Data Scientist II - AI for Autonomous Space Systems

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Dental & vision

Wellbeing programs

Retirement plans

Paid time off

Learning opportunities

Rideshare

Childcare assistance

Flexible schedule

Parental leave

Job summary

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) seeks a skilled AI/Autonomy engineer in Pasadena to advance autonomous space systems. You will contribute to scheduling, planning, and resource allocation for missions, using AI and large models to improve real-time decisions and autonomy across multiple platforms.

Join a team at JPL that values innovation, collaboration, and delivering breakthrough space hardware and software. The role emphasizes research, prototyping, and collaboration with mission teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field with 3+ years of related experience; higher degrees optional.
• Experience in software development, AI, OR, resource allocation techniques.
• Familiarity with large models, DL training and inference pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Develop planning, scheduling, resource allocation, and execution algorithms for autonomous systems.
• Develop search-based, constraint-based, and optimization systems for large-scale planning.
• Develop ML systems for interpretation of remote sensing imagery and multi-modal reasoning.

Skills

Rust

C++

C

Python

Java

AI/ML concepts

Operations research

Education

Bachelor's in CS

Master's in related field

PhD in related field

Job description

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) seeks a skilled AI/Autonomy engineer in Pasadena to advance autonomous space systems. You will contribute to scheduling, planning, and resource allocation for missions, using AI and large models to improve real-time decisions and autonomy across multiple platforms.

Join a team at JPL that values innovation, collaboration, and delivering breakthrough space hardware and software. The role emphasizes research, prototyping, and collaboration with mission teams.