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L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers' mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers' mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.Job Title: Senior Specialist, Image Science EngineerConsidering applying for this job Do not delay, scroll down and make your application as soon as possible to avoid missing out.Job Code: 40649Job Location: Rochester, New YorkJob Schedule: 9/80 (Every Other Friday Off!)Job Description:The lead Image Science Engineer will serve as the subject matter expert in GEOINT display technology for their program. This role is responsible for leading all technical activities related to display evaluation, calibration, image-quality analysis, and exploitation-environment readiness for GEOINT workstations used across customer sites.This position helps ensure the use and maintenance of trusted, specification-compliant, calibrated displays for mission-critical intelligence exploitation. The role includes advancing analytical methods, conducting laboratory and field testing, managing display vendor engagements, and supporting sustainment training at customer sites.Essential Functions:• Lead display evaluation and characterization activities, including test plan development, scientific measurements, performance analysis, and requirements assessments.• Serve as technical authority for display calibration, image-science measurement techniques, and exploitation-environment best practices, guiding internal teams and customer stakeholders.• Develop new test methodologies, calibration, and analysis workflows to assess emerging display technologies and support future display modernization.• Collaborate with software developers to drive enhancements to analytical tools and software used for calibration workflows, measurement automation, and reporting capabilities• Provide technical direction to multidisciplinary team comprised of software, hardware, test, and field-engineers.• Lead root-cause investigations of display or image-quality anomalies observed anywhere within the sensor-to-analyst chain, providing scientifically grounded findings and corrective recommendations.• Provide technical representation during customer briefings, technical interchange meetings, and site-support reviews.• Act as technical liaison to display manufacturers, obtaining prototype hardware and coordinating evaluation activities.• Approximately 15% Travel to CONUS/OCONUS locations for calibration and display-quality training and technical support.Qualifications:• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 6 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 4 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 10 years of prior related experience.• Minimum of 5 years of experience with a strong understanding of display calibration fundamentals, color-science mathematics, and luminance/chromaticity measurement, as well as demonstrated expertise in image quality, electro-optical systems, display metrology, or related imaging-science disciplines.• 5 years of experience with analytical software tools (IDL, ENVI, MATLAB, Python, or similar).• Must be able to obtain TS/SCI security clearancePreferred Additional Skills:• Prior experience supporting GEOINT or ISR exploitation workflows, or similar intelligence mission areas.• Experience with display-calibration software architectures including 1D/3D LUT workflows, pro