Software Engineer & Image Analyst (JR110526A-20)

Software Engineer & Image Analyst

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JBS Solutions, Inc. is an engineering and technical logistics company in Huntsville, AL. As a company dedicated to serving the community, JBS offers the unique opportunity to enrich an underutilized area of Huntsville while growing your career through NASA and DoD contracts. From systems engineering and configuration management to technical logistics and mission operations, JBS works to solve our customers' hardest problems. With a competitive benefits package and personable work environment, JBS Solutions is the ideal company to take your career to the next level.

JBS is excited to announce a new position. We are seeking a Software Engineer & Image Analyst to join our team working on the Engineering Services and Science Capability (ESSCA) contract with NASA!

JBS Solutions offers a partnership in which you can grow personally and professionally within a framework of strong leadership, competitive compensation, and rewarding career paths. Come join our team and be a part of an exciting and rewarding organization!

Job Description

 We are seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Image Analyst and Software Engineer to provide software engineering, database management, computer systems support, and engineering imagery analysis capabilities to the Engineering Photographic Analysis (EPA) Team at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC).

The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and enhancing specialized software applications, databases, websites, and supporting computer systems used in engineering imagery analysis for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) Program. This position requires a technically versatile professional with strong software engineering capabilities, experience maintaining complex technical applications, and an interest in applying those capabilities to engineering-imagery processing and analysis.

The primary responsibility of this position is to maintain the reliability, functionality, and continued development of the EPA team's software applications, databases, and supporting technical infrastructure. The candidate must be capable of independently troubleshooting existing systems, resolving technical issues, and implementing enhancements that support evolving engineering requirements.

The candidate will work collaboratively with NASA engineers, imagery analysts, software developers, and other technical specialists to support the processing and evaluation of imagery collected during ground testing, launch operations, and flight. These activities contribute to the identification, characterization, and documentation of significant engineering events and potential anomalies in support of vehicle performance assessments, mission assurance, and crew and vehicle safety.

Although software engineering and computer systems support represent the primary responsibilities, the candidate will also support and participate in engineering imagery analysis activities, including post-launch reviews of SLS ascent imagery.

The ideal candidate will possess strong software development and problem-solving abilities, sound technical judgment, and the versatility to support both established software systems and evolving imagery analysis requirements within a multidisciplinary engineering environment.

Key Responsibilities

Software Engineering and Application Development

• Design, develop, maintain, troubleshoot, and enhance custom software applications, tools, and libraries supporting engineering imagery analysis.
• Maintain the operational reliability and functionality of existing software applications and implement improvements to address evolving technical requirements.
• Develop and maintain specialized image processing applications for video playback, stabilization, image alignment, perspective correction, distortion modeling, image enhancement, and motion analysis.
• Develop, troubleshoot, and maintain desktop applications, web-based applications, websites, software services, and application programming interfaces (APIs).
• Evaluate existing software capabilities, identify opportunities for improvement, and implement solutions that enhance reliability, performance, maintainability, and operational effectiveness.
• Maintain and modernize legacy software applications and supporting technologies while preserving critical engineering analysis capabilities.
• Evaluate emerging software technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning tools, for potential application to software development and imagery analysis while maintaining appropriate technical validation and independent engineering judgment.

Database Administration and Computer Systems Support

• Design, develop, administer, and maintain relational databases supporting imagery analysis, metadata management, engineering assessments, and reporting.
• Develop and maintain database structures, tables, relationships, queries, user permissions, and supporting documentation.
• Configure, deploy, troubleshoot, and maintain servers supporting databases, websites, software services, and API endpoints.
• Investigate and resolve software, database, and computer system issues to ensure continuity of critical engineering analysis capabilities.
• Develop queries, compile statistics, and generate technical reports supporting engineering analysis, application performance, and database usage.
• Maintain software requirements, database definitions, interface specifications, configuration documentation, and data management procedures.
• Support the integration and interoperability of imagery analysis applications, databases, and associated engineering systems.

