Space Perception Engineer for Autonomous Spacecraft AI

Menlo Ventures; Laguna Beach (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity + Benefits

Job summary

True Anomaly seeks a perception engineer to architect and deploy perception systems for autonomous spacecraft in contested environments. You will develop image processing, object tracking, and pose estimation pipelines for next‑gen Jackal spacecraft, with on‑orbit validation and hardware‑in‑the‑loop testing.

You will implement robust perception and tracking algorithms in C++ (with Python support), perform statistical analysis, and work with flight software teams to integrate your solutions into

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, robotics, or a similar discipline.
• Experienced with C/C++ and Python
• 2+ years of experience with implementing perception and tracking algorithms deployed in real world systems
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and solve complex problems with first principles approaches
• Passion for spaceflight and advancing capabilities related to space domain awareness and space security
• U.S. Citizen and eligible for DoD Secret or TS/SCI clearance

Responsibilities

• Drive the architecture for the image processing, object tracking, and pose estimation pipelines for the next generation of Jackal spacecraft
• Design and implement robust perception, object detection, and tracking algorithms in C++
• Perform statistical analysis to support algorithm characterization and verification
• Test and verify your algorithms via software and hardware in the loop simulation
• Work with the software team to integrate your algorithms into flight software

Skills

C++

Python

SLAM

Nonlinear filtering

Computer vision

Pose estimation

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Robotics

Master's or PhD in CS/Robotics

Job description

True Anomaly seeks a perception engineer to architect and deploy perception systems for autonomous spacecraft in contested environments. You will develop image processing, object tracking, and pose estimation pipelines for next‑gen Jackal spacecraft, with on‑orbit validation and hardware‑in‑the‑loop testing.

You will implement robust perception and tracking algorithms in C++ (with Python support), perform statistical analysis, and work with flight software teams to integrate your solutions into