Business Group Highlights IntelligenceThe Intelligence group provides high-end systems engineering and integration products and services, data analytics and software development to national and military intelligence customers. Serving federal agencies and the Intelligence Community for more than 50 years, the Intelligence group helps our clients meet their mission needs by providing trusted advisors, leading-edge technologies, and innovative solutions. ResponsibilitiesPerspecta is a company founded on a diverse set of capabilities and skills, bound together by a single promise: we never stop solving our nation's most complex challenges. Our team of engineers, analysts, and developers work tirelessly to create innovative solutions. We continually push ourselves-to respond, to adapt, to go further.When you join Perspecta, you ally yourself with some of the smartest, most dedicated people in the industry. From mission domain experts with decades of experience, to engineers and developers using the latest agile techniques, you will find a team of people you'll be proud to learn from and work with.Our high-caliber employees are rewarded in many ways-not only through highly competitive salaries and benefits packages, but also with the opportunity to create a meaningful impact on projects that matter. We will provide you the flexibility to shape a role that helps develop the career you want.Responsibilities Perspecta is looking for a SENSOR ENGINEER to join a skilled, highly respected and long-standing team supporting New Capabilities Integration efforts for emerging systems. The successful candidate will support product evaluations, system and regression testing, quality studies, new sensor initializations, and/or product algorithm assessments. Candidate should have a working understanding and practical application of modeling components of the image path to include sensor, detector, atmospheric, and material properties. Familiarity with current GEOINT systems and products will be necessary to develop, assess, and execute test and verification methodologies.Activities include, but are not limited to:Sensor modeling; decomposing product formation elements to quantify the overall quality of the image chainAlgorithm assessment to quantify the performance of a product given desired mission application Baseline assessment of system performance to support sensor initializationRegression analysis and evaluations of delivered operational capabilitiesDevelopment, preparation, and execution of comprehensive test & evaluation plans, procedures and schedules which verify and validate enterprise capabilities, system requirements, performance and operabilityReadiness for system integration, test, evaluation and transition activitiesPlanning, preparation, and support to transition of New Capability Integration efforts for emerging systems QualificationsRequires 10 to 12 years with BS/BA or 8 to 10 years with MS/MA or 5 to 7 years with PhD.Required:Active TS/SCI Clearance with PolygraphExperience working with GEOINT EO imaging platformsExperience in EO Image Science (Phenomenology, Sensor technology, Image ProcessingExperience working with GEOINT EO imaging platformsUnderstanding of Image chain analysis to include sensor modeling, signal quality and noise, optics, detector calibration, and image processing of pixel dataUnderstanding and application of image quality standards, scales, metrics and image quality equationsApplied knowledge of sensor imaging systems, products, and exploitation processesUnderstanding of the systems engineering lifecycle to include independent testing and data verification Strong written and oral communication skillsAbility to work independently as well as part of a team Willingness to learn, solve problems and perform in a dynamic work environmentDesired:Degree in Image Science, Electrical Engineering, or PhysicsUnderstanding of the GEOINT enterprise TCPED processExperience working in a DoD or IC operational environmentExperience working on Product Initialization teamsExperience developing engineering code (eg C, Python, Matlab, IDL) to solve hard problems and create processes for repeatable results About PerspectaWhat matters to our nation, is what matters to us. At Perspecta, everything we do, from conducting innovative research to cultivating strong relationships, supports one imperative: ensuring that your work succeeds. Our company was formed to bring a broad array of capabilities to all parts of the public sector-from investigative services and IT strategy to systems work and next-generation engineering. Our promise is simple: never stop solving our nation's most complex challenges. And with a workforce of approximately 14,000, more than 48 percent of which is cleared, we have been trusted to do just that, as a partner of choice across the entire sector. Perspecta is an AA/EEO Employer - Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories.As a government contractor, Perspecta abides by the following provisionPay Transparency Nondiscrimination ProvisionThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of the other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c).