GNC (Guidance, Navigation, and Control) Engineer

Starfish Space

TukwilaFull-time$100k–$180k2026-11-04 → 2026-11-09

HybridNo visa sponsorshipCitizens or permanent residents only

Core

Refine flight algorithms for autonomous rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking (RPOD) of satellites.

Role type

GNC Engineer (Autonomous Robotics)

Builds

Autonomous flight software for satellite servicing vehicles

Domain

Aerospace / Satellite Servicing

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

GNC, Astrodynamics, Python, C/C++, Satellite Guidance/Control

Preferred skills

Aerospace context experience

Technologies

Python, C/C++

About Starfish Space

Series B200 Employees

Starfish Space provides satellite servicing missions with its Otter servicing vehicle, including life extension missions for geostationary satellites and disposal missions for low Earth orbit satellites. Founded in 2019, Starfish has raised over $150M in venture capital funding and built a team of engineers with experience spanning satellite guidance, navigation, control, and autonomous robotics. Starfish has launched several missions to-date, and is focused on delivering Otter satellite servicing missions for SES, the U.S. Space Force, the Space Development Agency, NASA, and others.