Senior Remote Sensing & Data Fusion Engineer (OPIR)

Parsons; Fairborn (OH); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Altamira Technologies is seeking a Senior Remote Sensing Software Engineer with OPIR experience to architect advanced SDA and remote sensing exploitation pipelines for the NGA RDC Team in the Dayton, Ohio area.

You will lead end-to-end processing, ML-driven analytics, and multi-sensor fusion efforts while guiding junior engineers and coordinating with mission leadership to shape technical roadmaps.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in remote sensing, image/signal processing, or GEOINT data exploitation.
• Experience with orbital mechanics, satellite characterization, Domain‑specific applications or SDA operational workflows.
• Experience with Python, scientific Python packages or other Object‑oriented programming languages such as C++ or JavaScript.
• Experience architecting with large‑scale software environments (such as CUDA, HPC or cloud).
• Experience with ML systems for imagery processing, target detection, tracking, or object classification.
• Bachelor’s degree in related STEM field.
• TS/SCI clearance, and willingness to take a polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Architect end‑to‑end remote sensing processing systems for EO/IR missions.
• Lead development of radiometric and spectral response models.
• Oversee advanced imaging algorithms including multi-frame super-resolution, deconvolution, target phenomenology detection, and low-SNR enhancement.
• Direct ML‑based anomaly detection, behavior classification, and object discrimination frameworks.
• Design multi-sensor fusion pipelines integrating GEOINT, Radar, RF, and optical data using Bayesian or ML-based methods.
• Lead trajectory estimation and 3D kinematic modeling, including IOD, parallax exploitation, and uncertainty quantification.
• Architect scalable scientific computing solutions using Python, C++, CUDA, HPC clusters, or cloud‑native platforms.
• Mentor junior engineers and help set technical road maps in collaboration with client and mission leadership.

Skills

Remote sensing

Image processing

GEOINT

Python

C++

JavaScript

ML for imagery

Orbital mechanics

Satellite characterization

Education

Bachelor's degree in related STEM field

Master's degree or Ph.D. in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field

Tools

CUDA

HPC

Cloud platforms

Software architecture

Job description

Altamira Technologies is seeking a Senior Remote Sensing Software Engineer with OPIR experience to architect advanced SDA and remote sensing exploitation pipelines for the NGA RDC Team in the Dayton, Ohio area.

You will lead end-to-end processing, ML-driven analytics, and multi-sensor fusion efforts while guiding junior engineers and coordinating with mission leadership to shape technical roadmaps.