What are the responsibilities and job description for the Spacecraft Autonomy position at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)?
About the NASA Postdoctoral Program
The NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) offers unique research opportunities to highly-talented scientists to engage in ongoing NASA research projects at a NASA Center, NASA Headquarters, or at a NASA-affiliated research institute. These one- to three-year fellowships are competitive and are designed to advance NASA’s missions in space science, Earth science, aeronautics, space operations, exploration systems, and astrobiology.
Description:
Basic and applied research in Artificial Intelligence Planning and Scheduling, and autonomous systems with applications to spacecraft autonomy, as well as multi-agent systems, sensorwebs, and integrated autonomous systems including perception, deliberation, and execution. Also sub specialty in automated and semi-automated scheduling systems for spacecraft operations. See ai.jpl.nasa.gov for further details.
Location:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, California
Field of Science: Technology Development
Advisors:
Steve Chien
Steve.Chien@jpl.nasa.gov
818-393-5320
Applications with citizens from Designated Countries will not be accepted at this time, unless they are Legal Permanent Residents of the United States. A complete list of Designated Countries can be found at: https://www.nasa.gov/oiir/export-control.
Eligibility is currently open to:
- U.S. Citizens;
- U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR);
- Foreign Nationals eligible for an Exchange Visitor J-1 visa status; and,
- Applicants for LPR, asylees, or refugees in the U.S. at the time of application with 1) a valid EAD card and 2) I-485 or I-589 forms in pending status
Questions about this opportunity? Please email npp@orau.org