Applied Mathematician - Multi-Object Tracking & Sensor Fusion

General Atomics Intelligence; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

General Atomics Integrated Intelligence, Inc. in Charlottesville, VA seeks an Applied Mathematician to develop and improve tracking algorithms for mission-critical applications.

You will work with engineers and domain experts to design, implement, and evaluate tracking methods across large sensor data sets, translating theoretical methods into operational software. The role emphasizes rigorous mathematical analysis, algorithm design, simulation, and real-world validation, with opportunities to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in data science, applied mathematics, statistics, computer science, or related field.
• Strong foundation in probability, statistics, stochastic processes, estimation, optimization, and linear algebra.
• Programming experience in Python, C++, Java, MATLAB, or similar.
• Ability to work independently on complex problems and communicate results clearly.
• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD security clearance is required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve algorithms for multi-object tracking, data association, track initiation, maintenance, and quality assessment.
• Apply advanced mathematical and statistical methods to noisy, incomplete, and time-varying data.
• Design, prototype, implement, and evaluate tracking approaches in software.
• Analyze tracker performance and propose improvements to accuracy, robustness, scalability, and efficiency.
• Build simulation, test, and evaluation methods to characterize behavior across conditions.

Skills

Python

C++

Java

Mathematics

Statistics

Algorithms

Education

Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in data science or related

Tools

MATLAB

Python

C++

Job description

General Atomics Integrated Intelligence, Inc. in Charlottesville, VA seeks an Applied Mathematician to develop and improve tracking algorithms for mission-critical applications.

You will work with engineers and domain experts to design, implement, and evaluate tracking methods across large sensor data sets, translating theoretical methods into operational software. The role emphasizes rigorous mathematical analysis, algorithm design, simulation, and real-world validation, with opportunities to