Telemetry Data Scientist

Job Description

Job Description

Telemetry Data Scientist / Real-Time ML Engineer

Division : DATUM, Impac Exploration Services

Location : Remote or Oklahoma City

Type : Full-Time or Contract

Build Models That Run at 10,000 Feet Per Second

We're not looking for someone to build another dashboard. We're looking for someone who sees streaming sensor data and thinks "I could predict that failure 30 seconds out."

DATUM is where industrial operations meet cutting-edge ML. We're streaming terabytes of WITS telemetry from drilling operations—pressure, torque, vibration, flow rates—all live from assets worth millions per day. This isn't historical analysis. This is real-time ML where your models make decisions while the drill bit is turning.

Here's what makes this interesting : The physics are unforgiving. The data is messy. The stakes are real. And when your anomaly detection prevents a catastrophic failure at 10,000 feet? That's the kind of win that gets noticed—by operators, by industry, and yeah, by recruiters from places you've dreamed about working.

What You'll Actually Build

• Streaming ML pipelines that process millions of sensor readings per minute
• Anomaly detection that understands the difference between "weird but fine" and "stop everything now"
• Predictive models that see patterns in vibration harmonics humans miss
• Real-time feature engineering on streams that never stop
• Decision systems that earn trust from people who've been reading these signals since before you were born

Technical Reality Check

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The Culture

Small team. Big problems. No bureaucracy. We move fast, ship faster, and celebrate when our work is so good that other companies try to poach you. You'll have the compute you need, the freedom to experiment, and colleagues who push you to be better.

Fair warning : This isn't a "set it and forget it" role. When a $100M operation depends on your model, you'll feel it. But when your algorithm catches something nobody else saw? That feeling is addictive.

Why This Matters

While everyone else fights over chatbot improvements, we're building ML for the physical world. Energy is complex, consequential, and desperately needs fresh thinking. Come help us prove that the best telemetry systems don't just live at race tracks—they're 10,000 feet underground, running 24 / 7, keeping people safe and operations efficient.

Ready to build ML that matters? Let's talk.

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