Machine Learning Engineer
Aim high, go beyond!
At Open Cosmos we are solving the world’s biggest challenges from space, providing businesses, governments and researchers access to more readily available information than ever before - ready for the challenge? Then read on…
The CTO division is where Open Cosmos technology comes to life. Covering engineering, product development, and technical innovation, the team designs, builds, and operates the satellites, systems, and platforms that make our missions possible. It’s a highly collaborative environment where ideas become real hardware, software, and data solutions that deliver impact from space.
We’re looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to help build the intelligent automation layer behind Open Cosmos’ growing spacecraft fleet.
Working within the Mission Operations Team you’ll design and deliver ML-driven solutions that power anomaly detection, forecasting, operational insights and automated decision-making.
This is a hands-on role focused on building models, pipelines and inference systems that plug directly into mission control and production automation tools.
What You'll Be Doing
Developing and refining models for anomaly detection, telemetry classification, forecasting and behavioural prediction
Building automated data analysis pipelines for mission telemetry and production test data
Integrating ML outputs into operational tools and automation frameworks across mission control and testing
Preparing, cleaning and structuring datasets for training and validation
Analysing trends, surfacing insights and supporting model validation and performance tracking
Maintaining high standards of data quality, reliability and traceability
Working with OpenOPS to embed ML-driven insights into the Mission Control System
Partnering with Automation Engineers to embed ML into operational and production workflows
Validating model behaviour in simulated and live operational contexts
Monitoring model performance and improving production systems over time
Maintaining clear documentation for models, datasets and operational interfaces
What You’ll Bring
Strong applied capability in machine learning, data science or applied AI
Strong Python capability and fluency with tools such as TensorFlow, PyTorch or Scikit-learn
Understanding of time-series modelling and anomaly detection
Background deploying ML systems into production environments
Familiarity with spacecraft telemetry or aerospace systems is a plus
An analytical mindset and structured problem-solving approach
For this role you can be based in any of our locations.
To apply, you must have the legal right to work in your chosen location.
Please submit your application and CV in English.
Why Open Cosmos?
Work at the cutting edge of space technology with customers around the globe.
A mission-driven company making space accessible to help solve real-world challenges.
A diverse, ambitious, and supportive team.
- Division
- CTO
- Department
- MISSION OPERATIONS
- Role
- Mission Operations Engineer
- Locations
- Harwell, UK, Athens, Greece, Barcelona, Spain, Porto, Portugal, Tenerife
- Remote status
- Hybrid
- Employment type
- Full-time
About Open Cosmos
Open Cosmos is dedicated to solving customer problems with insights from space. Whether this is monitoring agricultural yields, assessing the damage of oil spills or providing navigation solutions, we believe that data from satellites is the most effective and sustainable way of achieving this.
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