Rover Control Systems Engineer

🕒 August 15

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $140k - $160k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⚙️ Systems Engineer

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Astrolab

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11 - 50 employees

🏭 Manufacturing

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Manufacturing • Consulting • Logistics

Astrolab is pioneering new ways to explore and operate on distant planetary bodies, focusing on the design, construction, and operation of multi-purpose commercial planetary rovers. With more than five decades of experience in robotic technologies, electric vehicles, and human spaceflight, Astrolab aims to extend and enhance humanity’s presence in the solar system. The company is based in Hawthorne, California, and emphasizes a strong commitment to its employees and values, aiming to deliver reliable and cost-effective lunar and Mars mobility solutions.

📋 Description

• Define control system requirements from vehicle- and subsystem-level functional and performance requirements • Design, analyze, develop, tune, verify, and validate vehicle control systems • Build and mature system simulations for controller design, analysis, and tuning using tools such as Matlab, Simulink, and Python • Design and prototype controllers that meet defined requirements • Support sizing and selection of robotic control system components, including sensors and actuators • Analyze and tune controller performance, stability, and robustness using simulations, testbeds, and test data • Develop control system documentation and work with the vehicle software team to convert controller prototypes into flight code • Support unit and integrated testing of flight implementations • Support calibration of integrated hardware and robotic control systems • Collaborate with stakeholders and cross-functional engineering teams • Travel as required

🎯 Requirements

• 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

• 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