Data Scientist V
Apply NowCompany: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc
Location: Charlottesville, VA 22903
Description:
Job Summary
General Atomics Integrated Intelligence, Inc. (GA-i3), an affiliate of General Atomics, maintains and deploys production systems for users across the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, and commercial industry. We build and develop best-in-class all domain and globally focused situational awareness capabilities, including THRESHER and DRAGONSPELL, that process petabytes of data from numerous streaming data sources in near real time. Our systems apply state-of-the-art algorithms and machine learning techniques to extract features and fuse data from multiple phenomenologies to form a rich live view of objects in the sky, on the sea, and on the ground. Our rapidly growing suite of federal software solutions are used by thousands of intelligence analysts and military personnel around the globe to counter new and emerging threats to national security.
GA-i3 is looking for a research scientist to aid in the planning, execution, and delivery of tracking solutions for challenging emergent problems. Work with other researchers and developers to drive the development of advanced probabilistic tracking solutions to empower real-time situational awareness. Solve challenging scaling problems for large volumes of data and distributed processing. Influence our growing teams and shape the future of tracking and intelligence integration.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Job Qualifications
General Atomics Integrated Intelligence, Inc. (GA-i3), an affiliate of General Atomics, maintains and deploys production systems for users across the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, and commercial industry. We build and develop best-in-class all domain and globally focused situational awareness capabilities, including THRESHER and DRAGONSPELL, that process petabytes of data from numerous streaming data sources in near real time. Our systems apply state-of-the-art algorithms and machine learning techniques to extract features and fuse data from multiple phenomenologies to form a rich live view of objects in the sky, on the sea, and on the ground. Our rapidly growing suite of federal software solutions are used by thousands of intelligence analysts and military personnel around the globe to counter new and emerging threats to national security.
GA-i3 is looking for a research scientist to aid in the planning, execution, and delivery of tracking solutions for challenging emergent problems. Work with other researchers and developers to drive the development of advanced probabilistic tracking solutions to empower real-time situational awareness. Solve challenging scaling problems for large volumes of data and distributed processing. Influence our growing teams and shape the future of tracking and intelligence integration.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop and implement scalable and scientifically rigorous solutions for novel tracking problems.
- Design solutions based on best-practice state estimation (e.g. IMMs) and data association (e.g. JVC/Hungarian algorithms) techniques.
- Write and review high-performance code for tracking applications, ensuring adherence to best practices in software development.
- Support deployment of tracking systems, ensuring adherence to software compliance standards.
- Rigorously evaluate system accuracy and performance.
- Document technical concepts, system architectures, and implementation details in a clear and concise manner for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Collaborate across functions, such as data science, software engineering, and product management, to integrate tracking systems with broader organizational efforts.
- Collaborate with product leadership, domain experts, users, development teams, and management to prioritize features.
- Serve as a liaison between technical and non-technical stakeholders, effectively communicating complex technical concepts and requirements.
- Influence the overall vision and goals of the tracking engineering practice within the organization.
- Develop long-term strategies and initiatives to enhance tracking capabilities against a range of products.
- Stay informed of industry trends and advancements to keep the organization at the forefront of tracking innovations.
Job Qualifications
- PhD in a technical field such as statistics, mathematics, physics, computer science, or machine learning.
- Familiarity with at least one of the following: statistical/Bayesian time series, statistical/probabilistic machine learning, assignment problems, tracking, or Kalman filters.
- An ability and desire to understand and solve problems from first principles.
- Experience developing sophisticated algorithms in at least one programming language, such as Java, Scala, Python, Golang, or R.
- Experienced with software version control systems, in particular, git.
- Ability to transfer and maintain a Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility and a CI poly is required.
- Experience tracking objects via data fusion of multiple sources.
- Active Top Secret Security Clearance.
- Familiarity with Intelligence Community and DoD mission sets
- Experience with Computer Vision systems and intelligence collection.
- CI/CD pipelines and tooling (Gitlab CI/CD, ArgoCD, CircleCI, Jenkins).
- Experience with sensor technologies and data acquisition systems used in tracking applications, such as radar, lidar, GPS, or cameras.
- Deployment technologies such as: Docker, Kubernetes, Knative, Helm, Rancher.
- Supporting experience to execute against cloud technologies such as Hadoop, Kafka, HBase, Accumulo.
- Knowledge of cloud computing platforms and services, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) or Microsoft Azure.
- Interested in maintaining and adapting existing codebases.
- CompTIA Security+ certification or willingness to get certified.