Senior Remote Sensing Data Scientist

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💵 $138k - $198k / year

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Muon Space

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2021

🚀 Aerospace

🔬 Science

💰 $25M Series A on 2022-08

Aerospace • Science • Environment

Muon Space is a company that designs, builds, and operates low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations optimized for Earth intelligence missions. They provide integrated technology solutions through their innovative Muon Halo technology stack, which enables rapid deployment and superior performance of satellite constellations. Muon Space offers a three-phase approach to satellite constellation development, focusing on mission architecture, hardware and software integration, and efficient operation. Their expertise in aerospace engineering and Earth intelligence contributes to addressing global challenges such as climate change and resource management. The company collaborates with government and private sectors to deliver advanced geospatial intelligence and weather data solutions.

📋 Description

• Develop imaging products for end-users from Muon's infrared imaging missions, spanning both the FireSat Initial Operating Capability (IOC) and the Space-Based Environmental Monitoring (SBEM) program • Research, design, and implement scalable algorithms for image mosaicking, orthorectification, and radiometric normalization of multispectral infrared imagery. • Product owner for critical customer-facing imagery products in the SBEM and FireSat programs. • Author and maintain technical and customer-facing design documents for imagery products, ensuring alignment between internal capabilities and external stakeholder requirements. • Engage with customer technical stakeholders including Technical Interchange Meetings (TIMs), customer questions, and program meetings • Write production-ready code that integrates into customer-facing data product pipelines and operational services. • Ensure the scientific quality, quantitative validation, and integrity of Orthomosaic Tile products across both wildfire and SBEM missions. • Work cross-functionally with software engineers, calibration scientists, and instrument engineers to design, build, and maintain operational data product services. • Learn new topics as needed (e.g., sensor geometry and characterization, georeferencing techniques, wildfire and environmental monitoring applications, cloud-native geospatial data engineering).

🎯 Requirements

• PhD with 3+ years of industry experience; or MS with 6+ years industry experience; or BS +8 years industry experience • 5+ years of experience building geospatial data products from remote sensing data • Hands-on experience with image mosaicking, orthorectification, or related geospatial image processing techniques • Experience working with real-world data from new or novel imaging instruments • Familiarity with common geospatial data formats and tools (e.g., Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF, XArray, GDAL) • Exceptional skills in Python-based development and analysis • Ability to author and clearly communicate technical design documents and product specifications • Ability to work with a distributed, interdisciplinary team (scientists, engineers, data support) • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • 401k retirement plan • Short & long term disability • Life insurance • 3 weeks paid vacation • 12 paid holidays • Unlimited sick time • Paid parental leave