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$154,000 – $230,000
Listed on Relativity Space’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
This role applies machine learning to planetary science missions, developing AI systems that run on Mars spacecraft to forecast weather, fuse multi-modal sensor data, and autonomously detect and respond to scientifically significant events. It suits researchers with strong ML foundations who want to tackle applied problems at the frontier of space exploration and AI.
Our summary, not Relativity Space’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
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What they ask for
Required
- PhD in machine learning, computer science, physics, or related technical field
- 3+ years of relevant industry experience
- Experience with transfer learning, domain adaptation, or model fine-tuning in low-data or out-of-distribution settings
- Experience applying machine learning to physical datasets
- Working knowledge of multi-modal data fusion
- Ability to own problems end-to-end from dataset understanding through deployment
Nice to have
- Experience with spacecraft or flight hardware deployment
- Background in planetary science or atmospheric modeling
- Familiarity with autonomous systems