OPIR Remote Sensing SME

Job Title/Type:

OPIR Remote Sensing SME

Pay Range:

$150,000 - $190,000

Are you looking for more than just a seat on a contract?

Are you looking for a place where your work truly matters? At Skyline Scientific, your ideas won’t get buried in bureaucracy—they’ll directly shape mission-critical capabilities for the intelligence and defense communities. Our engineers build cutting-edge software that powers real-world remote sensing, OPIR, and dynamic sensor operations. You’ll work alongside experts in AI, high-performance computing, and advanced analytics to solve some of the hardest technical challenges in national security. With top-tier benefits, an entrepreneurial culture, and a close-knit team that values innovation, this is the environment where senior engineers can make a real, measurable impact. Skyline Scientific is seeking a OPIR Remote Sensing SME to lead our and support our analysis team in the intelligence and defense communities. This is a hands-on, mission-focused position where you will contribute to a dynamic operational and development, performing advanced data exploitation, assessing emerging capabilities, and helping define the future of OPIR technical workflows

Why Skyline Scientific?

• Mission-Focused Work: We solve hard problems in remote sensing, AI-enhanced analytics, and sensor fusion—our work directly impacts national security.
• Industry-Leading Benefits: 15% 401(k) match (no contribution required) and employer-paid healthcare—one of the best packages in the industry.
• Custom Solutions, Not Cookie-Cutter Code: We build AI-enhanced software for electro-optical, infrared, OPIR, SAR, and dynamic sensor applications.
• High-Performing Team: Collaborate with AI/ML experts, algorithm engineers, and sensor specialists to develop cutting-edge software.
• Opportunities to Innovate: Our engineers don’t just write code—they research, design, and deploy groundbreaking AI/ML and sensing algorithms.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide senior-level subject matter expertise to guide the collection and requirements generation of OPIR- systems and analytical applications.
• Review, validate, and enhance OPIR products
• Maintain a detailed, reproducible collection and analysis logs, documenting workflows, decisions, and methods.
• Adapt quickly to real-time mission demands and respond rapidly to ad hoc analysis requests.
• Coordinate collection tasking strategies and prioritize requirements across multiple sensors and systems.
• Develop and refine strategies, processes, and workflows that ensure mission objectives are consistently met.
• Conduct multi-sensor fusion, cross-INT correlation, and integration of OPIR, IR, GEOINT, SIGINT, and other data streams.
• Download, preprocess, and condition large datasets; extract key signatures; and deliver curated data to mission customers.
• Test and evaluate emerging OPIR algorithms, tools, and exploitation platforms; contribute to trade studies and capability assessments.
• Provide SME-level insight on OPIR phenomenology, sensor performance, calibration, and environmental factors.
• Demonstrate ingenuity and resourcefulness when applying advanced scientific concepts to mission challenges.
• Mentor junior analysts and contribute to internal best practices, analytic standards, and methodology development.
• Recommend enhancements to tools, methods, and processes, and help develop new analytic applications that improve product quality.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Active TOP SECRET/SCI with Poly: This position requires a security clearance, which is issued by the US government—U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Image Science, Engineering, Applied Physics, Atmospheric Science, Applied Mathematics, or in related fields and 5 years of OPIR experience
• Experience with image processing and/or digital signal processing tools that process short and mid-wave infrared
• Experience using algorithms for target detection and background suppression
• Experience in the TCPED process for OPIR, either in Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination.
• Experience using multi-data stream ingest and analysis techniques
• Excellent documentation skills, organizational skills, and verbal communication (including presentation) skills.
• Ability to work independently or with a team

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's degree in Image Science, Engineering, Applied Physics, Applied Mathematics, or in related fields and 5 years of OPIR experience
• Experience with Python, C/C++, IDL and/or MATLAB
• Familiar with ArcGIS, Google Earth, Opticks, Palette

BENEFITS:

• Attractive Salary 
• Paid Time Off (PTO): 25 days 
• Medical, Dental, & Vision: Employer-Paid
• Disability & Life Insurance Coverage  
• 401k: 15% Employer Match (no contribution required) 
• Profit Sharing Options 
• Compressed Workweek Options 
• Annual Performance Bonus 
• Referral & Incentive Bonus Opportunities
• Professional Development & Education Assistance
• Relocation Assistance Options

Join Skyline Scientific—Where Innovation Meets Mission.

This isn’t a role where you’ll sit idle on a contract—it’s an opportunity to design, develop, and deploy advanced software and AI-driven solutions that impact national security. If you're looking for a position where your expertise is valued, your work makes a difference, and you're surrounded by top-tier talent, apply today.

Our company is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment where all employees are valued and respected.