16 days ago
Pasadena, CA, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$122k - $150k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop algorithms and software to simulate aerospace, planetary, and military robotic vehicles.
- Configure simulations to meet project needs and develop additional capabilities as required.
- Apply state estimation, mapping, machine vision, deep learning, localization, feature detection and tracking, optical flow, segmentation, structure from motion, motion estimation, and planning techniques.
- Support robotics technology development and space flight projects for terrestrial and planetary exploration.
- Communicate across teams and support reviews of team products.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline with at least 3 years of robotics experience, or a related master’s degree with at least 1 year of experience, or a related Ph.D. with 0 years of relevant experience.
- Hands-on experience in software, machine vision, deep learning, or robotics.
- Proficiency in C, C++, and Python.
- Exposure to algorithm development in state estimation, mapping, deep learning, or machine vision.
- Familiarity with real-time robotics and machine vision concepts, including localization, feature detection and tracking, optical flow, segmentation, structure from motion, state estimation, motion estimation, and planning.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively on a team.
- Contact information for at least three professional reference writers.
- Preferred qualifications include embedded software development experience, deep-learning coursework or project experience applied to working robotic systems, and understanding of software engineering industry or academic practices and standards.
Benefits
- Health, dental, vision, wellbeing, and retirement plans.
- Paid time off, learning opportunities, rideshare, childcare, flexible schedule, parental leave, and other work-life balance programs.
- Benefits-eligible positions receive benefits on the first day of the month coincident with or immediately following the employee’s start date.
- Full-time role based in Pasadena, California, with a campus-like work environment.
- JPL is a federal facility subject to NASA nationality restrictions for designated countries.
About NASA JPL
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center in Pasadena, CA, managed by Caltech. It designs, builds, and operates robotic spacecraft and science instruments for NASA, and develops ground systems like the Deep Space Network; notable missions include the Mars rovers and the Voyager probes. Founded in 1936, JPL is publicly funded and focuses on planetary, Earth, and astrophysics research and flight operations.