Rover Control Systems Engineer

Department: Software Engineering

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Hawthorne, CA, Hawthorne, California, Remote

What you'll do:

• Work with stakeholders to define control system requirements from vehicle and subsystem level functional and performance requirements 
• Support design, analysis, develop, tune, verification, and validation of vehicle control systems 
• Build system simulations for controller design, analysis and tuning in appropriate tools (e.g. Matlab, Simulink, Python) and mature simulations as additional test data becomes available
• Design and prototype appropriate controllers that meet the defined requirements using simulations and control system design tools (e.g. Matlab control system toolbox)
• Support sizing and selection of integrated robotic control system components (sensors and actuators) such as motion sensors, cameras, motor encoders, motors, and similar 
• Analyze and tune controller performance, stability, and robustness using the system simulations, testbeds, and test data 
• Develop control system documentation and work with vehicle software team to convert controller prototypes into flight code, including supporting unit and integrated testing of flight implementations 
• Support calibration of integrated hardware/robotic control systems (e.g. robotic arm calibration) 

What you'll bring:

• Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) related field
• 5+ years of robotic control system development
• Experience building, testing, and validating control system simulation and analysis tools 

• Experience analyzing and tuning performance of robotic control systems 
• Experience working with testbeds for testing control systems on flight-like hardware 
• Experience with Matlab/Simulink and Matlab control systems toolbox or equivalent control system design and analysis software 

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