Leidos has an exciting opportunity for an Imagery Scientist (LIDAR) - to join our team in Springfield, VA.

Our ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate;

• Collect process data and perform data analysis.

• Integrate centralized protect and maintain data in DBMS.

• Clean massage and organized data.

• Perform ad hoc analysis and present results in a clear manner.

• Communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear, precise and actionable manner using storytelling/visualization.

• Create/deploy/maintain cloud applications to support migration of data and production processes

• Create/deploy/maintain tools to extract features data and meta-data from a variety of sources, including Raster to vector-to-vector text to vector and text database.

• Write/maintain Python scripts in Arc GIS to improve efficiency of the production process.

• Support Business Processing Re-engineering.

• Perform Data Conversion/migration

• Perform Business Analytics.

Basic Qualifications

• Typically requires a BA degree and 8 – 12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 – 10 years of prior relevant experience.

• BS in image science, remote sensing, earth science, etc. 3+ years processing & exploiting LIDAR data. ArcGIS, QTModeler, ENVI.

• Active TS/SCI clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency developing & delivering course materials (live & recorded).

• MATLAB/IDL/similar.

• ArcGIS.

• Advanced degree.

• Sharepoint.

• Amazon C2S, PKIs.

• Familiarity with emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, tools, and methodologies, with an understanding of their applications, implications, and integration into daily geospatial and intelligence workflows.

• Active TS/SCI CI Poly clearance

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo — because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 — and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

February 25, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $92,300.00 - $166,850.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.