Perception Software Lead - Lunar Terrain Vehicle

Intuitive Machines LLC • Houston, TX

69d

About The Position

Intuitive Machines is an innovative and cutting-edge space company making cislunar space accessible to both public and private customers. Our mission is to further science and exploration, communications, and economic progress from the Earth to the Moon and beyond. With the first commercial lunar landing in history, multiple NASA lunar missions in development, and additional private missions on our manifest, we pride ourselves in supporting our customers and the nation in paving the way to return humans to the surface of the Moon. Our world-class team includes experts in all aspects of spacecraft subsystems design, development, and test, on-orbit operations, and safety. Employment in this role is contingent upon NASA selecting Intuitive Machines as the winner of the LTVS program, scheduled for announcement later in 2025.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, etc.
• Expertise in machine vision, sensor fusion, and Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), including LiDAR-inertial and visual-inertial odometry
• Experience ingesting, processing, and fusing data from monocular and stereoscopic imaging systems, LiDARs, IMUs, Star Trackers, and GPS
• Sensor fusion techniques, including classical Kalman filters, multiplicative Kalman filters, and pose graph optimization
• Failure Detection, Isolation, and Response (FDIR) logic for all of the above
• Experience in verification by simulation for complex perception systems
• Development and maintenance of high-quality design and testing documentation
• Demonstrated relevant project experience (planetary rovers, autonomous vehicles, robotics, etc.)

Nice To Haves

• Python or other modeling/analysis languages
• Familiar with FPGA, GPU, and NPU hardware acceleration techniques for algorithms and able to coordinate with hardware acceleration engineers to implement and validate algorithms
• Experience with Git, Jira, Jama

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify and document requirements for the vehicle perception system
• Architect and decompose the software solution for vehicle perception
• Coordinate the testing and certification of the system
• Comfortable developing software in a high-reliability environment, compliant to NASA standards NPR 7150.2D and NASA-STD-8739.8B and NASA CBCS requirements (e.g. SSP 50038)
• Represent perception software at NASA safety panels
• Supervise several internal employees and contractors

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees