Principal Machine Learning Engineer (EO/IR Image Analysis)
Telemetry Today
Tucson, AZ · Posted November 4, 2026
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Where Tucson, AZ ranks
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November 2026
- #4Best cities for aerospace and defense jobs320 openings · of 67
- #6Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Southwest307 openings · of 33
- #8Best cities for pay after cost of living in the Southwest$125k · of 15
- #13Cities with the most jobs that do not need a four-year degree in the Southwest56 jobs · of 38
- #13Best all-round cities for AI careers in the Southwest21 / 100 · of 15
- #15Best all-round cities for new graduates in the Southwest30 / 100 · of 15
Rankings about data & analytics jobs
- Best cities for data and analytics jobs #1 New York (1,713 openings)
- Best cities for data and analytics pay after cost of living #1 Foster ($232k)
- Most requested AI skills in data and analytics jobs #1 Machine learning engineering (17.1%)
- AI tools named most often in data and analytics jobs #1 Databricks (7.6%)
- Employers with the most data and analytics jobs #1 Amazon (711 roles)
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