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Maxar Foundation is seeking a Staff Applied AI Engineer to develop advanced decision intelligence systems for mission planning, focusing on optimization and machine learning. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in data-driven systems and a strong background in problem-solving within complex environments.
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Job Summary
Develop models to attribute revenue to individual collection plans and build counterfactual and simulation frameworks to evaluate alternative strategies.
Design decision-support systems used daily by mission planners, applying optimization, reinforcement learning, and heuristic approaches.
Engineer AI-driven capabilities that enable MPS to act as an autonomous or semi-autonomous operator, balancing automation with human-in-the-loop control.
Matching Summary
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Maxar Foundation is seeking a Staff Applied AI Engineer to develop advanced decision intelligence systems for mission planning, focusing on optimization and machine learning. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in data-driven systems and a strong background in problem-solving within complex environments.
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Salary
Base: $124,000.00 - $206,000.00 annually; Bonus/Equity: Incentive eligible; Benefits: Robust 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement, pet insurance
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Applied AI Engineer
Decision intelligence systems
Optimization and machine learning
Revenue attribution models
Simulation frameworks
Cloud-native solutions
Nice-to-have
Zero trust principles
DevSecOps practices
Open architecture
Integrated data layer
AI-assisted development
Key Requirements
5+ years building data-driven or ML-powered systems
Strong Python or similar programming skills
Experience with optimization, simulation, or decision systems
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Engineering, or a related field