Senior Applied Physicist: Quantum Sensing & EO/IR Imaging

Alaire Technologies, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Alaire Technologies in the Washington, DC area seeks a PhD-level Physicist to develop advanced electro-optical, infrared, laser, and quantum sensing technologies for maritime environments. This role combines theory, modeling, and experimental validation to advance Navy sensing systems.

You will design and validate signal and image processing algorithms, atmospheric propagation models, and sensor fusion, collaborating with engineers and government customers to transition research into operational

Qualifications

• PhD is required in Physics, Optical Physics, Electrical Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Photonics, Optical Engineering, Quantum Science, or closely related fields.
• Experience in EO/IR, sensors, laser systems, photonics, atmospheric propagation, radiative transfer, signal processing, and sensor algorithms preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and validate advanced signal processing and image processing algorithms for EO/IR, laser, lidar, radar, and quantum sensing systems.
• Develop atmospheric propagation, turbulence, scattering, aerosol, and radiative transfer models for maritime and littoral environments.
• Perform modeling, simulation, and performance prediction for advanced sensing systems.
• Develop detection, tracking, classification, target recognition, change detection, and sensor fusion algorithms.
• Analyze laboratory and field-collected sensor data to calibrate, validate, and improve performance models.
• Support optical system modeling, sensor characterization, and algorithm optimization.
• Collaborate with engineers, physicists, and government customers to transition research into operational software.
• Participate in laboratory testing, field experiments, and at-sea demonstrations.
• Prepare technical reports, white papers, peer-reviewed publications, and customer presentations.

Skills

EO/IR sensors

Signal processing

Image processing

Atmospheric propagation

Machine learning

Sensor algorithms

Numerical modeling

C/C++/Python

Education

PhD in Physics

Atmospheric Science

Tools

Python

MATLAB

C

C++

CUDA

Job description

Alaire Technologies in the Washington, DC area seeks a PhD-level Physicist to develop advanced electro-optical, infrared, laser, and quantum sensing technologies for maritime environments. This role combines theory, modeling, and experimental validation to advance Navy sensing systems.

You will design and validate signal and image processing algorithms, atmospheric propagation models, and sensor fusion, collaborating with engineers and government customers to transition research into operational