Software Engineer: State Estimation & Prediction

<h3>About Lodestar</h3> <p>Lodestar's mission is to develop the first "Protect and Defend" capability for high-value space assets in orbit. Our flagship product<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>MITHRIL</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is our hardware-agnostic, AI-enabled autonomy software suite that enables us to augment any off-the-shelf spacecraft with the ability to autonomously detect, characterise, and reversibly neutralise orbital threats. By building on the proven space heritage of our best-in-class satellite-bus partners and fully integrating<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>MITHRIL</em><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>into single unified platform, we deliver an end-to-end, autonomous in-space bodyguarding service.</p> <h3><strong>About the Job</strong></h3> <p>At Lodestar, as a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong>Software Engineer: State Estimation & Prediction</strong>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>you’ll be leading the development of our state estimation and prediction models at the core of Lodestar’s flagship product,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>MITHRIL</em>. You’ll be focusing on researching and developing algorithms that fuse probabilistic estimation with machine learning to track targets, predict trajectories and assess intent.</p> <p>We proudly have an "extreme ownership" oriented engineering culture. </p> <hr> <h3><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Design and implement Lodestar’s core state estimation and prediction architecture for autonomous spacecraft operations</li> <li>Research and implement novel estimation and prediction algorithms - everything from lit. review, through training and tuning, to optimisation and deployment</li> <li>Develop classical and neural estimators to track the current state and trajectory of multiple dynamic targets in real time</li> <li>Create neural models to forecast future trajectories and behavioral patterns of targets</li> <li>Implement intent inference models to identify actions and dynamically rank threat levels</li> <li>Integrate state estimation and prediction models into mission simulation environments and autonomy decision systems</li> <li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams including, perception, and on-board autonomy to ensure prediction fidelity, robustness, and scalability across missions</li> </ul> <hr> <h3><strong>Basic Qualifications</strong></h3&