GEOINT Product Quality Systems Engineer

Summary

We are seeking a System Engineer - Product Quality to support a government customer within the National System for Geospatial-Intelligence (NSG). In this mission-focused role, you will design test strategies, assess GEOINT product performance, and conduct independent verification and validation (IV&V) across multiple remote-sensing phenomenologies to ensure products meet critical operational standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop government-approved test plans, procedures, and data requirements for GEOINT product quality assessments
• Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary teams of image scientists, analysts, photogrammetrists, and statisticians
• Perform IV&V on GEOINT products to ensure compliance with standards, specifications, and operational concepts
• Evaluate visual quality and metadata accuracy for EO, SAR, LiDAR, OPIR, motion imagery, and multi/hyperspectral products
• Track issues, document findings, and deliver clear, decision-driven briefings to government stakeholders
• Support requirements analysis, CONOPS development, and system-performance evaluations
• Work seamlessly within integrated government-contractor teams in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment

Required Qualifications

• Active Top Secret clearance with ability to upgrade to SCI and CI polygraph
• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, Software Engineering, or related technical field
• 5-10 years of systems-engineering experience supporting government or defense programs
• Proven experience in test design, requirements verification, data validation, and mission-aligned CONOPS development
• Knowledge of remote-sensing imaging systems and GEOINT product-formation and exploitation workflows
• Strong technical-communication skills for documentation and concise briefings
• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively to integrated project teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with EO/IR/SAR remote-sensing phenomenologies
• Familiarity with NSG tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination (TCPED) workflows
• Experience conducting visual and metadata-driven GEOINT product quality assessments