Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Oversight
Core
Certify GN&C system requirements compliance and fault-tolerance safety for rendezvous and proximity operations via reviews of analysis, test reports, and hazard reports.
Role type
GN&C systems engineer (rendezvous and proximity operations oversight)
Builds
Flight rules, on-orbit demonstration plans, operational products, and visiting-vehicle GN&C mission-console support
Domain
Aerospace engineering, orbital mechanics, spacecraft systems
Required skills
orbital mechanics, GN&C principles, orbit/entry/descent/landing GN&C, GN&C algorithm development, spacecraft system analysis, Linux, Python, C/C++, space-system requirements development, technical documentation
Preferred skills
master's degree in aerospace engineering, spacecraft rendezvous/proximity operations/capture/docking, NASA flight-operations standards, MATLAB, Simulink, NASA Trick, JEOD, Git, GitLab
Technologies
Linux, Python, C/C++, MATLAB, Simulink, NASA Trick, JEOD, Git, GitLab, Microsoft Office
Responsibilities
Certify GN&C system requirements compliance through reviews of analysis and test reports; Review GN&C hazard reports and verification evidence to certify fault-tolerance safety requirements compliance; Identify solutions to GN&C and rendezvous/proximity-operations performance issues; Assess visiting-vehicle GN&C data for program compliance; Review Monte Carlo trajectory analyses using independent six-degrees-of-freedom simulations; Provide visiting-vehicle GN&C mission-console support during real-time ground monitoring
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC
