Photogrammetric Engineer

About the role

KBR's National Security Solutions team provides engineering and advanced technology solutions to customers in the intelligence and national security communities. This Photogrammetric Engineer position involves providing photogrammetric services and engineering for traditional and non-traditional imaging systems, and works on-site in Springfield with minimal travel (0-20%). The work supports the design and optimization of defense systems.

Key responsibilities

• Provide photogrammetric services and engineering for traditional and non-traditional imaging systems, and act as an expert/senior photogrammetrist for GEOINT product quality assessment, planning, analysis and reporting.
• Create rigorous sensor models and exploit them, including developing new exploitation methods, and apply them to support predicted accuracy.
• Support research and development of new sensor models and exploitation methods for two- and three-dimensional data.
• Assess product geolocation accuracy and predicted accuracy using verified geolocation of known features, verify mensuration accuracy through measurements of known objects, calculate ground sample distance and perform other photogrammetric analyses as directed.

Required profile

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with a polygraph.
• B.S. degree in Engineering, Remote Sensing, Physics, Mathematics or a related field.
• At least 5 years of related experience in photogrammetry, performing analyses supporting research and development or operations.
• Demonstrated experience researching and developing geospatial solutions for photogrammetry and remote sensing.
• Ability to communicate complex engineering analyses to government and corporate management, and to mentor junior personnel.

Required skills

• Imaging geometric sensor modeling, covariance error propagation and multi-variate least squares adjustment.
• Knowledge of electro-optical and SAR payloads and their CONOPs, and testing of payload geolocation and mensuration performance.
• Writing or enhancing C++, MATLAB, Python or R code for prototyping, visualization and engineering analysis.
• Familiarity with SOCET GXP, MSP and iSpy.

What we offer

• Possible benefits including 401K with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off and flexible work schedule.
• Career advancement through professional training and development.