Planet · 6 hours ago
AI/Edge Compute Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$144K/yr - $181K/yr
4+ years expPlanet is a company that believes in using space to help life on Earth by operating the largest constellation of imaging satellites. They are seeking an AI/Edge Compute Engineer to develop onboard computing and analytics for next-generation satellites, collaborating with various teams to create machine learning algorithms for Earth Observation applications.
AerospaceAnalyticsBig DataGeospatialRemote SensingSoftware
Responsibilities
Develop onboard computer vision and machine learning models that enable real time segmentation, feature detection, object recognition, and geolocation
Develop pre-processing of raw imagery onboard the satellite to make them useable by the machine learning algorithms
Collaborate with other space systems and software engineering teams to implement deep-learning-based object detection systems on pre-processed imagery for identifying, characterizing, and classifying objects
Explore and develop new methods for improving detection performance and improving the runtime of inference targeting the NVIDIA Jetson platform
Work with internal customers to develop onboard processing and machine learning pipelines for various use cases and classification tasks
Help to architect and develop the data pipeline and platform supporting onboard processing
Hardware/software co-development of edge computing solutions for Planet’s next generation spacecraft
Own and drive performance metrics (e.g. latency, memory, bandwidth, power)
Qualification
Required
4+ years developing algorithms and solving problems pertaining to image processing, computer vision, object detection, machine learning
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or other relevant degree
Experience in software development, especially for computationally constrained environments
Extensive experience programming in Python and/or C++ with computer vision libraries
Understanding of version control (eg git) and CI tools
Proficient in GPU-based computing frameworks (OpenCL/CUDA/TensorFlow), including working with NVIDIA's TensorRT
Understanding of embedded and high efficiency software architectures
Experience designing low latency, highly performant code
Experience in hardware and software co-design
Preferred
Experience with machine learning on earth observation data sets
Experience with deployment environments for embedded devices, CI, and the cloud in machine learning scenarios
Background in Visual Large Language Models, Foundation Models, zero/few shot learning, and open vocabulary detectors
Low-level programming experience in CUDA/OpenCL
Excellent communication and analytical skills
Ability to work well both autonomously and collaboratively
Additional education or certifications in in a relevant field of study
Benefits
Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Home Office Reimbursement
Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
Equity
Commuter Benefits (if local to an office)
Volunteering Paid Time Off
Company
Planet
Planet is an aerospace and data analytics company that builds small satellites and delivers information about the changing planet.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.03BKey Investors
BlackRockBloombergNEFPrelude Ventures
2025-09-09Post Ipo Debt· $460M
2021-12-08Post Ipo Equity· $200M
2021-12-08IPO
Leadership Team
Will Marshall
Co-Founder & CEO
Robbie Schingler
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer
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