The WVHTC Foundation’s Advanced Technologies Group is seeking to add an experienced PhD-level research scientist/engineer to take on a senior role in its expanding array of biometrics-enabled surveillance research programs.  This individual will work closely with academic research partners and optical systems engineers to develop novel algorithms for human activity detection, tracking, and identification, and will also contribute to the long-term growth of the group through proposal writing.  The successful candidate will have broad expertise in image processing and classification algorithms, as well as solid software engineering skills and hands-on experience working with video hardware.

The Advanced Technologies Group is a multidisciplinary team of physicists, electrical engineers, and computer scientists engaged in world-class basic and applied research for customers such as ONR, DHS, Army RDECOM, NIJ, and NSF.  Members of this dynamic team collaborate with university researchers, industrial partners, and government customers to develop critical new technologies and scientific results while furthering the overall non-profit mission of the WVHTC Foundation to function as an engine of economic change for growing a statewide, regional and national high-tech business sector.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Develop advanced algorithms for human activity detection, tracking, and identification.  Develop and test system software incorporating these algorithms.
• Prepare technical publications, reports, and presentations for customers, management, and the scientific community.
• Contribute to or lead the writing of government research proposals.
• Work with customers, collaborators, and team members to define the direction of current and future projects.

Required Experience and Past Performance:
• PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent with strong image processing, pattern recognition and classification algorithm background.
• Demonstrated skill in software development and familiarity with relevant hardware.

Desired Experience:
• 5 to 10 years of professional research experience beyond the PhD
• Specific experience with imaging and surveillance systems
• Specific experience with human activity detection, face recognition, and other biometric algorithm development.
• Experience leading projects and/or technical supervision of other researchers
• Experience in writing proposals for government funding
• Experience developing military and/or law enforcement sensor systems

Desired Past Performance:
• Success in winning government research funding is a strong plus
• Past or current U.S. security clearance will be an advantage

Desired Personal Attributes:
• Works well as part of a team
• Comfortable tackling complex tasks with little supervision
• Enjoys hands-on experimental work
• Willingness to put customer and team needs ahead of personal interests
• Strong desire to develop technology that will be truly useful by a customer

Supervisory Responsibility:
• May be expected to provide technical supervision to other project team members. 

Education and Other Qualifications:
PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent is required
Position requires U.S. citizenship or Permanent Residency status
Ability to qualify for a U.S. security clearance is a plus

Travel Requirements:
Some travel to technical conferences, customer reviews/meetings, field demonstration, and collaborator sites may be required.  Travel is expected to account for less than 10% of total time.

Lifting and other physical requirements:
None

The WVHTC Foundation is an equal opportunity organization.