Space Applications Services NV/SA is an independent Belgian company founded in 1987. Aerospace Applications North America is our Partner company in Houston, USA.
Our aim is to research and develop innovative systems, solutions and products and provide services to the aerospace and security markets and related industries. Our activities cover manned and unmanned spacecraft, launch/re-entry vehicles, control centres, robotics and a wide range of information systems.
The Company develops payloads, avionics, robotics technology and products, and provides complete mission operations control centre solutions to EN9100 standards.
We also provide engineering, science and training services, including astronaut training.
From our headquarters, we are in daily contact with the International Space Station (ISS) ensuring our Customers’ research is successful.
Position
In the context of multiple projects, autonomous manipulation solutions are required for robotic arms coupled with perception in the loop.
The successful candidate will contribute to developing, prototyping and testing trajectory planning, kinematics and dynamics based control algorithms for mobile manipulators for ongoing projects of the RSI division, as well as testing on mobile robotics platforms.
Location: Sint-Stevens-Woluwe (Brussels Area)
Start date: At the earliest.
Tasks and Responsibilities
Analyse project requirements from use cases
Identify solutions from the State-of-the-Art manipulation strategies linked with perception of the environment
Design software architecture, software development of algorithms and testing with simulated and real data sets
Integrate hardware updates to existing manipulators in terms of sensors and effectors
Develop and evaluate software for autonomous manipulation modalities for diverse end effectors in unstructured environments
Participate to end-to-end implementation, testing, integration and optimisation on target robot architecture and simulated twin
Willingness to commit and take major responsibilities in challenging robotic field test campaigns
Skills and Experience
MSc or PhD in relevant fields (robotics, automation & control, computer science, mechatronics, software engineering)
At least 2-3 years of demonstrable experience in industrial and/or research domains of mobile manipulation control
Strong theory and experience in trajectory planning/generation, kinematic and dynamics solvers and control of manipulators, end effectors and/or mobile robots
Good background in computer vision – Mapping/3D reconstruction, object detection, tracking, 3D pose estimation of targets
Manipulator control coupled with Vision - visual servoing, tracking targets etc
Very strong programming skills (C++, Python) on Linux environment, Git tools and docker
Good experience of robotics software development in ROS/ROS2, kinematics/dynamics frameworks (Ex. MoveIt2)
Proven experience on integration and testing of developed SW, Drivers and HW components on real robots - industrial setting or field testing and validation campaigns
Good proficiency with technical documentation
Strength to cope with schedules and deadlines
Good written and spoken English.
Our Offer
Working within an exceptional sector with Staff located in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands
A professional and modern working environment with motivated Administrative Staff, Engineers, Astronaut Training Instructors and Scientists coming from all different horizons and countries with a common passion for space and their own expertise
A full-time position with an indefinite contract of employment
A competitive remuneration package and good working conditions
Working from home in part can be a possibility
An individualised training and development programmes.