Senior Data Engineer

At Aircapture we’re creating technology to solve what we believe to be our lifetime’s most pressing challenge: the climate crisis. We supply commercial and industrial customers with clean CO₂ captured from our atmosphere to radically improve the environment, our economy, and our lives. We value building a team of people who represent diverse backgrounds—be it through education, gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation—to reach our goals. Thank you for considering us.You will shape the data foundation that runs our technology by owning the pipelines, models, and analyses that turn operational data from our Direct Air Capture (DAC) systems into the insights that our engineers and scientists rely upon. Partnering with our test and engineering teams, you’ll turn the continuous stream of sensor, process, and test data from the physical equipment in the field and shop into actionable decisions. You have built and run production data systems in a hardware or physical product environment, and are comfortable with the realities of real-world sensor data, making durable architectural choices that hold up over time. If this sounds like you and you are excited to have a major impact at a groundbreaking climate technology startup, we want to hear from you!This role is onsite at our development and production facility in Berkeley, California.Salary: $180,000-$220,000 per yearPlease include a cover letter with your application–describe why you are interested in this role and Aircapture using your own words (not AI).What You’ll Do HereOwn and evolve Aircapture’s end-to-end data platform, using both Ignition and AWSSet technical direction for the data stack, evaluating tools, defining standards, and making durable architectural decisionsStandardize and enforce engineering workflows across the data stack, such as version control, code review, CI/CD, testing, and documentationMaintain and support on-prem server systems as part of the data infrastructurePartner closely with controls engineering on Ignition rolloutPartner with test engineering to build the pipeline that moves test and operational telemetry, including sensor, DAQ, and historian data, into the dashboards and reports engineering relies onYour Skills and Experience IncludeBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent hands-on industry experience, Master’s preferred6+ years building and operating production data systems that are mission critical to a hardware or physical product, gained in an industry such as automotive, aerospace, robotics, industrial equipment, energy, or semiconductor manufacturing. Hands-on hardware/physical-product experience requiredSolid experience with AWS and services such as RDS, IAM, VPC, S3Strong SQL and Python expertise combined with solid engineering fundamentals across Git, CI/CD, and production workflowsThorough background in dbt across the full model lifecycle, plus orchestration tools like Airflow and Docker for production deploymentHands-on experience with industrial historian or DAQ platforms such as Ignition, ibaPDA, Keysight, National Instruments, or similar, as well as fluency working with time-series and sensor dataWorking physical intuition for the systems generating your data — thermal, fluid, electrical, or mechanical — sufficient to sanity-check sensor readings, spot anomalies, and communicate credibly with test and controls engineersStrong analytical orientation toward data interpretation, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and adjust architectural decisions accordinglyEffective cross-functional collaborator and communicator; able to translate ambiguity into scoped work and push back when neededSelf-directed, resourceful, and highly ownership-oriented from scoping through deliveryBonus: BI tooling experience, climate/energy domain background, or prior experience partnering directly with a test or reliability engineering functionAircapture strives to create a safe, inclusive, equitable, and diverse workplace. Every teammate adds to who we are, diversifying our ideas, experiences, and viewpoints and making us stronger. We hope you feel welcome here.