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 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.
- developing perception software that can integrate with our autonomy system for use in localization, mapping, obstacle avoidance, and path planning in 3D lunar terrain.
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
- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
