🟢 Green — Ground-Scanning Technology Research Lead - New York City Office of Technology and Innovation at FuntoNetwork Consulting in New York City, New York, United States

Job description

• Role Snapshot
• Project Status: 🟢 Green - Open - Apply by November 16, 2026

Responsibilities

• Lead the market and feasibility response for ground-scanning methods applicable to dense urban underground infrastructure.
• The RFI concerns a secure 3D data-sharing platform for built and natural underground assets, including water and sewer pipes, gas lines, electrical conduits, fiber-optic cables, and soil composition. Responses must address feasible sensing, data-integration, accuracy, security, and operating approaches without presenting the notice as an awarded implementation contract.
• Compare applicable ground-penetrating radar, electromagnetic, acoustic, LiDAR-adjacent, robotic, and other non-destructive sensing approaches for NYC conditions.
• Document achievable depth, resolution, positional accuracy, surface/access constraints, false-positive risks, safety considerations, and validation methods.
• Develop evidence-based RFI recommendations, assumptions, limitations, deployment scenarios, and questions for the 3D Underground program.

Requirements

• ground-scanning technology
• subsurface utility engineering
• technology feasibility studies
• public-sector RFI responses
• Experience producing defensible, role-specific documentation for public-sector or regulated enterprise projects.
• Ability to distinguish confirmed solicitation requirements from assumptions and identify clarifications before commitment.
• Strong written communication, collaboration, confidentiality, and deadline discipline.

Skills

Required

• ground-scanning technology
• subsurface utility engineering
• technology feasibility studies
• public-sector RFI responses