Lodestar is developing the first "Protect and Defend" capability for high-value space assets in orbit, aiming to augment spacecraft with AI-enabled autonomy software to detect, characterize, and neutralize orbital threats.
Requirements
- Strong proficiency in C++ and Python
- Demonstrated experience with probabilistic state estimation (Kalman filters, particle filters, Bayesian inference)
- Experience with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow) for sequence modeling (seq2seq, RNNs, LSTMs, Transformers)
- Familiarity with trajectory modeling, multi-body dynamics, or orbital mechanics
- Track record implementing state estimation pipelines in real-time or safety-critical systems
- Experience deploying sequence-to-sequence models for forecasting in dynamic environments
- Familiarity with sensor fusion techniques (e.g., combining radar, optical, and inertial data)
Responsibilities
- Design and implement Lodestar’s core state estimation and prediction architecture for autonomous spacecraft operations
- Research and implement novel estimation and prediction algorithms - everything from lit. review, through training and tuning, to optimisation and deployment
- Develop classical and neural estimators to track the current state and trajectory of multiple dynamic targets in real time
- Create neural models to forecast future trajectories and behavioral patterns of targets
- Implement intent inference models to identify actions and dynamically rank threat levels
- Integrate state estimation and prediction models into mission simulation environments and autonomy decision systems
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including, perception, and on-board autonomy to ensure prediction fidelity, robustness, and scalability across missions
Other
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Aerospace, Robotics, Applied Mathematics, a related field, or equivalent experience
- 2+ years of distinguished industry experience in state estimation, aerospace, robotics, or a related field
- Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as necessary to support critical project milestones and deadlines
- To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
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