Research & Development Engineer

Own Your Future. Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is seeking a Research and Development Engineer in Dayton, OH.

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is seeking a skilled Research & Development Engineer to lead the development of innovative algorithms and data processing methods for object and event data exploitation. This role involves advancing environmental feature and target signature analysis within a robust technical intelligence (TI) mission framework, supporting both manual and automated exploitation systems. The successful candidate will play an integral part in the research, development, and integration of NASIC’s streaming processing environment and mission-critical applications.

Why is MTSI known as a Great Place to Work?

• Interesting Work:  Our co-workers support some of the most important and critical programs to our national defense and security.  
• Values: Our first core value is that employees come first.  We challenge our co-workers to provide the highest level of support and service, and reward them with some of the best benefits in the industry. 
• 100% Employee Ownership: we have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers.  It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year.  
• Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for: 
  • Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year
  • Flexible schedules
  • 6% 401k match with immediate vesting
  • Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and December)
  • Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
  • Up to $10,000 in annual tuition reimbursement
  • Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
  • Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan
• Track Record of Success:  We have grown every year since our founding in 1993

Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance.

MTSI delivers capabilities to solve problems of global importance. Founded in 1993, MTSI today has employees at over 20 offices and field sites worldwide.

For more information about MTSI, please visit www.mtsi-va.com.

Responsibilities:

Your essential job functions will include but may not be limited to:
• Conduct research on unique environmental features and objects.
• Collaborate with task order customers and Subject Matter Experts to identify and qualify detectable environmental features.
• Generate geospatial track data and assess observations for target characterization.
• Analyze metrics derived from observable data and develop tools for extracting significant targets and features.
• Design and integrate algorithms for streaming and offline applications.
• Work with task order customers to implement containerized code and support transition to mission-critical processing environments.
• Develop solutions for detecting and tracking objects under various sensor and environmental conditions.
• Conduct testing, validation, and verification of developed and deployed algorithms.
• Develop workflows for automated feature identification, detection, and characterization.
• Review and enhance existing code for automated detection and reduce false alarms.
• Demonstrate alert systems for features of interest, while focusing on performance improvement and reliability.

Qualifications:

Qualifications
• Proven experience in R&D of algorithms and data processing techniques for environmental or target feature exploitation.
• Strong knowledge of geospatial data analysis and feature characterization.
• Proficiency in automated detection systems and algorithm optimization.
• Background in technical intelligence applications and experience with ARCADE or similar systems is highly desirable.
• Excellent collaboration skills with the ability to work with government stakeholders and mission partners.
• Active TS/SCI Clearance is required.

Desired Requirements:
• Experienced in image processing with Python, including development using libraries such as Pillow (PIL), OpenCV, and scikit-image to perform tasks like resizing, filtering, color adjustments, format conversions, and advanced transformations, such as static and dynamic object detection.
• Experienced with development environments Anaconda and Miniconda.

Education Requirements:
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mathematics, physics, or computer science (with AI/ML experience).

Certifications Requirements:
• Security+ is preferred but not required.

Clearance Requirements:
• TS clearance with SCI eligibility.
• U.S. Citizenship is required for this position.

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