Software Engineer: On-board Autonomy

Lodestar Space is focused on developing advanced autonomy software for space assets. As a Software Engineer - On-board Autonomy, you will create decision-making systems and algorithms that enable spacecraft to operate autonomously in various mission scenarios.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement on-board decision-making models that recommend and adapt strategies in real time
• Develop autonomous decision algorithms that integrate information from perception, state estimation, and intent prediction models to execute mission objectives
• Research and implement ML models for decision making - everything from lit. review, through training, to deployment
• Implement decision models that adapt dynamically to changing mission context, environmental conditions, and system status
• Develop frameworks for continuous re-evaluation of active strategies to ensure resilient and adaptive behavior under uncertainty
• Support real-time autonomy in communications-limited or time-critical scenarios
• Build and maintain autonomy infrastructure, testing frameworks, and deployment pipelines for space missions