Geospatial Data Engineer, Federal

Muon Space•San Jose, CA

3d•$203,000 - $254,000

About The Position

Muon Space is building the FireSat constellation, a mission optimized for global wildfire detection and monitoring. FireSat’s thermal anomaly detection and characterization capabilities are also of great interest to the US Defense and Intelligence communities for dual-use applications. Muon’s IR Data Products team is building the analytics system that processes the data from our spacecraft’s custom multispectral imaging instruments into data products and analytics for end-users of data from this mission. This role will be the technical lead on developing and maintaining data processing pipelines and data products to serve the US Defense and Intelligence community. In this role, the candidate will initially focus on two key areas: Build and operate the data delivery pipeline: Develop and run the processing pipelines in Muon’s cloud infrastructure that deliver data from FireSat to federal customers. Take ownership of the collection, processing, and delivery of data products to current customers. Data Product Ownership: Product owner for the imagery data products from FireSat for federal customers. This includes leading the development of data products supporting US D&I requirements, such as NITF formatting. Additionally, the role will have the opportunity to work closely with Muon’s Business Development (BD) team and the Defense and Intelligence community end-users to clarify customers needs, as well as to explore developing new products for dual-use applications. The ideal candidate has experience with geospatial data processing of infrared imagery, data engineering including setting up and running pipelines in cloud infrastructure in production, and experience with US Defense and Intelligence community needs. Muon Space is looking for candidates that are excited to unlock the potential of the FireSat mission for this user community. Additional responsibilities will include writing production-ready code, geospatial data engineering, as well as interacting with key US D&I stakeholders and end users to guide product development. This role will interact with software engineering teams to build and operate pipelines, instrument engineering and science teams to ensure a deep understanding of the measurements being made as well as the needs of the data users, business development to interface with end-users of these data, and mission management to ensure effective execution. This role will ensure Muon’s data products are of the highest scientific quality, are built to meet end-user needs, and achieve Muon’s goals of ensuring a safe and resilient world.

Requirements

5+ years building geospatial data pipelines
Experience building and operating high-volume data processing pipelines in commercial cloud infrastructure
Experience with large data volumes
Experience working in and/or with the defense and intelligence geospatial community; passion for delivering value to their federal customers
Experience with National Imagery Transmission Format (NITF) file formatting
Experience working with real-world data from new instruments
Familiarity with common geospatial data formats (such as Cloud optimized GeoTIFF)
Exceptional skills in python-based development and analysis
Ability to work with a distributed, interdisciplinary team (scientists, engineers, data support)
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced start up environment

Nice To Haves

Experience working with infrared data
Experience working with customers to understand their needs and pain points
Data Science experience building data products from geospatial data
Experience working data from novel imaging instruments
Experience working with large Tb-sized datasets
Ability to obtain a security clearance

Responsibilities

Develop and run the processing pipelines in Muon’s cloud infrastructure that deliver data from FireSat to federal customers.
Manage the collection, processing, and delivery of data products to current customers.
Product owner for imagery data products from FireSat for federal customers.
Product owner for National Imagery Transmission Format (NITF) file formatting.
Write production-ready code for product processing and delivery pipelines.
Work closely with Muon’s BD team and federal end-users to clarify customer needs.
Perform experimental analysis exploring new uses of these data for federal customer use-cases.
Cross-functional work with Muon teams in software, systems engineering, instrument engineering, operations, and program management to ensure the success of
Ensure the product quality, quantitative validation, and scientific integrity of Muon’s data products and services are of the highest quality.

Benefits

In addition to salary, full-time employees receive equity compensation as well as benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401k retirement plan, short & long term disability and life insurance.
We also offer three weeks paid vacation for new employees, along with 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time and paid parental leave.

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