Senior Navigation & Guidance Engineer
Core
Designing and validating the Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) architecture for high-power satellites to enable autonomous orbit raising and precise pointing of large flexible structures in Earth orbit and beyond.
Role type
Senior IC Navigation & Guidance Engineer (Spacecraft GNC)
Builds
High-power satellite platforms (K2 bus) for missions from LEO to deep space
Domain
Aerospace / Satellite Systems / Orbital Mechanics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
GNC actuator and sensor sizing, attitude control and estimation algorithms, verification and validation of flight software, 6-DOF simulation development, Python/Julia/C/C++/Matlab
Preferred skills
Early-stage spacecraft conceptual design, control algorithm development, reaction wheel/CMG/thruster sizing, Extended Kalman Filters, trajectory analysis, Rust software development
Technologies
Python, Julia, C/C++, Matlab, Rust, 6-DOF simulation, HITL testing
Responsibilities
Develop and validate novel high-level vehicle architecture; Develop algorithms for precise pointing of large flexible structures; Develop slewing algorithms for large flexible structures; Build simulation and modeling tools for trade studies; Recruit, hire, and mentor GNC engineers
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities