Data Scientist

We are seeking a highly skilled Data Scientist with strong system administration expertise to join our multi-disciplinary team working on cutting edge aerospace projects. This role requires a blend of scientific data analysis, software development, and infrastructure management to support mission-critical applications in a UNIX/Linux environment. You will be responsible for handling large datasets, optimizing data pipelines, and maintaining robust backend systems for data processing and analysis.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize data processing pipelines for scientific analysis.


• Work with large datasets in a Linux environment, leveraging Python for data wrangling, visualization, and machine learning applications.


• Manage databases, ensuring proper clustering, replication, backup, and retention policies.


• Maintain and configure networking infrastructure and backend systems.


• Administer and troubleshoot UNIX/POSIX environments, including bash scripting, SSH, and Docker.


• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and version control using Git.


• Deploy and manage containerized applications with Docker and Docker Compose.


• Work with Proxmox (preferred) for virtualization and system management.

Requirements
System Administration Skills:

• Strong database management experience, including SQL and cluster replication.


• Advanced knowledge of UNIX/Linux, including bash scripting and SSH.


• Experience with Docker, Docker Compose, and container orchestration.


• Familiarity with networking and back-end development.


• Proxmox experience is a plus.

Data Science Skills:

• Expert proficiency in Python for data analysis, visualization, and development.


• Strong knowledge of data wrangling, processing, and pipeline construction.


• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Git version control.

Education

• Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Maths or similar. 


• Experience: we are looking for aptitude! Show us your skills.

About Us
Dawn Aerospace is a passionate and innovative space transportation startup operating in France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United States. We provide turnkey propulsion systems for a variety of satellite classes, including NanoSat, MicroSat, ESPA, and ESPA Grande. Our technology is already onboard 17 satellites in orbit, with a customer base spanning over 25 clients across 10+ countries, including France, Germany, the Netherlands, the USA, Italy, Spain, India, Japan, Canada, Indonesia, and Korea.

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Important! If you think you have what it takes but are unsure that you check every box, we still want to hear from you.

Please also note that due to our current customer base and the nature of our industry we are required to conduct background checks that are undertaken for security reasons. These checks will include nationality checks as it is a requirement of this position that the Employee be eligible to access equipment and data regulated by the United States' International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Under these Regulations, an employee may be ineligible for a role in our Dutch or New Zealand office if they do not hold citizenship of Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, the European Union or a country that is part of NATO, or if they hold ineligible dual citizenship or nationality.