Why you should apply for a job to Leidos:
4.1/5 in overall job satisfaction
4.3/5 in supportive management
68% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
84% would recommend this company to other women
84% say the CEO supports gender diversity
Our Women’s Network is one of nine employee resources groups that provides support for onboarding, networking & professional development.
Leidos offers programs to help employees prepare for over 95 industry-standard professional and technical certifications.
Leidos offers a voluntary well–being benefit program to help support employees on their personal wellness journey and earn rewards.
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Job Description:
Leidos has an immediate opportunity for a Geophysicist to work on-site at the US National Data Center (US NDC) at Patrick AFB, FL. Candidate must be a US Citizen eligible for a DoD TS/SCI Security Clearance.
The candidate will support a multi-year program involving a state-of-the-art nuclear test monitoring system. In this role, you will work with a team providing operations support and maintenance for the system, and performing scientific and engineering studies to enhance its performance. This position involves analyzing, prototyping, testing, and evaluating changes to operational geophysical data processing. Duties also include prototyping algorithms and optimizing configuration parameters to enhance the geophysical capabilities and performance of the system, especially its automated processing.
The US NDC is the geophysical data acquisition, data processing, reporting and archiving component of the United States Atomic Energy Detection System (USAEDS) operated by the Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC). AFTAC's mission is to monitor compliance with nuclear test ban treaties by acquiring, processing, reporting, and archiving data from a worldwide array of seismic, hydro-acoustic and infrasonic sensors.
Basic Qualifications:
US Citizen eligible for a DoD TS/SCI clearance
BS in Physics, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Geophysics, or related field and 4+ years of relevant experience including geophysical data.
Competency in digital signal processing (detection, feature extraction, etc.), time-series analysis, linear and vector algebra, Fourier and spectral analysis, or related scientific computing.
Experience with MATLAB, GMT, or other scientific evaluation tools.
Experience with relational databases and analyzing large datasets.
Strong analytical and problem solving approach.
Solid verbal and written communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
Active DoD Secret clearance
Experience with automated seismic/hydroacoustic/infrasonic signal detection, seismic event formation, seismic event magnitude, yield estimation, and statistical event identification/classification.
Experience with Oracle, SQL, Linux/UNIX , Python, C, or Fortran
MS in Physics, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or related field..
Pay Range:
Pay Range $78,000.00 - $120,000.00 - $162,000.00
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.
What are Leidos perks and benefits
Backup child care
Elder care
Unconscious bias training
Networking
Diversity recruiting
Remote work policy
Part time policy
Paid maternity
Paid paternity
Paid adoptive
About the company
Leidos is a Fortune 500® information technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and health markets. The company’s 40,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $12.30 billion for the fiscal year ended January 1, 2021.
Why you should apply for a job to Leidos:
4.1/5 in overall job satisfaction
4.3/5 in supportive management
68% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
84% would recommend this company to other women
84% say the CEO supports gender diversity
Our Women’s Network is one of nine employee resources groups that provides support for onboarding, networking & professional development.
Leidos offers programs to help employees prepare for over 95 industry-standard professional and technical certifications.
Leidos offers a voluntary well–being benefit program to help support employees on their personal wellness journey and earn rewards.
