Rover Control Systems Engineer — Equity & Flexible PTO

Venturi Astrolab, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Flexible PTO

Parental leave

Home office reimbursement

Weekly lunch stipend

On-site social hour

Job summary

Venturi Astrolab, Inc. is seeking a Rover Control Systems Engineer to advance control systems for lunar rovers, including mobility and robotic arm control, with initial simulation and testing.

You will work with stakeholders to define requirements and help translate prototypes into flight-ready code. The role requires a STEM degree and 5+ years in robotic control, strong experience with MATLAB/Simulink, and hands-on testbeds.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in STEM field.
• 5+ years of robotic control system development.
• Experience building, testing, and validating control system simulation and analysis tools.

Responsibilities

• Define control system requirements from vehicle and subsystem performance needs.
• Design, analyze, develop, tune, verify, and validate vehicle control systems.
• Build simulations for controller design and tuning using MATLAB/Simulink and Python.
• Prototype controllers with simulations and design tools.
• Support sizing/selection of sensors, actuators, and related hardware.
• Analyze and tune controller performance, stability, and robustness.
• Develop control system documentation and collaborate with software teams to port to flight code.
• Calibrate integrated hardware/robotic control systems.

Skills

Robotic control systems

System simulation

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

MATLAB control toolbox

Job description

Venturi Astrolab, Inc. is seeking a Rover Control Systems Engineer to advance control systems for lunar rovers, including mobility and robotic arm control, with initial simulation and testing.

You will work with stakeholders to define requirements and help translate prototypes into flight-ready code. The role requires a STEM degree and 5+ years in robotic control, strong experience with MATLAB/Simulink, and hands-on testbeds.