Technical Imagery Specialist

Job Title: Technical Imagery Specialist Position Number: TIS 001 Location: Naval Surface Warfare Center Indian Head Division (NSWC IHD) Indian Head, MD Worksite: Expeditionary Exploitation Unit ONE (EXU-1) Travel: Approximately 10% Status: Full-Time Clearance: DoD Top Secret w/SCI Eligibility Date Added: November 3, 2026 Job Summary: The Technical Imagery Specialist will support the Expeditionary Exploitation Unit ONE (EXU-1) Advanced Exploitation Company (AXC) by editing and preparing imagery for Munition Technical Reports (MTRs), under the guidance of the report author.

The specialist will remove background clutter from images of recovered hardware components and complex weapon systems to create digital munition composites, cutaway views, and exploded views for technical engineering, reverse engineering, and threat analysis. Other responsibilities include delivering imagery training, tracking reports, and developing graphics to meet command requirements.

Duties and Responsibilities

Remove backgrounds from component photographs to produce clean, precise cut-outs. Build composite images from separately photographed components (reconstructed assemblies, cutaway and exploded views), matching scale, alignment and lighting. Retouch and color-correct imagery so it is clean and consistent across reports.

Insert labels, callouts and measurements when requested, using content provided by the report author. Prepare images for publication and export them for insertion into reports, keeping layered master files for later revision. Provide imagery training and support for unit personnel, including Electronics Exploitation subject matter experts and Advanced Exploitation Platoon members as needed when not tasked by AXC.

Maintain imagery templates to the directed report layout, so images are consistent across reports. Maintain a searchable library of processed images and master files. Photographic studio and 3D scanning support. Report tracking: maintaining the MTR production tracker, showing each report's status (including imagery) from drafting through peer review to completion.

Check imagery for consistency with the report layout before peer review. Develop general command graphics (briefs, training materials, visit products, unit branding). Experience delivering software training. Other duties as assigned and/or specified in the contract Performance Work Statement tasks as directed by the R3 Program Manager.

Complete annual training requirements (e.g., Cybersecurity Awareness, Insider Threat Awareness, Counterintelligence Awareness and Security Brief & etc.) required by the COR, client, and R3 to ensure compliance with contractual requirements. Perform duties effectively with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Associates degree desired, or equivalent work experience performing the duties of the job may substitute for the degree requirement. A minimum of five years of related work experience. Advanced Adobe Photoshop proficiency, specifically: Precision cut-outs using the Pen Tool and selection tools, refined with Select and Mask Non-destructive editing (layer masks, adjustment layers, Smart Objects) Multi-image compositing (matching perspective, scale, lighting and shadows) Retouching (Clone Stamp, Healing Brush, Content-Aware Fill) Tonal and color correction (Levels, Curves, Camera Raw) Annotation (labels, callouts, dimension lines) Experience producing technical, product or scientific imagery.

Desired experience with: 3D scanning and scan processing desired. Photogrammetry (building 3D models from photographs) Adobe Illustrator Studio product photography Excellent oral and written communication skills required. Proficient with MS Word, MS Excel, and MS Outlook. Ability to pass pre-employment (and random) drug screens and background investigation.

U.S. Citizen. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability