Engineer 4 SME (Dayton, OH)

Position Overview

Join Skyline Scientific as an Engineer 4 - SME (Full-Time) based in Dayton, Ohio. You will develop custom, high-impact software solutions for the intelligence and defense communities, building mission-critical tools that integrate advanced software development, high-performance computing, and AI-driven analytics. This role supports clients at Wright-Patterson AFB and is contingent upon the successful award of the contract.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop custom, high-performance software solutions in Matlab and Python for remote sensing and AI-enhanced analytics applications.
• Design, test, and optimize signal processing, image processing, and remote sensing algorithms.
• Develop deployable software tools in Python, ensuring real-world usability.
• Perform analytics research on EO/IR, OPIR, SAR, LIDAR, and dynamic sensor data.
• Optimize algorithm performance based on well-defined metrics.
• Collaborate with analysts and engineers to integrate software solutions into operational workflows.
• Deliver technical briefings, white papers, and presentations on AI, algorithm performance, and data analytics results.

Required Qualifications

• ACTIVE Top Secret/SCI clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, data science, image science, electrical engineering, or a related field, with at least 5 years of experience.
• Strong understanding of first-principles physics and its application to real-world problems.
• Ability to develop and implement algorithms for remote sensing, signal processing, image processing, sensor fusion, or energetics/explosives analysis.
• Experience with remote sensing, image processing, and/or digital signal processing.
• Experience in testing and integrating algorithms into a deployable software package.
• Ensuring software security and compliance with IC requirements.
• Proficiency in Python for software development and data analysis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) or signals intelligence (SIGINT).
• Mid-Level: B.S. degree in STEM, 5–7 years of experience, Compensation Range: $110,000 - $140,000.
• Senior-Level: B.S. degree in STEM, over 10 years of experience in software or algorithm development for sensing systems, with expertise in remote sensing systems and phenomenology, Compensation Range: $150,000 - $190,000.
• ACTIVE Top Secret/SCI with polygraph.
• Master's degree in computer engineering, image science, electrical engineering, or a related field.
• Experience integrating RADAR, LIDAR, and SAR algorithms into pre-existing software suites.
• Expertise with Git products.

Benefits & Perks

• Attractive Salary
• Paid Time Off (PTO): 25 days
• Medical, Dental, & Vision: Employer-Paid
• Disability & Life Insurance Coverage
• 401(k): 15% Employer Match (no contribution required)
• Profit Sharing Options
• Compressed Workweek Options
• Annual Performance Bonus
• Referral & Incentive Bonus Opportunities
• Professional Development & Education Assistance
• Relocation Assistance Options