# Senior Scientist

What Impact You'll Have GRVTY is looking for a Senior Scientist to support research, algorithm development, and advanced analytics for overhead persistent infrared and electro-optical/infrared sensing systems. This is a technically demanding role centered on OPIR phenomenology, optical signature characterization, and sensor performance analysis in direct support of national security missions at a Customer site in Herndon, Virginia. You will work alongside algorithm engineers, data scientists, and intelligence analysts to develop and apply physics-based models, image science methods, and multi-platform remote sensing analytics. The work is fast-paced and mission-driven - requirements shift, collection windows are finite, and the analysis you produce informs real decisions. We are looking for someone who has done this work before, can operate with autonomy, and brings enough depth in OPIR to hit the ground running. What You'll be Owning Lead research and development of advanced algorithms for OPIR and EO/IR remote sensing systems, with emphasis on target detection, tracking, location, and characterization. Design, implement, and evaluate algorithms for EO/IR sensor and camera system

- **Id**: 636518
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/grvty-senior-scientist-2>
- **Role**: Science & Research
- **Role family**: Science & Research
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Herndon, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-07-21T01:55:17Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-21
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T09:47:33Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 111
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7535
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Parental leave, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: National Security, Intelligence

## Company

- **Id**: 4723
- **Name**: GRVTY
- **Domain**: grvty.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/grvty>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 78
- **Open postings**: 29
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.897
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 55
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 150000
- **Max**: 235000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 235000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: yes
- **MATLAB** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 111

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-10T19:43:21Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1; Filings 12m: 1

## Liveness

- **Score**: 14
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.503
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 111
- **Expected fill days**: 55
- **Reasons**: conf:1, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 235000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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