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Leidos · 21 hours ago

Principal Research Scientist

Beavercreek, OH

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$131K/yr - $237K/yr

10+ years exp

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. They are seeking a Principal Research Scientist to support remote sensing programs, focusing on the design, development, and integration of sensor systems and data fusion solutions. The role involves leading technical projects and collaborating with a multi-disciplined team to advance target recognition solutions using AI/ML techniques.

ComputerGovernmentInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyNational SecuritySoftware

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership for tasks and multiple technical area programs

Work with teams to research, design, and develop sensor exploitation systems including signal processing, automatic target recognition (ATR), and target signature modeling

Develop ATR algorithms using Python, MATLAB, C++, and other languages for real world applications. Leverage state-of-the-art AI/ML tools and methods to improve performance of ATR systems

Rapidly and iteratively implement new algorithms to address new challenges

Collaborate with our customers to address challenging mission requirements by researching and developing new capabilities as well as making improvements to existing systems

Develop performance models and algorithms for new and/or existing target recognition solutions

Perform high-level software development functions using Python, PyTorch, C++, MATLAB, Java or similar languages including design, development, troubleshooting, and debugging software programs

Collaborate with other experts within the program and in the user community to design, develop, and debug existing software, and to design and develop enhancements that incorporate new capabilities into various components of the existing systems

Qualification

Automatic Target RecognitionPythonMachine LearningData FusionC++MATLABSignal ProcessingComputer VisionLinuxCommunication SkillsTeam CollaborationProblem SolvingCreativityLeadership

Required

Bachelor's degree with 12-15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10-13 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain

Ability to effectively communicate technical solutions to coworkers, teammates, and customers

Familiarity with common machine and deep learning packages such as Scikit-Learn, PyTorch, etc

Experience developing computer vision applications

Strong programming ability in Python and/or C/C++ for Linux and windows environments

Significant experience with Python and MATLAB

Familiarity with Linux and Windows operating systems

Strong background in machine learning, artificial intelligence, or data science

Experience presenting technical/scientific literature and presentations to customer stakeholders, conferences and/or community workgroup meetings

Experience contributing to business development activities including proposal writing and capture management support

Possess an active SECRET clearance or higher, with an ability to obtain a TS/SCI clearance

US citizenship required

Preferred

Experience with Automatic Target Recognition algorithm development

Experience working with monostatic or bi-static Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and/or Synthetic Aperture Lidar (SAL) data and sensor systems

Experience with multi-sensor data fusion

Background with multi-static radar research and development

Familiarity with GitLab and/or Jira - issue tracking and agile project management, or similar tools

Experience using AFSIM and successful completion of AFSIM training

Experience performing model verification and validation

Previous experience developing sensor exploitation algorithms such as Combat Identification (CID), tracking, detection, fusion, or pattern of life algorithms and/or models

Strong understanding of statistics