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Data Scientist (II-Senior), Operations & Reliability

True Anomaly
Location
Denver, Colorado or Long Beach, California
Posted
19 days ago
Department
Autonomy Engineering
Salary
$125,000 - 270,000
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Bachelor's degree in data science, statistics, industrial engineering, applied mathematics, operations research, or a similar quantitative discipline, plus 2-4 years of experience; or a Master's degree in one of these fields with no experience required
  • Proficient in Python (pandas, scikit-learn, matplotlib) and SQL for data manipulation, analysis, and visualization
  • Strong statistical fundamentals: hypothesis testing, regression, time-series analysis, survival analysis, and experimental design
  • Experience building end-to-end data pipelines: data cleaning, feature engineering, model training, validation, and deployment
  • Ability to communicate technical findings to non-technical stakeholders through clear visualizations and actionable recommendations
  • Eagerness to learn manufacturing, operations, and reliability engineering domains where data science drives real operational improvements
Nice to have
  • Experience with reliability engineering: survival analysis (Weibull, Cox models), reliability growth modeling, failure mode analysis
  • Familiarity with manufacturing analytics: statistical process control (SPC), multivariate control charts, quality prediction from process data
  • Exposure to anomaly detection techniques: Isolation Forest, LSTM autoencoders, change point detection, multivariate process monitoring
  • Internship, research, or project experience in operations analytics, supply chain forecasting, or industrial IoT telemetry analysis
  • Understanding of causal inference methods: directed acyclic graphs (DAGs), counterfactual reasoning, confounding variable analysis
What the job really is

As a Data Scientist at True Anomaly, you will focus on building predictive models to preemptively identify component failures and enhance operational efficiency in spacecraft missions. Your responsibilities include developing anomaly detection systems, conducting root cause analyses, and creating integrated diagnostic tools to support engineering investigations. You will also be involved in data mining and statistical process control to optimize production workflows and ensure mission reliability.

Benefits
  • Base Salary: $125,000 - 270,000
  • Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave
Things to weigh
  • Fully onsite role; candidates must be based in or able to commute to Denver or Long Beach daily
  • No remote work options mentioned
  • Salary range is broad; actual salary determined case-by-case based on various factors
  • Position open until filled; may indicate urgency or lack of candidates
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