Research Scientist
About the job
- A Ph.D. or near completion in Machine Learning, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Publications or equivalent research output in forecasting, deep learning, reinforcement learning, or scientific machine learning.
- Strong Python and PyTorch or JAX skills, with the ability to write research code others can run.
- A U.S. person is required for ITAR compliance.
- Develop and train machine learning models that forecast link conditions and support operational decisions.
- Own data acquisition and preprocessing for telemetry, weather, atmospheric, and radio frequency datasets.
- Benchmark learned models against deterministic physics models and report results honestly, including failures.
- Conduct simulation research for guidance, navigation, and control and radio frequency systems.
- Work with academic groups and publish or present results.
- Turn research into code the platform team can ship.
- Experience with time-series, signal, or physical-system data.
About the company
Constellation Space builds ConstellationOS, an AI-powered operating system for large satellite networks. It acts as an autonomous infrastructure layer that ingests telemetry from satellites, ground stations, and weather systems to predict link failures with over 90% accuracy, issuing a five-minute warning and autonomously rerouting traffic in under two seconds to prevent data loss without human intervention. The platform targets satellite operators and seeks to replace reactive NOC playbooks by enabling proactive, automated network management at mega-constellation scale. The team comes from SpaceX, Blue Origin, and NASA, lending domain experience, and the company aims to reduce industry losses from network failures (estimated at $2.5 billion annually) by improving resilience and efficiency. Financially, the company progressed from Y Combinator's Winter 2026 batch with a $500K accelerator round to a $6.5M seed in March 2026 led by SGH Capital, to fund platform development and expansion.
Company Size
1-10
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$130K
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2025
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- March 2026 seed financing and YC W26 extend runway for product and sales.
- AWS Marketplace presence by May 2026 lowers procurement friction for satellite operators.
- Commercial and government design partners validate demand for mission-assurance software.
What critics are saying
- Design-partner phase in August 2026 means no proven production adoption yet.
- AWS and incumbents can bundle constellation orchestration into existing aerospace stacks by 2027.
- If predictive rerouting misses outages, operators abandon ConstellationOS after one failed fleet incident.
What makes Constellation Space unique
- ConstellationOS targets autonomous satellite operations, not generic ground-software, since January 2026.
- AWS Marketplace listing and shadow-pilot rollout signal productization beyond pitch decks.
- Founders from SpaceX, Blue Origin, and NASA bring rare operational credibility.
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- Company Equity