Optical Analyst
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Job ID: 2401091
Location: CHANTILLY, VA, United States
Date Posted: Apr 30, 2024
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Aerospace Engr
Schedule: Full-time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: No
Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Potential for Remote Work: On-Site
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Job Description
Description
SAIC has a funded need for a Optical Analyst to support a rapidly expanding Government Intelligence Community (IC) customer with cutting-edge programs within the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) in Chantilly, VA.
Note: The role offers a flexible work schedule, but we ask our team to be available for team meetings during core business hours (10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.).
Job Overview:
- Use existing tools to analyze optical sensor space domain awareness (SDA) data from both ground and space telescopes
- Conduct analysis of mission data applicable to space vehicles and sensors
- Work in a collaborative team environment studying and analyzing a wide variety of interesting and complex problems in the Space domain.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM related field such as Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Aerospace, Computer Science, etc. and 2 years of experience; OR Masters with no experience
- Active Top Secret/SCI with the ability to obtain a polygraph
- Operational telescope experience
- Experience with using a programming language
- Desire to develop simulation software as required to complete analytic studies
- Engineering analysis (collecting, organizing, analyzing data) experience
- Excellent communication skills that will allow the presentation of findings to internal and external customers
SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.
Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.
Overview
SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator focused on advancing the power of technology and innovation to serve and protect our world. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering services and professional services. We integrate emerging technology, rapidly and securely, into mission critical operations that modernize and enable critical national imperatives.
We are approximately 24,000 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion, which is core to our values and important to attract and retain exceptional talent. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.4 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For ongoing news, please visit our newsroom.
