Senior Scientist II/Principal (EO/IR Image Analysis)

Location: Tucson, Arizona, United States. U.S. citizenship and an active U.S. Government security clearance with TS/SCI eligibility are required for the U.S. office role.

Salary: Not specified

Company

hirify.global is an end-to-end space company developing rockets, spacecraft, optical systems, flight software, and other critical subsystems for commercial, scientific, and national security missions.

What you will do

• Develop, validate, optimize, and deploy algorithms for EO/IR sensor data, including noise reduction, enhancement, registration, correction, and pattern recognition.
• Detect, classify, and track objects in EO/IR data for space-based payload and ISR applications.
• Build modeling and simulation libraries and image simulators that generate synthetic EO/IR data for algorithm development, testing, and validation.
• Maintain and improve deployed algorithms, troubleshoot fielded systems, and support system performance and reliability.
• Analyze complex EO/IR datasets, develop software tools, and document algorithm performance.
• Decompose customer requirements into algorithm and subsystem requirements and present technical results to government and other stakeholders.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship and an active U.S. Government Security Clearance with TS/SCI eligibility.
• Bachelor’s degree in physics, optical sciences, computer science, mathematics, electrical engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of professional experience for Senior Scientist II or 12+ years for Principal Scientist.
• Experience with MATLAB, Python, and/or C/C++ for analysis, modeling, simulation, or algorithm development.
• Strong experience designing, implementing, testing, and optimizing EO/IR image-processing and pattern-recognition algorithms.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to contribute to program and project milestones.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or PhD in a relevant technical discipline.
• Experience with EO/IR feature extraction, classification, tracking, and sensor calibration.
• Expertise in EO/IR phenomenology modeling and simulation.
• Experience across product development phases, from proposal architecture and requirements generation through verification and production transition.
• Experience managing or leading technical or functional teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on space, terrestrial, and airborne optical systems supporting DoD and Intelligence Community missions.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams and government customers.
• Support travel or off-site work as needed.
• Role may involve prolonged sitting, standing, walking, computer work, and occasional exposure to moderate noise, dust, and fumes in production areas.
• Work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines and a focus on mission delivery and technical innovation.