Chief Scientist

• Technical developer and champion of innovative optical concepts that lead to successful proposals and programs to solve relevant national security problems
• Technical leadership, direction, and mentoring in areas or optical sensing, signal processing, and laboratory/field testing
• Lead teams to design, develop, implement, test, and analyze solutions, leveraging skills across multiple STR locations
• Provide clear and persuasive technical justification for new capabilities to existing and potential customers
• Serve as a primary technical point of contact for specific customers and offices, developing into a trusted advisor on technical matters

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Optical Sciences/Engineering, Physics, or related fields in Engineering and Applied Sciences
• 15+ years of practical experience in optical sensing as it relates to modeling & simulation, processing exploitations, optical systems, and laboratory/field testing
• Eagerness and curiosity to explore new and novel concepts to advance optical capabilities beyond SOA for improved warfighter capabilities
• Demonstrated success in formulating, marketing, and proposing optical solutions for national security problems
• Experience in sensing and processing across the optical spectrum (UV through LWIR) with understanding of the limiting physics and the SOA in sensing within each band
• Experience across all aspects of R&D, including concept formulation & theory, modeling & simulation, design development & implementation, and validation testing (TRL 5-6) of active and/or passive optical technologies
• This position requires an active Top-Secret security clearance, for which U.S. citizenship is needed by U.S. Government

Understanding of additional ISR phenomenology, principles, and signal capture methods (e.g. RF, acoustic), especially as they relate to fusion with EO/IR