Job Summary:
True Anomaly is a company focused on delivering capabilities for space superiority through advanced technology. They are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to design, build, and deploy core machine learning and AI capabilities, working with a cross-functional team to enhance technology in the field of artificial intelligence and data-driven decision-making.
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:
Required:
• 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
• 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.
• To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Preferred:
• 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
• Strong background in one of the following core ML disciplines: 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
• Strong background in one of the following core ML disciplines: Unsupervised learning: clustering, dimensionality reduction, generative modeling
• Strong background in one of the following core ML disciplines: 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
Company:
True Anomaly develops space security technologies, including spacecraft, software platforms, and mission systems for orbital operations. Founded in 2022, the company is headquartered in Centennial, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.