Lodestar's mission is to develop the first "Protect and Defend" capability for high-value space assets in orbit. Their flagship product MITHRIL is the critical hardware & software necessary to augment any off-the-shelf spacecraft with the ability to autonomously detect, characterise, and reversibly neutralise orbital threats.
Requirements
- 2+ years of distinguished industry experience in Machine Learning, robotics, computer vision, or a related field
- Excellent software engineering skills in C++ and Python
- Strong DNN/ML background and experience in CV and image processing libraries (OpenCV, CUDA-accelerated vision, PCL)
- Broad understanding of modern perception systems and their architecture
- Experience developing and deploying ML models to real-time systems
- Experience processing sensor measurements from a variety of sensors including RADAR, electro-optical sensors, RF sensors, or LIDAR
- Track record optimizing neural networks and geometric algorithms using CUDA kernels, TensorRT, or other GPU acceleration frameworks
Responsibilities
- Scoping architecture for the perception system core to Lodestar’s autonomy software suite
- Research and adapt novel perception algorithms - everything from lit. review, through training and evaluation, to optimisation and deployment
- Design, develop ML algorithms from the ground up, in addition to build on and optimizing our existing models for edge computing
- Further develop our robust methods for predicting relative pose of dynamic space targets in harsh and unpredictable visual environments
- Integrate perception models into mission simulation environments and real-time autonomy pipelines
- Contribute to the design of realistic sensor models and digital twins to improve perception fidelity in mission scenarios
- Own perception tooling, model training infrastructure, and evaluation frameworks for ongoing development and deployment
Other
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in, AI/ML, Computer Science, Robotics, a related field, or equivalent experience
- 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.
- Equity pool options
- Flexible PTO with generous paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave
