Geospatial Research Data Scientist (TS/SCI)

The Pennsylvania State University; Ferguson Township (PA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition discount

Job summary

The Pennsylvania State University in State College, PA, is seeking a Research Data Scientist to join the Geospatial Data Science team within the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL). You will lead programs, collaborate with analysts, and develop geospatial algorithms across disciplines to advance data analytics and discovery.

Applicants should have a background in Data/Geospatial Sciences, strong programming skills, and an active TS/SCI clearance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree with 3+ years of relevant experience (or equivalent mix of education + experience).
• Active TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead programs and teams in a collaborative environment.
• Collaborate with geospatial data analysts to automate workflows and improve modeling of associations and patterns.
• Transform GEOINT and open-source data into spatiotemporal information describing places, events, and activities.
• Develop geospatial algorithms while collaborating across domains to advance analytic tools.

Skills

Data sciences

Computer sciences

Geospatial sciences

DoD/IC analysis

Experiment design

Python

R

Java

C++

Matlab

Clearance TS/SCI

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Git

Job description

The Pennsylvania State University in State College, PA, is seeking a Research Data Scientist to join the Geospatial Data Science team within the Applied Research Laboratory (ARL). You will lead programs, collaborate with analysts, and develop geospatial algorithms across disciplines to advance data analytics and discovery.

Applicants should have a background in Data/Geospatial Sciences, strong programming skills, and an active TS/SCI clearance.