Teams at Lodestar Space

Writes and manages technical, management, and past-performance proposal volumes for defense and space solicitations. Analyzes RFP requirements, develops compliance matrices and annotated outlines, translates complex aerospace and autonomous-systems concepts into evaluator-ready content, coordinates inputs across technical and business teams, and manages schedules and submission logistics. The role requires familiarity with FAR, DFARS, multiple acquisition vehicles, and U.S. defense and space customers.

Own the payload engineering model through requirements, design, build, integration, testing, qualification, and documentation. Integrate optical, LiDAR, radar, effector, avionics, and software systems; perform optical alignment, hardware-in-the-loop testing, environmental qualification, and ground demonstrations. Maintain verification matrices, risk registers, design review packages, test reports, and customer-facing qualification documentation while supporting autonomous sensing and pointing capabilities for space systems.

Develop state estimation and prediction algorithms for autonomous spacecraft operations. Build, test, benchmark, and deploy classical and neural models for tracking targets, forecasting trajectories, inferring intent, and assessing threats. Integrate models with mission simulations and autonomy systems while collaborating with perception and onboard autonomy teams to improve robustness and scalability.