Data Scientist - Mid (Sensor Technician)

GRVTY · Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

  • Senior
  • Full-time
  • $130,000 – $140,000
  • Posted 2026-10-06
  • Confirmed live on 13 October 2026

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Job description

What Impact You'll Have

GRVTY is seeking a Data Scientist - Sensor Systems Technician and Integration Engineer to support the installation, operation, and maintenance of advanced airborne mission equipment. This role combines hands-on technical experience with systems integration planning, IT network administration, and test execution for mission-critical aircraft platforms.

What You'll be Owning

• Flight & Ground Testing: Plan, configure, and execute ground and flight-test programs for complex Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) hardware and software systems to support troubleshooting, calibration, and certification

• Sensor Operation & Maintenance: Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot hyperspectral sensors (e.g., ACES Hy, Big Green, PeARL-High Resolution Imagery) and electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensors (e.g., MX15, MX20)

• Mission Readiness: Perform pre-mission system checks, field-level diagnostics, and corrective maintenance to guarantee operational readiness

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with pilots, sensor operators, data scientists, and engineering teams to support accurate data collection and validate the integration of new hardware and software packages

• Technical Reporting: Provide detailed field reports and technical feedback to support root cause analysis, continuous system improvement, and lifecycle sustainment planning

• Engineering Support: Read, interpret, and advise mechanical and electrical engineers on complex schematics, drawings, and system networks (including IP addressing). Design and review network and interface block diagrams for mission-critical IT and aircraft systems infrastructure

• Safety & Compliance: Ensure all flight operations strictly adhere to FAA and DoD safety protocols, aviation regulations, and industry standards

What You Must Have

• Security Clearance: Active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a SCI

• Experience & Education: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or a related field, with 8 years of experience supporting the design, integration, and test of ISR hardware and software systems on militarized aircraft

• Technical Expertise: Demonstrated hands-on experience operating and maintaining EO/IR systems and a strong working knowledge of Hyperspectral Imaging (HSI) fundamentals

• System Administration: Proven ability to execute software loads, firmware updates, and configuration changes within controlled baseline environments.

• Diagnostic Skills: High proficiency in reading and interpreting schematics, wiring diagrams, and complex integration drawings

• Project Management: Strong track record of managing workloads, screening maintenance action forms, and coordinating efforts across multi-disciplinary teams

• Strategic Problem Solving: Demonstrated systems thinking with the ability to evaluate the second- and third-order impacts of operational decisions

• Leadership & Autonomy: Professional maturity, sound judgment, leadership potential, and the proven ability to operate independently with minimal oversight

What Would be Nice to Have

• Operational Experience: Accrued flight-hour experience directly supporting Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions

• Compliance Knowledge: Familiarity with configuration management principles and formal airworthiness approval processes

Pay Range: At GRVTY, we understand that compensation is influenced by many factors—such as geographic location, federal contract labor categories, wage rates, prior experience, skillsets, education, and certifications. We’re proud to offer a work environment that empowers our team to achieve a strong work-life balance. GRVTY provides competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth. Our benefits package is designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, and includes coverage in areas such as healthcare, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off.

• The pay range for this position is: $130,000 - $140,000

Pay Range: At GRVTY, we understand that compensation is influenced by many factors—such as geographic location, federal contract labor categories, wage rates, prior experience, skillsets, education, and certifications.
We’re proud to offer a work environment that empowers our team to achieve a strong work-life balance. GRVTY provides competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth.
Our benefits package is designed to support the well-being of our employees and their families, and includes coverage in areas such as healthcare, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off.

Virginia Pay Range
$130,000—$140,000 USD

Why Choose GRVTY

The toughest national security challenges demand vision and ingenuity, not just resources. We deliver mission and technical expertise to outpace

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