Description
Leidos has an immediate opportunity for a Geophysicist to work on-site at the US National Data Center at Patrick AFB, FL.
Candidate must possess an active TS/SCI clearance.
The candidate will support a multi-year program involving a state-of-the-art nuclear test monitoring system. In this role, you will work with a team providing operations support and maintenance for the system, and performing scientific and engineering studies to enhance its performance. This position involves analyzing, prototyping, testing, and evaluating changes to operational geophysical data processing. Duties also include prototyping algorithms and optimizing configuration parameters to enhance the geophysical capabilities and performance of the system, especially its automated processing.
The US NDC is the geophysical data acquisition, data processing, reporting and archiving component of the United States Atomic Energy Detection System (USAEDS) operated by the Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC). AFTAC's mission is to monitor compliance with nuclear test ban treaties by acquiring, processing, reporting, and archiving data from a worldwide array of seismic, hydro-acoustic and infrasonic sensors.
Basic Qualifications:
US Citizen with an DoD TS/SCI clearance
BS in Physics, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Geophysics, or related field and 4+ years of relevant experience including geophysical data.
Competency in digital signal processing (detection, feature extraction, etc.), time-series analysis, linear and vector algebra, Fourier and spectral analysis, or related scientific computing.
Experience with MATLAB, GMT, or other scientific evaluation tools.
Experience with relational databases and analyzing large datasets.
Strong analytical and problem solving approach.
Solid verbal and written communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with automated seismic/hydroacoustic/infrasonic signal detection, seismic event formation, seismic event magnitude, yield estimation, and statistical event identification/classification.
Experience with Oracle, SQL, Linux/UNIX , Python, C, or Fortran
MS in Physics, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or related field..
Pay Range:
Pay Range $78,000.00 - $120,000.00 - $162,000.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.
About Leidos
Leidos is a Fortune 500® technology, engineering, and science solutions and services leader working to solve the world’s toughest challenges in the defense, intelligence, civil, and health markets. The company’s 47,000 employees support vital missions for government and commercial customers. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $14.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2022. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.
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