Principal Robotic Control Systems Engineer

• Define control system requirements from vehicle and subsystem level functional and performance requirements
• Lead design, analysis, development, tuning, verification, and validation of vehicle control systems
• Build system simulations for controller design and analysis in appropriate tools (e.g. Matlab, Simulink, Python) and mature simulations as additional test data becomes available
• Design and prototype appropriate controllers that meet the defined requirements using simulations and control system design tools (e.g. Matlab control system toolbox)
• Support sizing and selection of integrated robotic control system components (sensors and actuators) such as motion sensors, cameras, motor encoders, motors, and similar
• Support (and potentially lead) development of integrated hardware/software control system testbeds and testing of prototype controllers using these testbeds
• Analyze and tune controller performance, stability, and robustness using the system simulations, testbeds, and test data
• Develop control system documentation and work with vehicle software team to convert controller prototypes into flight code, including supporting unit and integrated testing of flight implementations
• Work with vehicle software team, avionics team, integration and test team to verify flight control system implementation and performance
• Support integrated vehicle guidance, navigation, and control system simulation and performance analysis
• Support calibration of integrated hardware/robotic control systems (e.g. robotic arm calibration)

What you'll bring:

• 15+ years of robotic control system development from initial concept through flight operations
• Significant experience building, testing, and validating control system simulation and analysis tools
• Significant experience analyzing and tuning performance of robotic control systems
• 10+ years experience designing, developing, testing, analyzing, and tuning robotic control systems for extra-terrestrial rovers, such as mobility system control, robotic arm control, and similar.
• Specific experience developing motor controller control loops and robotic arm control is required.
• Experience designing, building, and utilizing testbeds for testing control systems on flight-like hardware and experience devising and executing test plans