Remote ML Engineer for Ocean Exploration

Omni Tax Solutions; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Generous PTO

Paid federal holidays

Job summary

Orchard LLC is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to support NOAA Ocean Exploration, developing ML capabilities for large-scale ocean data and video analysis. The role sits at the intersection of computer science and marine science, delivering software, algorithms, and workflows to identify fauna, shapes, movement, and other features in complex datasets.

The candidate will collaborate with marine scientists, engineers, and data specialists to improve efficiency and consistency of data analysis,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI, ML, Marine Science, Oceanography, or related discipline; Master's preferred.
• Experience developing or applying ML solutions for data analysis, computer vision, video analysis, or related applications.
• Programming in Python or another modern language.
• Experience with large datasets and repeatable data-analysis workflows.
• Understanding of ML concepts, model development, evaluation, and optimization.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop ML capabilities for evaluating large volumes of ocean exploration data and streaming video.
• Design, develop, test, and refine algorithms and software that identify features in data and video.
• Develop code to support automated data analysis, annotation, and characterization.
• Apply ML and computer vision techniques to improve data review efficiency.
• Evaluate model performance and refine approaches based on scientific objectives.

Skills

Python

Data Analysis

Large-Scale Data Processing

Algorithm Development

Software Testing

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

SciPy

Pandas

NumPy

Job description

Orchard LLC is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to support NOAA Ocean Exploration, developing ML capabilities for large-scale ocean data and video analysis. The role sits at the intersection of computer science and marine science, delivering software, algorithms, and workflows to identify fauna, shapes, movement, and other features in complex datasets.

The candidate will collaborate with marine scientists, engineers, and data specialists to improve efficiency and consistency of data analysis,