Space CV Engineer: Autonomy & Vision

AIToolboard; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Washington DC is seeking a Senior Computer Vision Engineer for Space programs. You will work on perception subsystems, sensor fusion, and software-defined spacecraft systems across orbital regimes, collaborating with Sensors, GNC, Avionics, and Flight Software teams.

The role emphasizes algorithm design, simulation, testing, and validation of CV capabilities for space missions, including autonomy tools and hardware-in-the-loop.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Machine Learning, Robotics or Computer Science, Image Science with emphasis on Computer Vision.
• BS in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Advanced experience benchmarking ML algorithms on large-scale datasets.
• Proficiency in C++ development in a Linux environment.
• Experience in Object Detection, Object Tracking, Instance Segmentation, Semantic Segmentation, NFT.
• Experience in Visual Odometry, SLAM, Multi-view Geometry, Structure from Motion, 3D Geometry, Discriminative Correlation Filters, Stereo, Neural 3D Reconstruction, Multi-band sensor processing, RGB-D and LIDAR Sensor Fusion
• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and detailed requirements
• Familiarity with terminal guidance, rendezv

Responsibilities

• Propose and prototype innovative solutions to solve real world problems, leveraging the latest state-of-the-art techniques in the field
• Develop and maintain core libraries and runtime applications
• Integrate classical and geometric methods in computer vision with ML methods
• Work space vehicle CV software and hardware subsystems for various spacecraft efforts in all orbital regimes and work closely with partners for successful implementation
• Develop modern, software-defined approaches to autonomous spacecraft operations with maneuvering capabilities to successfully accomplish mission objectives
• Develop appropriate test plans and procedures to validate the CV system during ground checkout, on-orbit commissioning and operations
• Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality
• Coordinate with end-users, other operators and customers to turn needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints
• Support challenging schedules during ground testing, launch windows and on-orbit operations of the spacecraft systems
• Design of flight software and firmware, algorithms, and simulation products
• Development of space vehicle autonomy tools for dynamic space operations
• Test process development and execution
• Define automated fault detection and responses
• Provide hardware-in-the-loop and monte-carlo simulation capabilities

Skills

C++ development

ML algorithms

Computer Vision

SLAM

Visual Odometry

3D Reconstruction

Education

MS/PhD in ML/Robotics/CS/Image Science

BS in CS/ML/EE

Tools

Linux

Job description

Anduril Industries in Washington DC is seeking a Senior Computer Vision Engineer for Space programs. You will work on perception subsystems, sensor fusion, and software-defined spacecraft systems across orbital regimes, collaborating with Sensors, GNC, Avionics, and Flight Software teams.

The role emphasizes algorithm design, simulation, testing, and validation of CV capabilities for space missions, including autonomy tools and hardware-in-the-loop.