Senior Geospatial ML Scientist for Maritime Intelligence

SynMax, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

SynMax, Inc. in Houston, TX, is seeking a Senior Geospatial Data Scientist to fuse satellite imagery with AIS data and build production-ready models. You will work on detection and prediction for vessel behavior, applying computer vision to imagery and deploying on GCP.

The role requires strong geospatial expertise, experience with EO/SAR data, and the ML lifecycle, with the ability to communicate results to diverse stakeholders and collaborate across teams.

Qualifications

• Geospatial data science background with spatial data and geospatial analysis techniques.
• Experience with earth observation data (EO or SAR).
• Some computer vision experience applied to imagery.
• Strong Python skills and ML lifecycle experience.
• Ability to work independently and explain reasoning clearly.

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve geospatial models and pipelines fusing AIS with optical and SAR imagery to detect vessel behavior.
• Apply computer vision to satellite imagery for vessel detection, classification, and attribution.
• Work with large-scale geospatial and time-series datasets to build and validate detection and prediction models.
• Take models from prototype through to production, deploying on GCP with engineering support.
• Investigate new data sources and methods to close gaps in maritime domain awareness.
• Communicate findings and model behavior clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Theia data science and engineering teams on shared infrastructure and data pipelines.

Skills

Geospatial analysis

Spatial data

Earth observation

Python

ML lifecycle

Model deployment

Communication

Tools

QGIS

GDAL

GeoPandas

PyTorch

scikit-learn

Job description

SynMax, Inc. in Houston, TX, is seeking a Senior Geospatial Data Scientist to fuse satellite imagery with AIS data and build production-ready models. You will work on detection and prediction for vessel behavior, applying computer vision to imagery and deploying on GCP.

The role requires strong geospatial expertise, experience with EO/SAR data, and the ML lifecycle, with the ability to communicate results to diverse stakeholders and collaborate across teams.