Senior Image Analysis Engineer for Defense GIS

Esri; Vienna (VA); On-site; USD 94,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) and profit-sharing

Vacation leave (80 hours)

12 paid holidays

Job summary

Esri is seeking a lead software engineer to advance image analysis solutions for the defense and intelligence community. You will mentor teams, design, test, document, and deploy scalable geospatial software leveraging photogrammetry, remote sensing, and AI, ensuring quality at every stage.

You will collaborate across teams to integrate toolkits into ArcGIS, guide lab testing, and drive automated QA plans while handling sensitive information and pursuing TS/SCI readiness.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering experience on COTS or GOTS software products
• Advanced experience in remote sensing, image processing, photogrammetry, or image analysis
• Proven ability to lead major testing or design efforts and mentor others
• Strong skills in preparing and automating test strategies and cases
• Experience managing project timelines and dependencies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Able to work with controlled unclassified information (CUI)
• U.S. citizenship with ability to obtain a U.S. Top Secret clearance with SCI access

Responsibilities

• Design, document, and test industry leading software solutions for imagery products supporting common defense and intelligence formats
• Collaborate with software developers to integrate and test community analytical toolkits and libraries into ArcGIS
• Orchestrate and document results from defense and intelligence holistic lab testing
• Collaborate with software developers on software project teams designing and building new software and planning for future releases
• Define, document, and prioritize user requirements and develop best practices for using GIS software in various real-world remote sensing scenarios
• Potentially lead the design, development, and documentation of automated QA plans and tests (SOPs, image quality metric evaluations and regression testing)

Skills

Remote sensing

Lead testing

Mentoring

Test strategy

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in geography, engineering, remote sensing, photogrammetry, or related field

Master's degree in geography, engineering, remote sensing, photogrammetry, or related field

Tools

ArcGIS Pro

ENVI

Socet GXP

Erdas

RemoteView

Python

C#

Job description

Esri is seeking a lead software engineer to advance image analysis solutions for the defense and intelligence community. You will mentor teams, design, test, document, and deploy scalable geospatial software leveraging photogrammetry, remote sensing, and AI, ensuring quality at every stage.

You will collaborate across teams to integrate toolkits into ArcGIS, guide lab testing, and drive automated QA plans while handling sensitive information and pursuing TS/SCI readiness.