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Joby Aviation

Autonomy Senior Data Scientist

$150K–$203K

Santa Cruz, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2024

Location
Santa Cruz, CA
Concord, CA
Experience
8+ years of experience in data science.
Education
Degree in computer science, aerospace engineering, or related field.
Visa sponsorship
Must qualify as a “US Person” under 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 (US citizens, lawful permanent residents, refugees, or asylees).

About the job

Build the AI data and evaluation platform for Joby’s autonomous aircraft, turning flight, sensor, imagery, and simulation data into datasets, metrics, and AI solutions for autonomy.

What you'll do

  • Develop scalable pipelines for data annotation, curation, quality, evaluation, analysis, and visualization.
  • Create data-centric AI solutions for autonomy problems in perception and decision-making; explore data and investigate anomalies.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to support algorithm development, regression detection, safety validation, and system health.

What they ask for

  • Degree in computer science, aerospace engineering, or a related field.
  • 8+ years of experience in data science.
  • Expertise in machine learning model development, evaluation, and deployment; data analytics, dashboards, and visualization; and dataset management solutions, platforms, and infrastructure.
  • Proficiency in Python and Git in a Linux-based environment; experience with cloud data and compute (AWS, GCP, Azure).

Nice to have

  • Experience processing high-bandwidth robotics sensor data or aircraft data.
  • Experience with MLOps and DevOps tools such as MLflow, Dagster, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Pay

USD 149,900 - 202,600/yr base salary

Tools

Python, Git, Linux, AWS, GCP, Azure, MLflow, Dagster

AI focus

Develop AI data and evaluation infrastructure and data-centric AI solutions for aircraft autonomy, including perception and decision-making.

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