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Sr Photogrammetric EngineerBelong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!
KBR’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country’s most critical role – protecting our national security.
Why Join Us?
Innovative Projects: As a Cost Analyst at KBR, you will contribute to cutting-edge space systems, ground systems, and launch systems for national security applications. Your work will directly influence the success of critical government programs and shape the future of defense technology.
Collaborative Environment: Work alongside a talented team of engineers, analysts, and subject-matter experts. KBR fosters a collaborative atmosphere where knowledge sharing, mentorship, and continuous learning are encouraged.
Impactful Work: Your expertise in cost estimation and risk analysis will drive essential decisions for complex government acquisitions, directly supporting our mission to protect national security and provide advanced solutions to our government clients.
Key Responsibilities:
Photogrammetric Skills: Provide senior photogrammetric services and engineering in support of the full range of traditional and non-traditional imaging systems and products. Provide expert/senior photogrammetrist services in support of GEOINT product quality assessment planning, execution, results analysis and reporting.
Sensor Model Skills: Provide expert knowledge of the creation of rigorous sensor models and their exploitation, to include the creation of new exploitation methods. Provide expert knowledge of the application of sensor models to support predicted accuracy.
Research and Development: Support the research and development of new sensor models and exploitation methods for both two-dimensional and three-dimensional data.
Geolocation Experience: Support assessment of product geolocation accuracy and predicted accuracy using verified geolocation of known features, verifying mensuration accuracy through measurement of known objects, calculating ground sample distance, and other photogrammetric analyses as directed.
Work Environment:
Location: On-Site
Travel Requirements: Minimal 0-20%
Working Hours: Standard
Qualifications:
Required:
Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI with a polygraph
Education: B.S. degree in Engineering, Remote Sensing, Physics, Mathematics, or another related field
Experience: At least 15 years of related experience working in the photogrammetry field performing analyses supporting research and development or operations.
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Experience: Demonstrated specialized experience in researching and developing geospatial solutions for photogrammetry and remote sensing.
Sensor Modeling: Demonstrated experience with imaging geometric sensor modeling, covariance error propagation, and multi-variate least squares adjustment
Sensor Imaging: Applied knowledge of sensor imaging systems, products, and exploitation processes
Payloads: Knowledge of Electro-Optical and SAR payloads and their Concept of Operations (CONOPs)
Testing: Experience testing and analyzing Electro-Optical payload and imagery geolocation and mensuration performance
Software: Experience writing or enhancing C++, MATLAB, Python, or R code for prototyping, problem solving, visualization, or engineering analysis of systems and concepts. Working familiarity with software tools such as SOCET GXP, MSP, and iSpy
Problem-Solving Skills: Strong conceptual, analytical, and problem-solving skills with a persistent desire to learn
Team Player: Ability to work as an effective member of a dynamic, collaborative team, including mentoring more junior personnel
Organization and Communication: Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate complex engineering analyses and study results to government and corporate management. Demonstrated organizational skills, initiative, self-motivation, ability to work-independently, and sense of project ownership
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you’re excited about making a significant impact in the field of space defense and working on projects that matter, we encourage you to apply and join our team at KBR. Let's shape the future together.
KBR Benefits
KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.
Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR
At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.
KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
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