Senior GNC Engineer, Space
Core
Design and lead Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) subsystems for autonomous spacecraft across various orbital regimes, including LEO, MEO, GEO, and rendezvous operations.
Role type
Senior IC GNC Engineer (Space Systems)
Builds
Software-defined spacecraft systems and modular payloads for Space Domain Awareness and Control
Domain
Defense / Aerospace / Space Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Astrodynamics, Aerospace Engineering, Dynamics and Controls, Computer Science, MATLAB, Simulink, Python, C++, Go, Linux Systems, Orbital Mechanics, 3-DOF and 6-DOF dynamics simulation, Control Theory, Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control, Rendezvous Proximity Operations and Docking
Preferred skills
Propulsion subsystem testing, Hardware-in-the-Loop testbeds, Digital spacecraft simulators, Computer vision and perception algorithms, US satellite operations policy
Technologies
Lattice OS, MATLAB, Simulink, Python, C++, Go, Linux
Responsibilities
Lead spacecraft GNC software and hardware subsystems for various spacecraft efforts; Develop modern, software-defined approaches to autonomous spacecraft operations; Develop appropriate test plans and procedures to validate the GNC system; Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality; Coordinate with end-users, other operators and customers to turn needs into features; Support challenging schedules during ground testing, launch windows and on-orbit operations; Design of flight software, algorithms, and simulation products; Development of spacecraft autonomy tools for dynamic space operations; Test process development and execution; Define automated fault detection and responses; Provide hardware-in-the-loop and monte-carlo simulation capabilities
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC