Senior Infrared Data Scientist | On-Orbit Calibration Lead

Telemetry Today LLC; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 192,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k retirement plan

Three weeks paid vacation

12 paid holidays

Unlimited sick time

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Muon Space is building a family of infrared imaging missions for wildfire detection and environmental monitoring. We seek a Data Scientist to develop the on-orbit calibration system and production pipelines for multi-spectral data from FireSat and SBEM instruments.

The role combines data science with software engineering, focusing on calibrations, automated diagnostics, monitoring, and testing. Hybrid work in Denver, CO three days a week, with a strong emphasis on production-grade reliability.

Qualifications

• PhD with 3+ years, MS with 6+ years, or BS with 8+ years of industry experience.
• 4+ years of experience calibrating imaging instruments.
• Hands-on experience with complex data from new imaging instruments.
• Proven track record shipping and operating production data or analytics pipelines for scientific data.
• Demonstrated experience taking scientific algorithms from prototype to production code.
• Exceptional Python software engineering skills with modern packaging, testing frameworks, and CI/CD workflows.
• Solid grounding in statistics and instrument physics for calibration and uncertainty budgets.
• Ability to work with a distributed, interdisciplinary team.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate production-grade calibration and image-processing pipelines for multispectral infrared imagery.
• Translate calibration algorithms into hardened production code and own testing strategies.
• Analyze calibration data to derive, validate, and trend coefficients with monitoring and visualizations.
• Contribute to CI/CD, deployment, containerization, and observability tooling for production calibration services.
• Drive engineering best practices across the calibration codebase, including version control and documentation.
• Collaborate with scientists, engineers, and product teams to ensure data quality and radiometric integrity.

Job description

Muon Space is building a family of infrared imaging missions for wildfire detection and environmental monitoring. We seek a Data Scientist to develop the on-orbit calibration system and production pipelines for multi-spectral data from FireSat and SBEM instruments.

The role combines data science with software engineering, focusing on calibrations, automated diagnostics, monitoring, and testing. Hybrid work in Denver, CO three days a week, with a strong emphasis on production-grade reliability.