Muon Space
Remote Sensing Data Scientist
$171K–$191K
Denver, CO +1 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Location
- Denver, CO
Remote - Experience
- MS with 3+ years industry experience, or BS with 5+ years industry experience; alternatively, a PhD is accepted.
- Education
- PhD; or MS with 3+ years industry experience; or BS with 5+ years industry experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. person, eligible to access export-controlled information without export authorization, or eligible and reasonably likely to obtain required export authorization.
About the job
Develops and validates geospatial data products and production algorithms from Muon’s infrared satellite imagery for wildfire and environmental monitoring missions.
What you'll do
- Build and improve algorithms that process multispectral infrared imagery into derived geospatial products and operational data pipelines.
- Contribute to product design, validation, documentation, and customer technical engagements.
- Collaborate with scientists and engineers to build and maintain customer-facing data product services.
What they ask for
- PhD, or MS with 3+ years of industry experience, or BS with 5+ years of industry experience.
- Hands-on experience building geospatial data products, particularly from new or novel imaging instruments.
- Experience working with real-world data from new or novel imaging instruments and applying first principles to complex problems.
- Strong Python development skills, including use of standard geospatial formats and libraries.
Nice to have
- Experience processing multispectral or infrared satellite imagery and domain expertise in wildfire, weather, meteorology, or environmental remote sensing.
- Experience with ML/DL for remote sensing, satellite mission product development, cloud-native geospatial workflows, or technical documentation.
Pay
$171,000 - $191,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, COGs, Xarray, GDAL, AWS
AI focus
Preferred experience applying ML/DL and advanced image processing to remote sensing data.
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