Senior Remote Sensing Software Architect

FOTOMILL STUDIOS LIMITED; Fairborn (OH); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Altamira Technologies is seeking a Senior Remote Sensing Software Engineer for the NGA RDC Team in the Dayton, Ohio area. You will architect SDA and remote sensing exploitation pipelines, guide technical direction, and lead multi-disciplinary teams building high‑fidelity space observation analytics.

You’ll work on imaging physics, ML-based behavior inference, and multi‑sensor fusion, shaping next‑generation tools within a collaborative delivery team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related STEM field is required.
• TS/SCI clearance and willingness to take a polygraph are required.
• Experience with remote sensing or GEOINT data exploitation is essential.
• Proficiency in Python; C++ or JavaScript is desirable.
• Experience with ML systems for imagery processing and target classification.

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end remote sensing processing systems for EO/IR missions.
• Lead development of radiometric and spectral response models.
• Oversee imaging algorithms like super-resolution, deconvolution, and low-SNR enhancement.
• Direct ML-based anomaly detection, behavior classification, and object discrimination frameworks.
• Design multi-sensor fusion pipelines using GEOINT, RF, Radar, and optical data.
• Lead trajectory estimation and 3D kinematic modeling with uncertainty quantification.
• Mentor junior engineers and shape technical roadmaps with leadership.

Skills

Remote sensing

Image processing

GEOINT

Python

C++

ML for imagery

TS/SCI clearance

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related STEM field

Master’s or Ph.D. in Physics/Math/CS/SE

Tools

CUDA

HPC

Cloud platforms

Job description

Altamira Technologies is seeking a Senior Remote Sensing Software Engineer for the NGA RDC Team in the Dayton, Ohio area. You will architect SDA and remote sensing exploitation pipelines, guide technical direction, and lead multi-disciplinary teams building high‑fidelity space observation analytics.

You’ll work on imaging physics, ML-based behavior inference, and multi‑sensor fusion, shaping next‑generation tools within a collaborative delivery team.