Senior AI/ML Scientist, Planetary Science

📋 Description

• Develop and deploy AI/ML systems for Mars mission science.
• Build ML models to run on spacecraft in Mars orbit.
• Tackle multi-modal data fusion to build 3D representations.
• Develop autonomous in situ science: onboard analysis and event detection.
• Create AI decision-making layer to re-task the spacecraft.
• Own problems end-to-end: data understanding to deployment.

🎯 Requirements

• PhD in ML, CS, physics, or related field; 3+ years experience.
• Transfer learning or domain adaptation in low-data settings.
• ML applied to physical datasets.
• Working knowledge of multi-modal data fusion.
• Ability to own problems end-to-end: data to deployment.
• Strong collaboration with scientists and engineers.

🎁 Benefits

• Occasional travel to New York and partner sites (<10% time).
• Shift work and on-call during critical mission phases.
• Competitive salary and equity, PTO, sick leave, parental leave, learning stipend.
• Interdisciplinary team based in Long Beach and NYC.
• Equal opportunity employer; committed to diversity.
• Reasonable accommodations available via accommodations@relativityspace.com.