery, including both literal image interpretation and non-literal analysis.
- Support the development of analysis techniques of radar imagery for new signature and methodology development.
- Collect data and perform data analysis.
- Perform ad hoc analysis and present results in a clear manner.
- Communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear, precise and actionable manner using storytelling/visualization.
- Create/deploy/maintain automated workflows and processing pipelines
- Create/deploy/maintain tools to extract features, data, and metadata from a variety of sources.
- Write/maintain Python scripts to improve efficiency of the production process.
- Contribute to customer organization mentorship and training on related phenomenology, processing, tools, and tradecraft.
- Collaborate with external mission partner organizations as needed to support customer mission & analytic goals.
Basic Qualifications- Typically requires a BA degree and 8 - 12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 - 10 years of prior relevant experience.
- BS in image science, remote sensing, earth science, etc.
- Expert knowledge & skill processing & exploiting SAR data.
- Active TS/SCI clearance with ability to be approved for a CI Poly
Preferred Qualifications- Formal training & experience in remote sensing/earth science/etc.
- IDL/Java/C++/VB/MATLAB/R/other.
- APIs.
- Advanced degree.
- Proficiency in Google Earth Engine, ESRI ARC Services, Tableau, Web Services Development and ArcGIS.
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If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.
Original Posting:October 5, 2026
For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:Pay Range $116,350.00 - $210,325.00
The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
About LeidosLeidos 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.
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