Science Systems and Applications, Inc (SSAI) is seeking an individual with 5 years of experience in scientific programming and/or data analysis. Must have a broad understanding of computer science or one or more Earth science areas within the contract; Experience in scientific programming using languages such as FORTRAN, C or C++ is required or demonstrated proficiency in one or more of the following data analysis packages: IDL/ENVI, MATLAB, R or geographic information systems, e.g. ESRI’s ArcGIS.

Primary Duties: 

• Assist in evaluation of different science tests and be able to do some basic science analysis to effectively assess and confirm science tests results. 
• Maintain scientific software libraries written primarily in C 
• Ability to facilitate regular operational processes by leveraging basic scripting capabilities in Bash, Perl or Python. 
• Assist other team members in doing more rigorous science studies and analysis, as and when needed. 

• Bachelors (B.S.) degree in any physical sciences with 2+ years of work experience or the equivalent in education and experience. 
• Rigorous academic coursework or work experience, involving Earth Observation and Remote Sensing  
• 2+ years programming experience in C/C++, Java 
• Familiarity with scripting and 1-2 years of experience in scripting, using any of Bash/Python/R 
• Ability to work in an agile team environment and deliver results on schedule.  

• Master's degree in any physical sciences with 5+ years of work experience or the equivalent in education and experience. 
• Familiarity with open source tools like GDAL/OGR/QGIS 
• Familiarity with Direct Readout data processing
• Exposure to multiple Earth observation satellites like MODIS/VIIRS/Landsat/NOAA AVHRR/ESA Sentinel etc.