Lunar Rover Control Systems Engineer

astrolab; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Astrolab is the Lunar Operations Company designing systems and hardware for the lunar economy, including rovers, power, and data networks for sustained operations on the Moon. The team focuses on solving critical scale challenges while validating assumptions through thorough testing.

The company seeks an experienced control systems engineer to support development of control systems for extraterrestrial rovers, including in-house motor controller development and high-gain antenna pointing

Qualifications

• Experienced control systems engineer
• Design of vehicle control systems and motor controllers
• Performance analysis, gain tuning, and testing of integrated hardware/software

Responsibilities

• Perform initial simulation and design of vehicle control systems
• Conduct control system performance analysis and tuning
• Support hardware/software integration and testing for rover subsystems

Skills

Control theory

Embedded systems

C/C++

MATLAB/Simulink

Robot/Vehicle control

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

LabVIEW

Job description

Astrolab is the Lunar Operations Company designing systems and hardware for the lunar economy, including rovers, power, and data networks for sustained operations on the Moon. The team focuses on solving critical scale challenges while validating assumptions through thorough testing.

The company seeks an experienced control systems engineer to support development of control systems for extraterrestrial rovers, including in-house motor controller development and high-gain antenna pointing