Postdoc: Advanced AI Command & Control for Edge Platforms

Jet Propulsion Laboratory; United States; On-site; USD 75,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, is seeking a Postdoctoral scholar to advance AI-driven command and control for single and multi-asset systems. The role focuses on AI constraint propagation, heuristic search, and distributed optimization while deploying to edge platforms.

You will collaborate with JPL advisors to publish in open literature and contribute to NASA-funded research initiatives.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in CS, AI, Robotics, OR, CE, or related field.
• Research expertise in AI constraint propagation, heuristic search, OR, or multi-agent methods.
• Hands-on experience with centralized and distributed task execution systems on deployed platforms.
• Experience deploying complex algorithms to edge/embedded platforms.
• Demonstrated record of peer-reviewed publications.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research in advanced command and control for single and multi-asset systems.
• Develop AI-based constraint propagation, heuristic search, and OR-based approaches.
• Design and implement multi-agent methods such as Distributed Constraint Optimization.
• Work with centralized and distributed task execution systems on deployed platforms.
• Deploy advanced command and control algorithms to edge/embedded platforms.
• Publish results in peer-reviewed journals and present at scientific conferences.

Skills

AI constraint propagation

Heuristic search

Operations Research

Multi-agent methods

Distributed Constraint Optimization

Task execution systems

Edge/embedded deployment

Peer-reviewed publications

Education

Ph.D. in CS/AI/ Robotics/ OR/ CE

Job description

Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, is seeking a Postdoctoral scholar to advance AI-driven command and control for single and multi-asset systems. The role focuses on AI constraint propagation, heuristic search, and distributed optimization while deploying to edge platforms.

You will collaborate with JPL advisors to publish in open literature and contribute to NASA-funded research initiatives.