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We are seeking a Software Engineer with strong AI/ML experience to join a team that develops and maintains autonomous planning, scheduling, and optimization systems for advanced Earth Observation satellite operations.
This role focuses on applying reinforcement learning (RL), operations research, and sequential decision-making techniques to optimize heterogenous satellite constellation collection plans.
You will be joining an onsite team located in the Herndon, VA or Westminster, CO office with core in-office days on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursdays. Other days may occasionally be required to support customer or mission-related activities.
What You’ll Do
Support the design and implement of scalable reinforcement learning (RL), optimization, and decision-making algorithms for satellite sensor and constellation tasking and planning
Support building high-fidelity simulation and evaluation environments for training and validating autonomous planning strategies under real-world operational constraints
Develop multi-objective optimization pipelines balancing coverage, revisit rate, latency, resource utilization, revenue, and mission success metrics
Collaborate with aerospace engineers, mission operators, software engineers, and product teams to translate mission requirements into deployable AI systems
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or strongly related field
5+ years of software development experience with recent use of modern AI-assisted technologies (e.g., Augment, Codex, etc.)
Strong Java programming skills, including working in a Spring-boot micro-service environment
Strong software engineering fundamentals including automated testing, CI/CD, version-control, and containerized deployment
Experience developing machine learning and/or optimization systems
Preferred Qualifications
Addition degrees or certifications in Data Science, Aerospace Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or related field
Experience with orbital mechanics, satellite systems, remote sensing, mission operations, and collection planning
Experience with probabilistic modeling, uncertainty estimation, and Bayesian optimization algorithms
Familiarity with GPU acceleration and distributed training infrastructure
Experience with autonomous systems or multi-agent planning architectures
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