SAR Imagery Scientist for AI/ML Evaluation

Select Search Associates LLC; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Select Search Associates LLC seeks an experienced SAR Data Scientist/Imagery Scientist to support advanced AI/ML initiatives for national security missions. Role focuses on evaluating AI models against government datasets, validating autonomous algorithms, and ensuring SAR imagery is prepared for ML testing and evaluation.

Qualifications include active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph eligibility and 4+ years working with SAR imagery, image formation, and exploitation products, plus strong

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with eligibility for CI Polygraph (we can sponsor CI poly)
• 4+ years of SAR imagery experience including collection methods and exploitation products
• Experience evaluating SAR imagery quality metrics and sensor metadata effects on SAR phenomenology
• Experience exploiting SAR imagery to detect, identify, and geolocate objects of interest
• Strong understanding of remote sensing, imagery processing, and advanced SAR exploitation techniques
• Excellent communication skills to present SAR methodologies and findings to technical and non-technical audiences

Responsibilities

• Support the Lead SAR Scientist in evaluating new sensor capabilities and comparing platforms
• Assess impact of new sensor data on data architectures and ETL processes for ingestion
• Evaluate data acquisition strategies, latency, formats, and security domains for sensor sources
• Develop preprocessing workflows to prepare imagery for labeling, analytics, and ML model testing

Skills

SAR imagery

Geospatial analysis

Image quality metrics

Sensor metadata interpretation

Object geolocation

Remote sensing fundamentals

Communication of technical findings

Clearance coordination

Job description

Select Search Associates LLC seeks an experienced SAR Data Scientist/Imagery Scientist to support advanced AI/ML initiatives for national security missions. Role focuses on evaluating AI models against government datasets, validating autonomous algorithms, and ensuring SAR imagery is prepared for ML testing and evaluation.

Qualifications include active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph eligibility and 4+ years working with SAR imagery, image formation, and exploitation products, plus strong