5 months ago
Remote, United States or Hawthorne, CA, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define the architecture of the GNC and flight software verification simulation environment.
- Set simulation milestones, development priorities, sprint priorities, and task assignments based on stakeholder needs and vehicle schedules.
- Direct day-to-day simulation development and ensure milestone delivery.
- Develop and execute simulation verification and validation plans.
- Support environment, vehicle, hardware, sensor, actuator, and fault-injection modeling at appropriate fidelity.
- Integrate simulations with GNC prototypes, software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop flight software, and automated test infrastructure.
- Perform hands-on simulation tool integration and performance improvements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience architecting and developing real-time or accelerated simulations of complex systems such as spacecraft, aircraft, automobiles, or robotic systems.
- Experience developing vehicle or subsystem models, operating environment models, and simulation infrastructure.
- Experience leading simulation development and integrating simulations with vehicle, embedded, or flight software in SIL, HIL, or similar test environments.
- Preferred experience with simulation V&V, Monte Carlo or statistical performance analysis, and real-time or accelerated simulation optimization.
- Preferred experience with vehicle dynamics, rigid-body or flexible-body dynamics, suspension systems, terramechanics, and numerical integration.
- Preferred experience developing extraterrestrial rover or planetary surface vehicle simulations and planetary environment models.
- Preferred experience modeling sensors, actuators, and associated error sources and implementing simulation fault injection.
- Proficiency in C++ and Python.
- Experience planning work scope, establishing technical milestones, and guiding simulation teams to successful delivery.
Benefits
- Equity ownership in the company.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and mental health benefits.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Flexible paid time off and parental leave.
- Home office setup reimbursement.
- Weekly lunch stipend and complimentary snacks and beverages on-site.
- Monthly on-site social hour with food and drinks.
About Astrolab
Astrolab designs, builds, and plans to operate multi-purpose planetary rovers and lunar-surface systems—mobility, power, and data networks—for sustained operations on the Moon. The privately held company, founded in 2019 and headquartered in Hawthorne, California, targets government and commercial customers developing the lunar economy. Its flagship FLEX rover platform is designed for cargo transport and science on planetary surfaces.