true is hiring a
Principal Autonomy Engineer

Summary

The job is for a key member of the Applied Algorithms and Autonomy team at True Anomaly. The role involves developing and implementing the autonomy roadmap for spacecraft, working with cross-functional teams, and having ownership of future autonomy at True Anomaly.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, robotics, or a similar discipline
• Proficient in C/C++ and Python
• Strong understanding of statistics, optimization, and reasoning under uncertainty
• 4+ years of experience with implementing algorithms for autonomous planning and decision-making deployed in real-world systems
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and solve complex problems with first principles approaches

Responsibilities

• Build the roadmap for integrating increased autonomy capability into the next generation of Jackal spacecraft and Mosaic ground software
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements and stakeholder expectations into actionable strategies for autonomy implementation
• Drive the autonomy architecture and design, implement, and verify robust algorithms that enable autonomous spacecraft planning, tasking, and decision-making
• Test and verify your algorithms via statistical analysis, software testing, and hardware in the loop simulation

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in computer science, robotics, or a similar discipline
• 2+ years of professional experience writing high-reliability, production C/C++ code
• Experience with edge computing and real-time processing constraints
• Deep technical expertise in one or more of the following: convex optimization, dynamic programming, search algorithms, reinforcement learning, decision theory

Benefits

• Base Salary: $220,000-$275,000
• Equity + Benefits. including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave