Senior Machine Learning Engineer

YOUR MISSION

As a member of the Applied Algorithms and Autonomy team, you will design, build, and deploy core machine learning and AI capabilities for True Anomaly. You will work with a talented cross-functional team to advance technology at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data-driven decision-making. This will involve hands-on development across areas including object classification and discrimination, anomaly detection, and threat assessment. You are a first-principles engineer who takes ownership of the systems you build and delivers results.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, implement, and test ML/AI models that support threat assessment, object discrimination, and decision-making in operationally relevant environments
• Own the full ML development lifecycle — from data ingestion and feature engineering through model training, evaluation, and production deployment
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate operational requirements into robust, production-ready ML capabilities
• Establish and maintain rigorous model evaluation practices to ensure reliability and performance in real-world conditions
• Write clean, well-documented, and testable code in support of AI/ML capabilities

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, machine learning, data science, electrical engineering, or a similar discipline
• Proficient in Python
• Solid understanding of statistics, probability, and optimization
• Experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or JAX
• 4+ years of experience designing, training, and deploying ML models in real-world systems
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and solve complex problems from first principles
• Passion for spaceflight and advancing capabilities related to space domain awareness and space security

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Master's or PhD in machine learning, computer science, data science, or a related discipline
• Strong background in one of the following core ML disciplines:
• Anomaly & outlier detection: statistical, density-based, and deep learning approaches
• Object discrimination: multi-class and fine-grained classification, metric learning, few-shot learning, evidential reasoning and Dempster-Shafer Theory (DST) for belief combination and conflict resolution under uncertain or incomplete sensor data
• Unsupervised learning: clustering, dimensionality reduction, generative modeling
• Sequential and temporal modeling: time-series analysis and sequential modeling
• Experience deploying models to edge or resource-constrained environments with real-time processing requirements
• Familiarity with space domain data such as space object catalog data, observational data, or RSO characterization
• Experience with MLOps tooling: experiment tracking (MLflow, W&B), model versioning, CI/CD for ML pipelines
• Background in model interpretability, uncertainty quantification, or safety-critical ML validation

COMPENSATION

• Base Salary: $155,000 - $260,000
• Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, location, and experience.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Work Location— this is a fully onsite role. Candidates must be based in or able to commute to our Denver or Long Beach office daily.
• Work environment—the work environment; temperature, noise level, inside or outside, or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job.
• Physical demands—the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.

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