Software Engineer I, Data Science (New Grad)

About the role

Space is a warfighting domain. True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build the technology that secures it.

OUR MISSION

True Anomaly delivers decisive capabilities for space superiority. We build autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors — enabling the U.S. and its Allies to secure the space environment and counter threats from the ultimate high ground.

OUR VALUES

Be the offset. We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity.

What would it take? We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results.

It’s the people. Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together.

YOUR MISSION

You'll turn spacecraft data into actionable insights across manufacturing and operations: building dashboards that surface production bottlenecks and on-orbit anomalies, analyzing test failures and mission telemetry to identify root causes, training predictive models that flag at-risk components before integration and detect spacecraft health degradation during missions, and mining telemetry to catch anomalies operators would miss. Your work spans the full spacecraft lifecycle. Pre-launch, you'll analyze manufacturing telemetry, test logs, failure reports, and supplier data to catch problems before integration. Post-launch, you'll monitor on-orbit telemetry streams, detect anomalies in spacecraft health data, analyze mission performance, and flag degradation patterns that predict future failures. This is entry-level data science work supporting hardware production and spacecraft operations. You'll write SQL queries, build predictive models in Python, create operational dashboards, and see your analysis drive decisions on the manufacturing floor and in mission control.

This is a 3 month temporary employment engagement. There is potential to convert to regular employment based on performance and business need.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Perform exploratory data analysis on manufacturing telemetry, test logs, mission data, and on-orbit spacecraft health telemetry to identify patterns and surface anomalies

Build operational dashboards in Grafana or Plotly Dash showing real-time production status, spacecraft health metrics, mission performance, and anomaly alerts

Train basic predictive models (logistic regression, random forests) to flag at-risk components during manufacturing and predict spacecraft health degradation during missions

Write SQL queries to extract, join, and aggregate data from manufacturing databases, test systems, mission telemetry streams, and spacecraft health archives

Analyze test failures and on-orbit anomalies to identify common failure modes, cluster similar issues, and quantify impact on schedule and mission success

Create data visualizations (matplotlib, seaborn, Plotly) that communicate findings to engineers, manufacturing leads, mission operators, and program managers

Implement statistical process control charts to detect out-of-spec conditions in manufacturing processes and spacecraft telemetry before they cascade

Monitor on-orbit telemetry streams for anomalies: battery voltage trends, thermal behavior, attitude control health, communications link quality

Document analysis methodology in Jupyter notebooks enabling reproducibility and knowledge transfer across manufacturing and operations teams

Learn reliability engineering and mission operations concepts: failure modes, burn-in testing, on-orbit commissioning, spacecraft health monitoring, and anomaly response procedures

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's or Master's degree in data science, statistics, industrial engineering, applied mathematics, operations research, or related quantitative field

Proficiency in Python for data analysis: pandas, numpy, matplotlib, seaborn

Working knowledge of SQL for querying relational databases: SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY, aggregation functions

Coursework in statistics: hypothesis testing, regression, probability distributions, experimental design

Ability to create clear visualizations that communicate insights to technical and non-technical audiences

Strong curiosity about how things fail and how data can predict failures before they happen

Debugging mindset: when the model gives wrong answers or the query returns unexpected results, you dig in to find out why

Eagerness to learn manufacturing, operations, and reliability engineering domains where data drives real decisions

U.S. Citizen (required for facility access and government contracts)

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Experience with machine learning in Python: scikit-learn for classification/regression, model validation, train/test splits, cross-validation

Familiarity with time-series analysis: plotting sensor trends, detecting change points, smoothing noisy signals

Exposure to data visualization tools: Grafana, Tableau, Plotly Dash, or similar dashboard frameworks

Understanding of basic reliability concepts: failure rates, survival curves, mean time between failures (MTBF)

Prior internship or project analyzing real-world operational data: manufacturing, logistics, quality control, IoT sensor data

Experience with version control (git) and collaborative data analysis workflows

Coursework or projects in industrial engineering, operations research, or quality management

Familiarity with data cleaning and wrangling: handling missing values, outlier detection, data quality assessment

Understanding of experimental design: A/B testing, randomized controlled trials, confounding variables

Exposure to anomaly detection techniques: z-scores, control charts, boxplot analysis

Prior work with manufacturing or hardware production data (even from coursework or academic projects)

Familiarity with Jupyter notebooks, literate programming, and reproducible analysis practices

COMPENSATION

Base Salary: Denver: $75,000; Long Beach: $80,000

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Work Location—Successful candidates will be located near Denver or Colorado Springs. While we observe a hybrid work environment, some work must be done on site.

Work environment—the work environment; temperature, noise level, inside or outside, or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job.

Physical demands—the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.

This position will be open until it is successfully filled. To submit your application, please follow the directions below. #LI-Onsite

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.

True Anomaly is committed to equal employment opportunity on any basis protected by applicable state and federal laws. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us.