Posting Description

RESEARCH SCIENTIST 1, Aeronautics and Astronautics, to be responsible for theoretical/algorithmic development and real-world applied mathematics problem solving with minimal supervision; work in a highly collaborative environment with MIT faculty and students, as well as external collaborators from national laboratories and other universities; conduct fundamental research duties (70%); support students (10%); and sponsor engagement (10%) within  Prof. Richard Linares’ research group, which is part of the Space Systems Laboratory (SSL) in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT and includes Astrodynamics, Space Robotics, and Controls Laboratory (ARCLab), focused on astrodynamics, space situational awareness and space traffic management, satellite drag modeling, estimation and controls, reinforcement learning, and optimal control.