Muon Space
Senior Remote Sensing Data Scientist, Cal/Val
$192K–$213K
Denver, CO +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Location
- Denver, CO
Remote - Experience
- PhD with 3+ years of industry experience; or MS with 6+ years of industry experience; or BS with 8+ years of industry experience. Also requires 4+ years calibrating imaging systems.
- Education
- PhD, MS, or BS; experience alternatives are stated in the posting.
- 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. The company may decline to pursue export licensing for legitimate business reasons.
About the job
Develop and operate calibration and image-processing methods and production pipelines for multispectral infrared data from Muon’s satellite missions.
What you'll do
- Advance radiometric calibration and image processing for FireSat imagery and other infrared missions.
- Research and improve calibration and processing methods; implement and operate production pipelines.
- Collaborate on pre-launch calibration, commissioning newly launched instruments, and maintaining on-orbit services.
What they ask for
- 4+ years of experience calibrating imaging systems.
- Hands-on experience interpreting complex imaging-instrument data to improve data quality and instrument utility.
- Demonstrated experience translating research code to production.
- Exceptional Python-based development and analysis skills, with strong statistical and mathematical skills.
Nice to have
- Experience with mid-wave infrared instruments and satellite instruments on-orbit.
- Remote sensing or geospatial data expertise, including geospatial tooling, cloud-native systems, or large datasets.
Pay
$192,000 - $213,000.00 USD base salary
Tools
Python, XArray, COG, NetCDF, AWS
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