Senior Image Analysis & GIS Software Engineer

Esri; Redlands (CA); On-site; USD 94,000 - 159,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid holidays

401(k) and profit-sharing

Job summary

Esri in Redlands, CA seeks a mid-level engineer to lead the development and testing of advanced image analysis software for defense and intelligence contexts. You will design, test, document, and deploy geospatial solutions blending photogrammetry, remote sensing, and AI into ArcGIS-powered capabilities.

You will mentor others, define critical functionality, and ensure quality across design, implementation, and validation phases, including SOPs and QA strategies. This role requires U.S.

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 formats like NITF, GeoTIFF, CADRG, MISB FMV.
• Collaborate with software developers to integrate toolkits into ArcGIS.
• Document results from holistic lab testing.
• Work on software projects: design, build, plan releases.
• Define and prioritize user requirements for GIS in remote sensing scenarios.
• Lead the design and documentation of automated QA plans and tests (SOPs, image quality metrics, regression tests).

Skills

Testing leadership

Test strategy automation

Project timeline management

Communication skills

CUI handling

Education

Bachelor's degree in geography/engineering/remote sensing/photogrammetry

Master's degree in geography/engineering/remote sensing/photogrammetry

Tools

ArcGIS Pro

ENVI

Socet GXP

Erdas

RemoteView

Python

C#

Job description

Esri in Redlands, CA seeks a mid-level engineer to lead the development and testing of advanced image analysis software for defense and intelligence contexts. You will design, test, document, and deploy geospatial solutions blending photogrammetry, remote sensing, and AI into ArcGIS-powered capabilities.

You will mentor others, define critical functionality, and ensure quality across design, implementation, and validation phases, including SOPs and QA strategies. This role requires U.S.