Lunar Autonomy & Robotics Engineer

Space-Robots; Colorado; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Paid time off

401(k) match

Holiday leave

Educational reimbursement

Job summary

Lunar Outpost is seeking a Space Robotics & Autonomy Engineer to develop planning, navigation, and decision-making for lunar rovers and spacecraft. You will design and implement motion planning, decision-making, task planning, and coordination algorithms for autonomous robotic systems in space.

You will collaborate with flight hardware and fielded robots, working with cross-disciplinary teams to advance the autonomy stack for future lunar missions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics Engineering, or related field.
• MS/PhD in a relevant field (preferred).
• At least 3 years of experience developing autonomy software for autonomous systems.
• Experience with navigation, perception, or belief-space planning.
• Experience with ROS/ROS2 and programming in C++/Python.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of decentralized decision-making and motion planning algorithms for lunar rovers and orbital assets.
• Develop robust software enabling autonomous operations in challenging lunar environments.
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to integrate autonomy software with hardware.
• Use simulation to improve performance and reliability of autonomous systems.
• Conduct field tests and simulations to validate algorithms and software.

Skills

Autonomy software

Navigation planning

Multi-agent planning

Belief space planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Robotics or related

MS/PhD in autonomy/robotics

Tools

ROS/ROS2

C++

Python

Job description

Lunar Outpost is seeking a Space Robotics & Autonomy Engineer to develop planning, navigation, and decision-making for lunar rovers and spacecraft. You will design and implement motion planning, decision-making, task planning, and coordination algorithms for autonomous robotic systems in space.

You will collaborate with flight hardware and fielded robots, working with cross-disciplinary teams to advance the autonomy stack for future lunar missions.