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GNC Engineer: Perception

AstroForge

AstroForge

Posted 6+ months ago

Description

About the Company

At AstroForge, our mission is to make space resources accessible on Earth. We mine asteroids to extract valuable minerals in space at a lower cost and smaller carbon footprint than current terrestrial mining methods. We offer a unique opportunity to join an exciting team looking to expand humanity’s capabilities in space.

Job Description:

  • As a GNC engineer at AstroForge, you’ll own a large part of the flight algorithms powering the world’s first asteroid mining vehicles. You’ll be part of a talented team of engineers to develop, analyze, and test vehicle algorithms and software for reliable, fault-tolerant flight. You should love to solve hard, multidisciplinary problems, be able to learn quickly, and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

Responsibilities:

  • Develop innovative computer vision algorithms for deep space missions on a highly autonomous platform
  • Develop dynamics simulation models used for GNC systems analysis and validation
  • Help push flight software to the edge in Monte-Carlo testing and contribute fixes and performance improvements

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM field
  • 1-2 years experience (incl. internships, full time roles, or projects) designing and implementing computer vision algorithms (e.g., feature extraction, pose estimation, frame registration, structure from motion, object detection and tracking)
  • Well versed in linear algebra and 3D rotation math (rotation matrices, quaternions, MRPs)
  • Capable of solving complex, novel problems with little to no supervision on schedule as an individual or as a member of an integrated team
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work onsite in Huntington Beach, CA

Preferred Experience:

  • Experience with Python, C/C++, or Rust
  • Experience implementing GNC algorithms into clean, performant, and easily testable flight software
  • Experience across an autonomy stack, implementing or debugging controls, state estimation, perception, or path planning algorithms
  • Demonstrated experience in a software engineering environment using software engineering best practices: version control, continuous integration, unit testing
  • Demonstrated ability to build and test quickly when developing innovative technology
  • Experience in a startup environment

Benefits

  • 100% paid medical, dental and life insurance coverage
  • Vision and FSA benefits available
  • 3 weeks of PTO + 1 week of sick time
  • 10 paid Holidays
  • Retirement savings plan – 401(k), with company match
  • Equity on the ground floor of a startup

Salary

  • $100-$140k

ITAR Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S.,protected individual as defined by ITAR (22 CFR §120.15) or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.