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Research and development of intelligent planetary rovers with sophisticated mobile system

Details of research theme

We seek for a motivated postdoctoral researcher to develop an intelligent planetary rover with a sophisticated mobile system over a large gravity surface such as Moon or Mars.

Japan will make the first Moon landing by SLIM spacecraft which is currently under development. SLIM is a demonstrator of smart landing to extraterrestrial body and does not include a long activity on the Lunar surface after landing.

 

Once the transportation to the Lunar surface has been successfully conducted by SLIM mission, the most promising objective of the next post-SLIM mission is a mobile exploration by rover, which survives for a long time to make some surface interaction.

 

The candidate landing sites on the Moon and Mars are terrains with high scientific interest, such as the rim of craters, the inside caves, or the bottom of cliffs. These terrains are too difficult for landers to directly access. Thus a rover will access to the target terrain after the landing module has landed on relatively safe area near the destination.

 

The postdoctoral researcher is expected to investigate highly traversable mobile mechanism and autonomy of the rover to access these difficult terrains. The concept of the rover is different from
most of the foreign previous ones, which explored for a long distance over relatively flat areas on the Moon and Mars.

 

In the future, your new research idea will be applied to future Lunar or Mars missions in our country. Thus the The research process is based on the assumption that the rover is feasible in terms of power and processing capacity.

 

Required abilities，qualities， and experience

Applicant must have one of following two experience and capability.

(a) background of electrical engineering
The rover is an electronics system, of which development requires various knowledge about electrical engineering such as communication, device, power, computer, and control.

 

(b) experience on the robotics research.

 

Ratios（Project Contribution）

50%

Research environment after arriving at one’s post.

One of three professors from the Department of Spacecraft Engineering in the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) supervises your research. 3D printers and several analytical tools are available. You can work for the development and evaluation processes in Lunar missions if the rover is officially admitted as a payload.

Research supervisor/Prospective mentor

Associate Professor,Tetsuo Yoshimitsu/

Associate Professor,Tetsuo Yoshimitsu
Associate Professor,Masatsugu Otsuki
Assistant Professor,Naoto Usami

Location

Sagamihara Campus

Department

Department of Spacecraft Engineering

Employment

3 years

 

・Contract of employment will be concluded each fiscal year.
・Applicants will not be hired as a permanent employee after the term of service.
・Employment period may be extended up to 3 years for the longest, in consideration of research evaluation every fiscal year.

Closing Date

December 10th(FRI), 2021  17:00(JST)

* Closing Date is mandatory.

* Please note that you are not able to pre-apply during 1a.m.~5a.m.(JST) on the third Thursday of each month due to regular system maintenance. Thank you for avoiding the certain time.

Selection Schedule

The result of the first selection will be announced by the end of December 2021.

Online Interview: Mid-January, 2022(time will be specified individually)

* Schedule is subject to change.

Attached document

 Please check the JAXA Aerospace Project Research Associate Recruitment page "Required Documents" of ISAS carefully before applying.

  

"FORM 2 Letter of Recommendation" (in PDF)

 

Letter of Recommendation must be attached by the applicant or sent by the recommender by email ( "isas-hrtask*ml.jaxa.jp". Please change * to @)

If you do not send a Letter of Recommendation, your application will be invalid.

Contact information

Please enter "JAXA Aerospace Project Research Associate Recruitment" in the subject line and send.

Please refrain from making inquiries other than those related to recruitment.

 

■For specific inquiries about the research theme;

 ISAS Department of Spacecraft Engineering:kikko*nnl.isas.jaxa.jp

 

■For general inquiries

JAXA HR Office: jaxacareer*jaxa.jp

 

Please change * to @ above.

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