Geospatial Engineer

Overview

APPOINTMENT TYPE: Full-Time Regular (FTR-A)

LOCATION: Ft. Belvoir, VA

*SALARY RANGE: $93,932 - $122,116/yr.

ELIGIBLE FOR SIGN-ON BONUS

The successful candidate will assist our customer in providing geospatial analysis to support the design, development, implementation, and analysis of technical products and systems. Resolves highly complex technical issues, conducts advanced engineering research, and recommends alterations to development and design activities to improve quality of products and/or procedures. Prepares technical documentation and presentations to explain the approach, associated assumptions, and conclusions of design and development efforts. Works on advanced, complex technical projects or business issues requiring state of the art technical or industry knowledge on complex geospatial problem sets.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include supporting analysis and development of customer-driven technical geospatial analysis and solutions; providing technical guidance to support DTRA's mission.

Design, develop, and integrate geospatial-centric workflows to support current modeling and algorithms within DTRA.

• Perform assessment of geospatial libraries and datasets that include (LiDAR, imagery, DSM, vegetation, and vector data). This will include evaluating new technology, reviewing existing technology and implementing geospatial solutions.

• Help guide present new innovative solutions and guide future mission requirements.

• Interact and understand current data science and AI/ML principles and apply to geospatial- based solutions.

• Collaborate with other engineering groups to improve or upgrade product performance.

• Apply science to support the design, development, implementation, and analysis of technical products and systems.

• Resolve highly complex technical issues, conducts advanced engineering research, and recommends alterations to development and design activities in order to improve quality of products and/or procedures.

• Prepare technical documentation and presentations to explain the approach, associated assumptions, and conclusions of design and development efforts.

• Work on advanced, complex technical projects or business issues requiring state of the art technical or industry knowledge on subjects such as Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Materials Engineering, Test Engineering, Structural Engineering, Biological Engineering, Process Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, Seismic/Acoustic Engineering, and Aeronautical Engineering.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree (Master's preferred) in Engineering or related field and 5 to 8 years of experience in an engineering or scientific function, including research. An equivalent combination of education and experience requiring similar knowledge, skills, abilities, and performing duties as described may be substituted for the minimum requirements.

• Demonstrated success in engineering programs or projects
• TS Clearance or ability to receive a TS clearance, SCI eligible
• Serves as a technical/scientific resource to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) on projects, analyzing problems and applying theoretical techniques to develop solutions that measure, evaluate, define, mitigate the nuclear survivability of US systems and equipment

*The candidate's starting salary will be determined upon hire and ORAU will use salary survey data, internal comparators, and the candidate's qualifications to determine salary.

TOTAL REWARDS

ORAU has a strategic approach to providing total rewards to employees through a fair, equitable, and competitive total compensation package. The goal of our total rewards system is to integrate compensation, benefits, work-life balance, performance, recognition, development, and career opportunities to attract, engage, and retain the talent required to achieve ORAU's business objectives. The benefit component of our total rewards program supports business goals by offering the following benefits based on employee eligibility:

• Legally required benefits
• Group Health insurance including: Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision
• Retirement plan contribution matching
• Disability insurance
• Group life insurance
• Travel Accident Insurance
• Section 125 reimbursement accounts
• Other voluntary employee paid benefit and insurance offerings

The ORAU total reward package also promotes work-life balance. Mindful of the need for employees to care for themselves and their families, ORAU offers the following additional work-life benefits based on employee eligibility:

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Flexible work schedules or compressed work weeks
• Occupational Health and Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Program

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