Description

You will own the mission rules, logic, and safety structure for a hypersonic reentry spacecraft, ensuring autonomous decision-making and fault management through all flight phases. Collaborate with GNC, perception, avionics, and flight operations teams to define state transitions and validate behavior using simulation and telemetry.

Requirements

• Experience with flight rules, fault management, or autonomy systems for spacecraft or aircraft
• Proficiency in defining state machines, decision logic, and hazard analysis
• Ability to translate program-level requirements into testable autonomy logic
• Collaboration skills across GNC, perception, avionics, and flight operations teams
• Experience with simulation and telemetry data for validation

Responsibilities

• Define mission rules and vehicle behavior through all flight phases
• Build and maintain On-Board Fault Monitor structure and fault-handling logic
• Create and update fault trees, hazard analyses, and autonomous response plans
• Define state transitions and decision criteria for normal, off-nominal, and contingency modes
• Validate flight rules using simulation data, flight telemetry, and scenario testing