Remote SAR Scientist & Developer for Flood Mapping

Government Technical Services Corporation; College Park (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Tuition assistance

Paid leave

Professional development

Work-life programs

Dependent care

Job summary

Government Technical Services Corporation seeks a Remote Sensing SAR Specialist and Developer to support NOAA/NESDIS/STAR from its College Park, MD location. The role involves developing science code to produce flood maps from multiple SAR sensors, and advancing flood detection algorithms.

The selected candidate will work with SAR scientists and software developers, contributing to oceanography and cryosphere applications, with potential for long-term engagement depending on funding and

Qualifications

• PhD or MS with a minimum of 5 years of professional experience in Remote Sensing, Oceanography, Physics, Mathematics, or Statistics.
• Knowledge of SAR remote sensing, satellite and oceanographic data, systems, and analyses.
• Proficiency with Python and IDL.
• Experience with ML using PyTorch or TensorFlow is desirable but not required.
• Experience with data formats such as netCDF4, HDF5, GeoTIFF, Xarray, and Zarr.
• Experience with Linux OS and common tools.
• Proven publications or deliverables (software, datasets, etc.).
• Willingness to conduct independent research as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain science code for production of flood mapping datasets from multiple SAR sensors (e.g., Sentinel-1, RADARSAT Constellation, RADARSAT-2, NISAR).
• Develop, implement, and improve flood inundation detection algorithms and evaluate performance.
• Contribute to SAR-based coastal, ocean, and cryosphere applications and related research.

Skills

SAR remote sensing

Python

IDL

Machine learning

netCDF4

HDF5

GeoTIFF

Xarray

Zarr

Linux

Publications

Education

MS/PhD in a quantitative field

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Government Technical Services Corporation seeks a Remote Sensing SAR Specialist and Developer to support NOAA/NESDIS/STAR from its College Park, MD location. The role involves developing science code to produce flood maps from multiple SAR sensors, and advancing flood detection algorithms.

The selected candidate will work with SAR scientists and software developers, contributing to oceanography and cryosphere applications, with potential for long-term engagement depending on funding and