Senior Remote Sensing Data Scientist, Cal/Val
Core
Design, build, and operate production calibration and image-processing pipelines for multispectral infrared imagery from satellite missions.
Role type
Senior IC data scientist (remote sensing/calibration)
Builds
Production calibration software and operational tooling for FireSat and SBEM infrared imaging missions
Domain
Aerospace / Remote Sensing / Infrared Imaging
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python software engineering, statistics, applied mathematics, instrument physics, calibration algorithms, image processing, signal processing, CI/CD, unit and integration testing, automated testing, data pipeline operations
Preferred skills
mid-wave infrared instruments, radiometric/spectral/geometric calibration, detector characterization, geospatial data processing, containerization, cloud-native systems, terabyte-scale datasets
Technologies
Airflow, AWS, Docker, Grafana, Kubernetes, Python, pytest, CI/CD, Cloud
Responsibilities
Design and operate production calibration pipelines; convert calibration algorithms to robust production code; own testing suites; analyze calibration data to derive and track coefficients; build monitoring and visualization tools; partner on calibration campaigns; promote engineering practices; collaborate to maintain operational calibration services
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
