Senior Applied Mathematician: ML & Change Detection

Altamira Technologies Corp.; Fairborn, Northern (OH, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Altamira Technologies Corp. seeks a Senior Applied Mathematician to advance statistical learning, ML approaches, and radar data processing for Air Force and IC missions.

You will translate complex math into practical algorithms and work with analysts, engineers, and software developers to enhance change detection and object characterization. You will apply probability theory, stochastic processes, and statistical inference to noisy mission data, and contribute to mission analytics tools and

Qualifications

• PhD in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Mathematics, Operations Research, or related field.
• Ten or more years applying advanced statistical or mathematical methods to complex problems in defense/intelligence.
• Expertise in probability theory, stochastic processes, statistical inference, hypothesis testing, and model development.
• Experience developing probabilistic algorithms or statistical learning for change detection and analysis.
• Ability to explain complex math to technical and mission-focused audiences.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to work with government/contractor stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as SME in applied mathematics, probability theory, stochastic processes, inference, and event processing.
• Develop probabilistic algorithms, models, and tests for feature-based change detection and data analysis.
• Support radar-data processing and change-detection research, development, integration, testing, and evaluation.
• Characterize resident space objects using noisy or sparse data.
• Apply ML techniques to identify anomalies and improve analytic performance.
• Explore SPRT, model fitting, moving averages, clustering, and related tools; improve mission-analytic software.

Skills

Probability theory

Stochastic processes

Statistical inference

Hypothesis testing

Event processing

Machine learning

Education

PhD in Statistics

PhD in Applied Mathematics

Tools

SPRT

Moving-average methods

Spline-based modeling

Functional data clustering

Job description

Altamira Technologies Corp. seeks a Senior Applied Mathematician to advance statistical learning, ML approaches, and radar data processing for Air Force and IC missions.

You will translate complex math into practical algorithms and work with analysts, engineers, and software developers to enhance change detection and object characterization. You will apply probability theory, stochastic processes, and statistical inference to noisy mission data, and contribute to mission analytics tools and