Senior Autonomy Engineer — Space Ops Research

True Anomaly, Inc.; Denver, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

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Job summary

True Anomaly, Inc. is seeking an Autonomy Engineer, Ops Research (Senior - Principal) to design and deploy core autonomy capabilities for autonomous spacecraft.

You will work across AI, ML, and optimization to advance fleet scheduling, vehicle autonomy, and mission planning with a first-principles engineering approach. Based in Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA, you will collaborate with a cross-functional team to deliver production-grade solutions and rigorous validation.

Qualifications

• Degree in operations research, applied mathematics, CS, or aerospace-related field.
• Proficiency in C/C++ and Python for optimization implementations.
• Experience solving fleet planning, resource allocation, and decision problems.

Responsibilities

• Design and validate optimization algorithms for fleet-level mission planning.
• Contribute to system architecture for large-scale distributed optimization.
• Collaborate to formalize requirements into mathematical programs and deploy scalable solutions.
• Tune models via simulation and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Develop production-quality code with thorough documentation and testing.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Optimization

Machine Learning

Statistics

Game Theory

Distributed optimization

Probability

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative field

Master's/PhD preferred

Tools

High-performance computing

Production-grade solvers

Job description

True Anomaly, Inc. is seeking an Autonomy Engineer, Ops Research (Senior - Principal) to design and deploy core autonomy capabilities for autonomous spacecraft.

You will work across AI, ML, and optimization to advance fleet scheduling, vehicle autonomy, and mission planning with a first-principles engineering approach. Based in Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA, you will collaborate with a cross-functional team to deliver production-grade solutions and rigorous validation.