Astrolab

Rover Navigation/Localization Engineer

Astrolab  •  $132k - $209k/yr  •  Hawthorne, CA (Onsite)  •  1 month ago
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Job Description

Rover Navigation/Localization Engineer

Department: Software Engineering

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Hawthorne, California

Reporting To: Denise Brown

Compensation: $132,000 - $209,000 / year


Venturi Astrolab, Inc. (Astrolab) is pioneering new ways to explore and operate on distant planetary bodies. We are singularly focused on designing, building, and operating a fleet of multi-purpose commercial planetary rovers to extend and enhance humanity’s presence in the solar system. We are seeking motivated, creative, and exceptional people to join our world-class team.

The rover navigation/localization engineer will be responsible for the design, analysis, development, tuning, verification, and validation of localization solutions for Astrolab’s rovers. Astrolab’s localization solutions utilize inputs from multiple types of sensors (e.g. IMU, star tracker, Lidar, cameras) to estimate vehicle state while also tolerating real world conditions such as data dropouts, invalid data, transmission latencies, and similar. The rover navigation/localization engineer will be creating localization solutions that function reliably under real world conditions.

What you'll do:

  • 7+ years designing, developing, and testing real world navigation/localization systems for rovers or GPS-denied navigation systems for terrestrial wheeled vehicles
  • Significant experience with odometry based on multiple sensors (e.g. IMU, wheel resolvers, LIDAR, cameras, etc.)
  • Significant experience designing, tuning, developing, analyzing, and verifying Kalman filters, particle filters, or similar for wheeled vehicle navigation/localization
  • Strong familiarity with equations of motion for wheeled vehicles operating on challenging terrain
  • Experience with practical application of visual odometry algorithms
  • Significant experience dealing with real world issues that affect navigation/localization system design and performance, such as invalid data, dropped packets, data latencies, blurry images, and similar
  • Experience supporting a navigation/localization system through the entire lifecycle, from early design through live vehicle operations
  • Strong C++ and Python coding skills
  • Experience developing the tool suite

What you'll bring:

  • 7+ years designing, developing, and testing real world navigation/localization systems for rovers or GPS-denied navigation systems for terrestrial wheeled vehicles
  • Significant experience with odometry based on multiple sensors (e.g. IMU, wheel resolvers, LIDAR, cameras, etc.)
  • Significant experience with extraterrestrial rover navigation systems
  • Significant experience with GNC sensors and their behaviors, such as IMU, star tracker, LIDAR, cameras, etc.

Benefits and Perks

  • Join a team of best-in-class engineers building the foundation of planetary surface exploration
  • Equity ownership in the company
  • Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and mental health support
  • 401(k) plan with company match
  • Flexible PTO and parental leave
  • Home office set up reimbursement
  • Weekly lunch stipend, plus complimentary snacks and beverages on-site
  • Once a month social hour on-site with food and drinks
Astrolab

About Astrolab

Venturi Astrolab, Inc. (Astrolab) is pioneering new ways to explore and operate on distant planetary bodies. We are singularly focused on designing, building and operating a fleet of multi-purpose commercial planetary rovers to extend and enhance humanity’s presence in the solar system.

Headquartered in Hawthorne, California, we are an American-owned and American-operated small business. Our team has more than five decades of experience in terrestrial and planetary robotics, electric vehicles, human spaceflight, and human intelligence field operations. Our stellar team, strategic partnerships with cutting-edge companies and institutions combine with our world-class manufacturing, integration and test facility will enable the delivery of lunar and Mars mobility solutions at maximum reliability, flexibility and cost effectiveness.

Having a strong, diverse, and inspired team is essential to accomplishing our bold mission. Employees are our biggest asset, and we are deeply committed to them and our values.

At Astrolab we…

Demonstrate and inspire trust. Interactions are direct, honest, and respectful. We are fair and transparent with what we do and why.

Thrive in balance. Balance gives us perspective and keeps us motivated and inspired. We commit to rewarding work and a fulfilling personal life.

Seek diverse perspectives. We ask questions, engage in productive debate and offer alternatives to ensure our solutions and products are robust and a reflection of our collective best.

Move with purpose. Quality and reliability are accomplished through efficient ideation and iteration. We act with a sense of urgency and deliver what we promise, always with the big picture in mind.

Make an impact. We intentionally move our community and industry into the future through our work, practices, and actions.

Check out our website for current openings and help us drive the future of planetary exploration & development!

Industry
Aviation & Aerospace
Company Size
51-200 employees
Headquarters
Hawthorne, California
Year Founded
2019
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