Senior Space Data Scientist — Predictive Analytics

True Anomaly, Inc.; Laguna Beach (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

PTO and holidays

401(k) plan

Parental Leave

Catered lunch

Job summary

True Anomaly, Inc. is shaping the future of space capability with autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, and mission software.

We seek a data scientist to build predictive models, anomaly detectors, and data-driven diagnostics that keep missions on schedule while reducing failures. You will work with manufacturing telemetry, test data, and reliability records to identify bottlenecks, optimize test durations, and provide actionable insights to engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in data science or a related quantitative field.
• Proficient in Python, SQL, and data visualization.
• Experience building end-to-end data pipelines and dashboards.
• Strong ability to communicate technical findings to non-technical stakeholders.
• Eagerness to learn manufacturing, operations, and reliability domains.

Responsibilities

• Build predictive models for component failure using manufacturing telemetry and historical reliability records.
• Design and deploy real-time anomaly detection for launch operations and spacecraft integration.
• Perform root cause analysis on schedule delays, test failures, and quality escapes.
• Develop diagnostic systems that fuse manufacturing history, supplier data, and logs.
• Build and maintain dashboards for real-time visibility across production, test, and integration workflows.
• Mine historical data to identify patterns and quantify risk for upcoming builds.
• Implement statistical process control and quality monitoring to detect out-of-spec conditions.
• Write clear Python/SQL code and Jupyter notebooks documenting analysis methods.
• Learn and grow with operations, manufacturing, and reliability engineers.

Skills

Python

SQL

Pandas

Scikit-learn

Matplotlib

Education

BSc in data science

MSc in related field

Tools

Jupyter

Job description

True Anomaly, Inc. is shaping the future of space capability with autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, and mission software.

We seek a data scientist to build predictive models, anomaly detectors, and data-driven diagnostics that keep missions on schedule while reducing failures. You will work with manufacturing telemetry, test data, and reliability records to identify bottlenecks, optimize test durations, and provide actionable insights to engineering teams.