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Spacecraft Autonomy

Zintellect
Pasadena, CA Intern
POSTED ON 12/20/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/1/2026

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

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