Maxar
Direct Workday career site

Research Scientist

Pay
$105,000 – $140,000 per year
Location
Westminster, CO
Listed
3 days ago

About the role

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what's happening now and shape what's coming next. Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters-where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.

To be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Person, defined as a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Asylee, or Refugee.

Export Control/ITAR: Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws, requiring U.S. person status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

Please review the job details below.

Position Summary

Responsible for performing research and development in support of Vantor's products.

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate, design, develop, implement, and improve state-of-the-art algorithms.
  • Act as technical lead for preliminary and advanced design studies and prepare portions of engineering and R&D proposals.
  • Generate and prototype algorithms and techniques to enhance and automate production processes.
  • Represent the organization in providing solutions to difficult technical problems associated with specific projects.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Advanced degree in computer science, engineering or mathematics.
  • Strong background in designing and implementing complex algorithms.
  • Solid coding experience.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • PhD degree.
  • Background in photogrammetry, remote sensing or computer vision.
  • Python.
  • Experience building applications in AWS.
  • Location
  • Westminster, CO

Benefits

Vantor offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond the standard, including a robust 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, and unique perks like student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement and pet insurance to support all aspects of your life.

Pay Transparency

To support pay transparency, Vantor includes salary ranges in all U.S. job postings. Starting pay for this role will fall within the listed range and will be based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills, location, and market conditions. Candidates who meet the minimum requirements for the role should not expect to receive compensation at the top of the range. The listed range reflects the expected pay for this position, and final offers will be determined based on each candidate's experience, expertise, and alignment with the role.

The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $105,000.00 - $140,000.00 - $154,000.00 annually.

For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.

Benefits

Additionally, this position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions.

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.

  • The date of posting can be found on Vantor's Career page at the top of each job posting.
  • To apply, submit your application via Vantor's Career page.
Read the original posting

From Maxar's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 6, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.

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