Starpath is building the technology to enable human expansion into the Solar System by developing a complete end-to-end system for in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) on the Moon and Mars, specifically to launch autonomous rovers to the Moon that will gather icy regolith and process it into liquid oxygen for refueling landers.
Requirements
- Experience programming in Python
- Experience working with sensors
- Experience programming in C/C++
- Experience developing robot software using ROS or ROS2
- Experience developing software to control real robots
- Experience working with serial devices (e.g. sensors, actuators)
- Experience developing and deploying software in production
Responsibilities
- Write serial drivers for communicating with sensors such as IMUs and star trackers.
- Test and optimize performance of star trackers through testing at night in the desert.
- Write camera software to support remote teleoperation of rovers from Earth.
- Integrate IR spectrometer for detection of water ice on the Moon.
- Support tests of sensor hardware under the radiation, vibration, and thermal/vacuum conditions expected on a lunar mission.
- Support integrated test of autonomous rovers at remote desert test sites.
Other
- Evidence of exceptional engineering ability
- Outstanding communications skills
- A strong interest in working hands-on with robot hardware
- A desire to make humans a multi-planet species
- Willingness to work extended hours as needed