Engineering Imagery Processing and Analysis

• Develop and apply software tools and image processing techniques to support engineering analysis of still imagery, video, film, and high-speed digital imagery.
• Process, manipulate, enhance, stabilize, align, and correlate imagery collected from multiple camera systems.
• Support the evaluation of camera characteristics, image orientation, lens parameters, image timing, metadata, and other technical factors affecting imagery interpretation.
• Assist imagery analysts in identifying, classifying, characterizing, and documenting significant engineering events, anomalies, and vehicle behavior.
• Support the correlation of imagery timing and observations with other engineering data sources.
• Participate in post-launch reviews of SLS ascent imagery to support engineering assessments, anomaly investigations, and crew and vehicle safety.
• Prepare or contribute to technical assessments, analysis products, and reports documenting engineering observations and findings.

Technical Collaboration and Documentation

• Collaborate with imagery analysts, engineers, software developers, and technical stakeholders to identify requirements and develop effective software solutions.
• Investigate complex technical problems, evaluate alternatives, and implement practical, sustainable solutions.
• Develop and maintain software documentation, technical procedures, interface definitions, requirements, and configuration records.
• Communicate technical findings, recommendations, and engineering assessments through written reports, presentations, and technical discussions.
• Support knowledge transfer, process improvements, and technical continuity of critical engineering imagery analysis capabilities.
• Work independently and collaboratively to prioritize software maintenance, technical problem resolution, and new development activities.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, Information Technology, or closely related technical discipline is required. Minimum of 10 years of relevant professional experience, with substantial experience in software development, application maintenance, database management, or related computer science and engineering disciplines.

• Experience developing and maintaining software applications using C# and .NET, including object-oriented programming principles and software troubleshooting.
• Experience with SQL programming and relational database management, including database design, query development, data manipulation, and maintenance.
• Experience developing or maintaining desktop applications, web applications, software services, or application programming interfaces (APIs).
• Familiarity with digital imagery, video processing, or other scientific and engineering data processing applications.
• Strong analytical, organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Preferred Qualifications

• Fifteen or more years of relevant professional experience in software engineering, computer science, database management, scientific computing, or related technical disciplines.
• Demonstrated experience independently maintaining, troubleshooting, and enhancing established software applications and database systems with minimal supervision.
• Experience developing web-based applications using ASP.NET, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, JSON, or similar technologies.
• Experience with SQL Server, MySQL, or comparable relational database management systems, including database administration, security, user permissions, and performance optimization.
• Experience deploying, administering, and maintaining servers, websites, databases, web services, and RESTful APIs.
• Experience developing scientific, engineering, image processing, or data analysis software.
• Familiarity with image processing applications such as Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects, FFmpeg, HandBrake, or GIMP.
• Experience developing image processing algorithms for video stabilization, image alignment, geometric correction, image enhancement, feature tracking, or motion analysis.
• Understanding digital imaging principles, including image resolution, exposure, frame rate, sensor characteristics, lens parameters, image orientation, metadata, and file formats.
• Familiarity with camera calibration, intrinsic and extrinsic camera parameters, image distortion modeling, and timing synchronization.
• Experience with engineering photographic analysis, photogrammetry, high-speed imaging, or aerospace imagery analysis.
• Familiarity with professional video and broadcast equipment, including video recorders, HD-SDI routing systems, video switches, format converters, and digital capture devices.
• Experience integrating imagery data with engineering telemetry or other technical data sources.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted software development tools and their appropriate application in technical environments.
• Experience maintaining and modernizing legacy software applications and databases.
• Experience supporting small, multidisciplinary engineering teams where software development, system maintenance, and technical analysis responsibilities overlap.
• Previous experience supporting NASA programs, aerospace engineering organizations, flight test activities, or mission-critical engineering systems.

Desired Professional Attributes

The ideal candidate is a self-motivated and technically versatile software engineering professional who combines strong computer science, application development, and database management capabilities with an interest in engineering imagery analysis.

The candidate should demonstrate the ability to independently maintain established software systems, investigate and resolve complex technical problems, and develop innovative, sustainable solutions to support evolving engineering requirements.

The successful candidate will be comfortable balancing ongoing software maintenance and operational support with new development activities and opportunities to participate in engineering imagery analysis.

Success in this position requires attention to detail, sound engineering judgment, effective collaboration, strong communication skills, and a commitment to maintaining accurate, reliable, and effective technical capabilities in support of NASA mission objectives.

Selected candidate must be a US citizen. Proof of U.S. Citizenship is required. JBS participates in E-Verify.

JBS Solutions is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, military/veteran status or other categories protected by law.

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