Description
We are seeking an Autonomy Engineer to support autonomy for a program, study, or proposal. As an Autonomy Engineer, you will evaluate fault and autonomy requirements, define states, modes, and transitions, and support development of the fault and autonomy architecture for satellites/constellations.
Responsibilities:
- Support fault and autonomy requirements definition, verification, and validation
- Maintain satellite/constellation states, modes, transitions, and other autonomous spacecraft behaviors
- Contribute to architecture concepts, CONOPS, and technology trade-off analyses
- Design and validate onboard fault detection, isolation, and responses and perform end-to-end validation of autonomy products and behaviors
- Support on-console operations for on-orbit missions
Requirements:
- Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or non-US equivalent qualifications
- 2+ years experience in satellite design and/or operation
- Familiarity with common analysis tools such as MATLAB/Simulink, Python, STK, etc.
- Experience with one or more satellite subsystems and/or system-level analysis
Preferred Qualifications:
- Exceptional critical thinking skills and an ability to notice and debug problems with minimal guidance
- Ability to anticipate effects and interactions for varying cases across a complex system
- 5+ years experience in satellite design and/or operation
- Experience with fault management strategies/architectures for safety of mission critical systems
- Experience with autonomous system design and analysis
Benefits:
- Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities
- Health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs
Salary Range: $98,600 - $145,000