Rover Navigation & Perception Lead — Equity

Astrolab; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity ownership in the company

Comprehensive health benefits

401(k) plan with company match

Flexible PTO and parental leave

Home office set up reimbursement

Weekly lunch stipend & snacks on-site

Monthly social hour on-site

Job summary

Astrolab, The Lunar Operations Company, in Hawthorne, CA, seeks a Lead Rover Navigation and Perception Engineer to design, test, and validate the rover navigation and perception systems for the CLV-1 lunar rover. You will work with the flight software team and guide hands-on implementation and testing on real hardware in simulated lunar environments.

The role is technical leadership with hands-on responsibilities and involves collaboration across software and flight teams, with occasional travel

Qualifications

• 10+ years designing, developing, and testing navigation, localization, and perception systems for rovers or similar autonomous platforms.
• Experience with practical sensor fusion and Kalman filtering for wheeled navigation and perception.
• Proficiency in C++ and Python programming for robotics software.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of engineers to design, characterize, test, verify, and validate localization and perception systems for extra-terrestrial rovers.
• Bring a navigation and perception solution from early design through flight operations on an aggressive schedule for Astrolab’s CLV-1 lunar rover.
• Work closely with the software team to implement and test navigation, perception, and obstacle avoidance flight software.
• Ensure that navigation and perception system meet performance and NASA human rated spacecraft system requirements.
• Devise, supervise, and execute navigation and perception system testing with real sensors and flight computers using a test vehicle operating in simulated lunar conditions.

Skills

Navigation, localization, perception

Sensor fusion & Kalman filtering

C++ & Python programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Job description

Astrolab, The Lunar Operations Company, in Hawthorne, CA, seeks a Lead Rover Navigation and Perception Engineer to design, test, and validate the rover navigation and perception systems for the CLV-1 lunar rover. You will work with the flight software team and guide hands-on implementation and testing on real hardware in simulated lunar environments.

The role is technical leadership with hands-on responsibilities and involves collaboration across software and flight teams, with occasional travel