GNC (Guidance, Navigation, and Control) Engineer

🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $100,000–$180,000🗓 2026-09-25

Core

Develop and refine autonomous flight algorithms for satellite rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking (RPOD) using the CEPHALOPOD guidance software.

Role type

GNC Engineer (Autonomous Robotics)

Builds

Autonomous flight software for the Otter servicing vehicle

Domain

Aerospace / Satellite Servicing

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

GNC, astrodynamics, satellite guidance/control, Python, C/C++

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

CEPHALOPOD, Otter servicing vehicle

Responsibilities

Write software for autonomous guidance, develop flight algorithms for RPOD, test and refine GNC software

Seniority

Mid-level, hands-on IC

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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.