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Slingshot Aerospace · 1 month ago

Senior Data Scientist (Space Data Insights)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$147K/yr - $245K/yr

6+ years exp

Slingshot Aerospace is a company focused on accelerating space sustainability and creating a safer, more connected world. They are seeking a Senior Data Scientist to develop and deploy AI and ML analytics that contribute to their mission goals by leveraging diverse data streams for increased transparency into the space environment.

AerospaceAnalyticsSimulationSoftware

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Create and deploy algorithms that integrate with and further the capability of Slingshot products that provide insight into the space operating picture

Lead research and implementation efforts for internal capabilities and contracts that pull useful insights from diverse data streams

Collaborate with other Slingshot teams through the development and provision of useful insights for research, orbital analysis, and other AI systems

Publish and present algorithms and research at approved conferences and journals

Take ownership of projects through the full pipeline, including information gathering from customers, dataset management, algorithm development, and logging and deployment

Qualification

AI/ML expertiseHigh-level programming languageSoftware development experienceTime series analysisData managementTechnical visualizationsCloud processingPassion for SpaceAI/MLCommunication skillsCollaborative teamwork

Required

AI/ML expertise

Demonstrable experience in the application of AI/ML methodologies to science and/or engineering disciplines, covering classical statistics-based methods, unsupervised learning, timeseries analysis, deep learning, etc

Hands-on experience developing and deploying supervised and/or unsupervised learning models

Software development experience

Familiarity with object-oriented or functional programming principles

Expertise in at least one high-level programming language (e.g. Python, R, C++, Java)

Collaborative source code management and maintenance processes (e.g. Github, code reviews, CI/CD)

Ability to work within multi-disciplinary teams in a fast-paced, evolving operational environment that spans military, government, and industry partners

Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills

Passion for Space and AI/ML applications

Must be a U.S. citizen willing to obtain and maintain government clearances

Preferred

Strong experience with time series data, anomaly detection, and unsupervised learning methods

Experience with data management and querying from a variety of database schemas (SQL and No SQL)

Demonstrated experience developing technical visualizations and analyses

Experience handling code pipelines end to end, including software engineering, unit testing, documentation, model creation, and deployment and monitoring

Experience with cloud processing and environments and big data management and multiprocessing

Experience leading projects, working with clients to define requirements lists, and building datasets and tasks to deliver final projects

Peer-reviewed publications and/or presentations in a scientific discipline, AI/ML focus preferred

6+ years industry or commensurate academic research experience (e.g. PhD and/or MS) in scientific or AI/ML-related domains

Experience with space and astrodynamics is valuable but not required

Qualified for or in possession of an active Top Secret or Top Secret / Secure Compartmented Information clearance level

Demonstrated experience leading the development, implementation, and transition of technology to production is desirable