Lead, Image Science Engineer

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Job Title: Senior Specialist, Image Science Engineer
Job Code: 40649
Job Location: Rochester, New York
Job Schedule: 9/80 (Every Other Friday Off!)

Job Description:
The lead Image Science Engineer will serve as the subject matter expert in GEOINT display technology for their program. This role is responsible for leading all technical activities related to display evaluation, calibration, image-quality analysis, and exploitation-environment readiness for GEOINT workstations used across customer sites.
This position helps ensure the use and maintenance of trusted, specification-compliant, calibrated displays for mission-critical intelligence exploitation. The role includes advancing analytical methods, conducting laboratory and field testing, managing display vendor engagements, and supporting sustainment training at customer sites.

Essential Functions:
• Lead display evaluation and characterization activities, including test plan development, scientific measurements, performance analysis, and requirements assessments.
• Serve as technical authority for display calibration, image-science measurement techniques, and exploitation-environment best practices, guiding internal teams and customer stakeholders.
• Develop new test methodologies, calibration, and analysis workflows to assess emerging display technologies and support future display modernization.
• Collaborate with software developers to drive enhancements to analytical tools and software used for calibration workflows, measurement automation, and reporting capabilities
• Provide technical direction to multidisciplinary team comprised of software, hardware, test, and field-engineers.
• Lead root-cause investigations of display or image-quality anomalies observed anywhere within the sensor-to-analyst chain, providing scientifically grounded findings and corrective recommendations.
• Provide technical representation during customer briefings, technical interchange meetings, and site-support reviews.
• Act as technical liaison to display manufacturers, obtaining prototype hardware and coordinating evaluation activities.
• Approximately 15% Travel to CONUS/OCONUS locations for calibration and display-quality training and technical support.

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 6 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 14 years of prior related experience.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience with a strong understanding of display calibration fundamentals, color-science mathematics, and luminance/chromaticity measurement, as well as demonstrated expertise in image quality, electro-optical systems, display metrology, or related imaging-science disciplines.
• 5 years of experience with analytical software tools (IDL, ENVI, MATLAB, Python, or similar).
• Must be able to obtain TS/SCI security clearance

Preferred Additional Skills:
• Prior experience supporting GEOINT or ISR exploitation workflows, or similar intelligence mission areas.
• Experience with display-calibration software architectures including 1D/3D LUT workflows, profiling, and pattern sequences.
• Familiarity with Java software development or equivalent languages used in calibration tools.
• Strong vendor-engagement experience
• Knowledge of system-level imaging chains processes including collection, processing, dissemination, display, and exploitation.
• Hands-on experience with display testing instruments (e.g., colorimeters, spectroradiometers, pattern generators).
• Excellent communication skills with experience presenting complex technical content to others.
• 2 years of experience interpreting and applying NGA Display Performance Standards, MISB standards, or equivalent specifications.

In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in New York state is $110,500 - $205,500. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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