Title:
Robotics Engineer
The Intelligent Robotics Group (irg.arc.nasa.gov) conducts aggressive and focused research and development for robot missions on Earth and in space. This research and development supports a wide variety of NASA and non-NASA customers through direct technology delivery, field testing (in extreme environments and on the International Space Station), and deployment. Key work areas include autonomy, navigation, perception, and robot user interfaces.
This position is for a full-time robotics engineer to develop software systems for future lunar rovers. Applicants should have a PhD in Computer Science or Robotics. A strong background and
experience in Linux-based software development (C, C++, and/or Java) and agile development is required.
***Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident***
Required Skills and Traits:
• Strong background in robotics, computer vision, and distributed systems
• Strong software development experience with C/C++ and GNU tools under Linux
• Experience with robot perception, guidance, navigation, and/or planning
• US Citizen or Permanent Resident
Other Desired Skills:
Robotics
- Embedded systems
- Real-time motion control
- 3D environment modeling for obstacle avoidance and rendezvous
- Robotic navigation
- Fault diagnosis and recovery
Computer vision
- Cameras and 3D depth sensors
- Sensor characterization and calibration
- Extended Kalman filters
- Visual pose estimation, including optical flow, feature-based approaches, and SLAM
- Pose estimation sensor fusion: integrating asynchronous data sources, IMU data, and landmark information
Robot Software
- ROS (Robot Operating System) framework
- DDS (Data Distribution System) networking middleware
- Robust communication over unreliable wireless networks
- cFS (core Flight Software)
Equivalent education and/or experience will be considered.
KBR Benefits
KBR offers a selection of competitive lifestyle benefits which could include 401K plan with company match, medical, dental, vision, life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, disability, paid time off, or flexible work schedule. We support career advancement through professional training and development.
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KBR partners with several other companies to fulfill its requirements as a government contractor. The selected subcontracting companies align their benefits as closely as possible to those above.
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