Senior Remote Sensing Data Scientist, Cal/Val
South Park Commons is a community and early-stage venture firm that helps talented founders and technologists move from an idea (-1) to a company (0). It runs a no-cost, no-equity residency program for ideation and exploration, and provides $1M to $10M in funding for founders ready to build venture-scale companies.
About South Park Commons
South Park Commons operates a talent-dense community of technical founders, researchers, and domain experts who test ideas, find collaborators, and build conviction on what to build and how to build it. Its offering spans two stages: a six-month Residency with no cost or equity focused on ideation and exploration, and Funding of $1M to $10M for members ready to build venture-scale companies. Beyond capital, SPC provides learning forums on frontier topics (embodied AI, reinforcement learning, energy-efficient computing, AI in biotech), live programming with industry leaders, partner collaboration from a team of former founders and operators, social scaffolding to counter the isolation of early company building, and up to $1M in credits and perks from partners like Anthropic, OpenAI, Microsoft, GCP, and AWS. SPC has spaces in San Francisco, New York, and Bengaluru, and its community has produced companies such as Render, Luma Labs, Pilot, Comun, Anthropic, Unit21, and Profound.
Skills
About the Role
You will join Muon's calibration team to develop calibration and image processing for the unique multi-spectral infrared data captured by several instrument variations across Muon's IR missions. You will commission and calibrate the three FireSat satellites of the Initial Operating Capability constellation, then develop and lead a comprehensive calibration plan for the next-generation Space-Based Environmental Monitoring instruments. You will collaborate with the IR Instrument team on pre-launch calibration activities before transitioning to lead full on-orbit calibration efforts. Along the way you will write production-ready code, build and operate calibration pipelines, and continually learn new topics spanning measurement techniques, geospatial data engineering, and software engineering.
Requirements
- PhD with 3+ years of industry experience; or MS with 6+ years industry experience; or BS +8 years industry experience
- 4+ years of experience calibrating imaging instruments
- Hands-on experience with complex data from new imaging instruments
- Exceptional skills in python-based development and analysis
- Strong statistical and mathematical skills
- Ability to work with a distributed, interdisciplinary team
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced start up environment
Responsibilities
- Design and implement radiometric calibration and image processing of the multispectral infrared imagery from Muon's FireSat mission
- Develop then execute the calibration program for the SBEM infrared camera
- Research and develop improvements to foundational data calibration and processing
- Implement and operate production pipelines for calibration and data processing
- Write production-ready code
- Work cross functionally within the team and across Muon to design, build, and maintain operational services from Muon's core remote sensing missions
- Learn new topics as needed such as measurement techniques, geospatial data engineering, software engineering, and customer domain-specific implications
Benefits
- Equity grant
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401k retirement plan
- Short & long term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Three weeks paid vacation for new employees
- 12 paid holidays
- Unlimited sick time
- Paid parental leave
- Remote work