Jobs at Rendezvous Robotics

Leads vehicle-level engineering for a LEO in-space assembly mission, including requirements, subsystem integration, technical budgets, verification, schedules, trade studies, design reviews, launch-provider coordination, and hosted-payload integration. The role requires spacecraft development experience through launch, cross-disciplinary engineering expertise, environmental test experience, and ownership of mission performance, cost, and schedule.

Supports guidance, navigation, and control development for reconfigurable spacecraft. Responsibilities include modeling electromagnetic docking dynamics, developing rendezvous and docking control algorithms, supporting attitude determination and control, evaluating sensors, and building simulation tools and dashboards for hardware and on-orbit validation.

Manufacturing and test engineering intern supporting spacecraft tile production and subsystem verification. Responsibilities include developing testbeds, creating manufacturing procedures, optimizing processes, building fixtures and test jigs, troubleshooting defects, and improving test data pipelines. The role requires hands-on hardware assembly, soldering, written-procedure adherence, and attention to detail. Preferred experience includes battery assembly, environmental testing, test automation, data logging, and quality or manufacturing processes.

Develop physics models, control and estimation algorithms, and simulation tools for reconfigurable spacecraft. The intern will support rendezvous, proximity operations, docking, attitude determination and control, sensor trade studies, and verification through dashboards, hardware testbeds, and eventual on-orbit applications.

Develop flight software for modular spacecraft, including C/C++ device drivers, firmware, embedded Linux, microcontroller systems, fault-tolerant software, hardware-in-the-loop testing, CI, and board integration. The role involves working with sensors, actuators, avionics, and spacecraft systems while building and debugging software for mission-critical environments.

Develops and owns spacecraft test strategies, plans, procedures, infrastructure, and readiness documentation. Executes component, subsystem, and system-level functional, environmental, structural, EMI/EMC, and performance testing. Analyzes data, investigates anomalies, leads root-cause resolution, and drives corrective actions. Collaborates with design, manufacturing, and avionics teams while supporting design reviews and major test events. The role contributes to flight demonstration and operational spacecraft programs.

Owns the vehicle-to-vehicle wireless communications chain for modular spacecraft, including radio, antennas, link budgets, firmware, embedded Linux drivers, mesh networking, calibration, environmental qualification, and measured performance. The role interfaces with flight software and avionics teams and leads RF development from architecture through flight qualification. Senior candidates need substantial RF, antenna, wireless PHY/MAC, measurement, and embedded Linux experience.

Own spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control across rendezvous, docking, assembly, attitude control, state estimation, simulation, testing, and flight operations. Develop C++ and Python algorithms, maintain six-degree-of-freedom simulations, conduct Monte Carlo and hardware-in-the-loop verification, define GNC architectures and requirements, select sensors and actuators, and support on-orbit anomaly investigations for reconfigurable spacecraft.

Develop and test flight software, ground station tools, communication protocols, and simulation environments for modular spacecraft. The intern will support telemetry visualization, command sequencing, distributed systems, embedded platforms, and software-hardware debugging alongside electrical engineers. Candidates should be pursuing a relevant degree and have experience with C/C++, Python, networking, embedded Linux, or bare-metal firmware. Robotics, drone, satellite, real-time systems, and embedded communication experience are preferred.

Leads strategy and business development across government, defense, civil space, and commercial customers. Owns pipeline development, capture strategy, pricing, proposals, partnerships, customer engagement, events, market intelligence, forecasting, and investor updates. Collaborates with engineering to translate customer needs into product strategy and represents the company externally. Requires space or deep-tech experience, government acquisition expertise, proposal management skills, and eligibility for a U.S. security clearance. This is an onsite Golden, Colorado role with approximately 30% travel.

Design and iterate structural components and docking hardware for modular spacecraft. Support thermal management, mechanical integration of electronics and sensors, harness and connector layouts, and structural and thermal analyses. Contribute to hands-on assembly of flight hardware while applying CAD, prototyping, and engineering analysis skills.

Develop and test flight software, ground-station tools, communication protocols, and simulation environments for modular spacecraft. The intern will support telemetry visualization, command sequencing, distributed systems, and debugging across software and hardware interfaces. Work involves C/C++, Python, embedded Linux or bare-metal firmware, networking, and spacecraft or robotics systems. The role is a 12–15 week Spring 2027 internship in Golden, Colorado.

Design, analyze, test, and qualify spacecraft docking, capture, and mating mechanisms for repeated in-space operation. Own latch design, electrical interfaces, alignment budgets, structural load paths, tolerance analysis, wear and life testing, materials selection, detailed drawings, and supplier engagement. Collaborate across GNC, systems, electrical, avionics, software, manufacturing, and test teams to deliver flight hardware from concept through production and on-orbit operation.

Own spacecraft production operations, including work instructions, MES processes, assembly kits, non-conformance resolution, equipment calibration, and ground support equipment. Support technicians on the build floor, improve production efficiency and yield, and provide manufacturing expertise to design engineers on drawings, SOPs, and design-for-manufacturability decisions.

Mechanical Engineering Intern supporting the design, analysis, integration, and hands-on assembly of spacecraft hardware. Responsibilities include developing structural components and docking interfaces, thermal management, electronics and sensor integration, harness and connector layouts, and structural and thermal analysis. The role requires CAD proficiency and foundational mechanical analysis knowledge, with preferred experience in space environments, FEA, ruggedized connectors, machining, 3D printing, or prototyping.

Identifies and qualifies government and commercial spacecraft opportunities, develops customer relationships, manages capture pursuits, and maintains the business pipeline. Responsibilities include researching markets, competitors, budgets, and acquisition pathways; preparing briefings, white papers, RFIs, and MOUs; supporting conferences; and translating customer requirements into product strategy with engineering. The role is onsite in Golden, Colorado and requires approximately 25% travel.

Own relative-state estimation for spacecraft proximity operations and electromagnetic docking. Develop, tune, verify, and deploy navigation filters, measurement models, simulations, and flight software in C++ and Python. Define navigation accuracy budgets and perception interfaces, conduct hardware-in-the-loop testing, support flight operations, investigate on-orbit anomalies, and contribute to absolute navigation for assembled spacecraft. Collaborate across controls, perception, avionics, and systems engineering.