SirenOpt
Metrology Data Scientist
$120K–$170K
San Leandro, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Experience
- B.S. route: 3–5 years of applied ML/data science experience; M.S. route: 1–3 years. Ph.D. is a plus, not required.
- Education
- B.S. in Data Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or a related quantitative science field; or M.S. Ph.D. is a plus, not required.
About the job
Build and deploy machine-learning models that convert sensor signals into predictions about material properties, validating them with customer samples and supporting their transition into production.
What you'll do
- Build, calibrate, and validate predictive models and signal-processing approaches for material-property prediction.
- Develop validation frameworks, assess robustness and uncertainty, and prepare models and documentation for production handoff.
- Analyze customer proof-of-concept data, report findings, and use feedback to guide model improvements.
What they ask for
- B.S. in Data Science, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or a related quantitative science field with 3–5 years of applied ML/data science experience; or M.S. with 1–3 years.
- Hands-on experience building and validating supervised and self-supervised predictive models in Python.
- Ability to analyze multivariate, high-dimensional datasets and perform feature engineering and selection.
- Solid grasp of statistical modeling, including uncertainty quantification, regularization, covariate analysis, and feature importance methods.
Nice to have
- Experience with time-series, spectroscopic, or other sensor-based signal data, or work in a physical-science domain.
- Production model deployment, data pipeline development, customer-facing applications engineering, or fluency in a stakeholder language such as Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, German, or Korean.
Pay
$120,000 — $170,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, PostgreSQL
AI focus
Apply machine learning to sensor signals and material-property prediction, including regression, dimensionality reduction, probabilistic modeling, anomaly detection, physics-informed ML, uncertainty quantification, and out-of-distribution detection.
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