Exploitation Specialist Senior Photogrammetrist

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This job is located at: ST. Louis, MO

Job description:

Provide the customer with photogrammetry support, to include advanced expertise in Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) processing and analysis, the generation of point clouds from Electro-Optical (EO) imagery, and the co-registration of multi-source datasets to provide a geodetically accurate 3D dataset.

Duties:

Develop processes to assemble multi-source 3D remote reconnaissance packages for geodetic survey missions leveraging existing data and services where possible, refine and automate package production process based on feedback, and supervise Junior contractor analyst(s) in remote reconnaissance package production.

• Advise customer leadership and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) on photogrammetric capabilities, including LiDAR processing and analysis, and the generation of pointclouds from EO imagery.

• Coordinate with Senior GEOINT Officers, Requirements Manager, Mission Managers, Tech Team, and Team Leads as needed to solicit input on requirements for pre-deployment planning and on­site reconnaissance based on Intelligence Mission Data Plan (IMDP) survey types

• Provide a statistical analysis of package data quality.

• Solicit post-deployment feedback on package usability from the Geodetic Surveys Requirements Manager, Mission Manager, Tech Team, and Team Leads, and refine the process as needed.

• Evaluate emerging data, services, and sensors for inclusion in the process

• Create or provide revisions to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), geodetic standards, and other documentation related to process development, standardization, or implementation.

• Brief progress weekly at customer Staff Meeting, during Division Updates to customer, and in other forums as requested.

• Identify additional data sources or optimization methods for Geodetic Surveys processes and procedures using Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), Electro-optical (EO) point clouds, and photogrammetric methods, and assist with integration efforts.

• Ensure accessibility of data from geographically separated branches, and by team leads in the field.

• Educate Geodetic Surveys personnel on the remote reconnaissance package development process and its strengths and limitations, and demonstrate capabilities as requested

• Assist in the development of photogrammetric training materials relevant to customer processes and procedures.

• Coordinate with the customer Requirements Manager and Mission Manager to establish and track progress on yearly goals for remote reconnaissance package production and manage junior-level contractor photogrammetrists' production efforts.

Required Qualifications:

• • Typically requires a BA degree and 8 – 12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 – 10 years of prior relevant experience.
  • Advanced knowledge of photogrammetry, including LiDAR processing and analysis and EO point cloud generation.
  • Minimum of 10 years' experience processing and analyzing LiDAR data or EO point clouds, and documenting precision and error in accordance with existing data standards.
  • Experience applying geodetic and photogrammetric principles to co-register multiple data sets to the WGS 84 reference frame and perform statistical analysis to determine the absolute and relative error.
  • Experience using QT Modeler, Socet Set, or similar elevation or point cloud processing and analysis software.
  • Experience using ESRI ArcGISPro.
  • Knowledge of digital data formats such as vector data, raster data, shape files, GML, XML.
  • Experience developing project plans with milestones and deliverables, tracking progress, and subsequent status reporting.

Desired Qualifications:

• • STEM Degree.
  • Geodetic surveying or land surveying experience or coursework.
  • Knowledge of geodetic or statistical principles.
  • Knowledge of standard customer products.
  • Familiarity with customer systems architecture, including unclassified cloud environments.

Why work for QSL?

Our founders, Mel Wick and Bill Cronin, retired from storied careers in the Special Operations Forces (SOF) Community. Like many Americans and military veterans, they felt a strong desire to support the nation’s response to the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in any way they could. They established QSL to do just that, Stay in the Fight! QSL is built on a SOF culture, emphasizing selfless-service and teamwork. Our employees work to ensure that warfighters have every possible resource and all necessary support to safely accomplish their missions in defense of our nation.

QSL's Benefit Package

Because we believe our employees are our most valuable asset, offering a competitive comprehensive compensation package is very important to us. It is the goal of QSL to attract and retain the highest level of experience and technical talent necessary for successful performance. In order to accomplish this, we feel that it is necessary to provide satisfying work, an excellent work environment, and we continually monitor the marketplace to ensure that our total compensation/benefit package remains competitive.

Listed below are some of our standard benefits. We combine all traditional paid time off (Federal holidays, sick time, leave time personal days, jury duty, bereavement, etc.) into one category which allows employees flexibility in how they use their leave time and enables them to better balance their career with their personal needs.

• Combined Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Medical, Dental, Life Insurance
• Disability (Short-Term and Long-Term)
• Vision Insurance (CONUS-based employees)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Employee Discount Programs
• Critical Illness and Accident Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not and will not discriminate in employment and personnel practices based on race, sex, age, disability, veteran status, religion, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring, and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items. EEO/AAP, M, F, V, D.