Spacecraft ADCS Engineer
Core
Design and implement guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) architectures and algorithms for spacecraft attitude determination and control systems (ADCS) in embedded C++ environments.
Role type
Spacecraft ADCS/GNC Engineer
Builds
Embedded GNC software, ground-processing algorithms, and offline geolocation pipelines for LEO satellite constellations
Domain
Aerospace engineering, satellite systems, control theory
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
C++, control and optimization theory, numerical programming (Python, Julia, MATLAB), ADCS/GNC subsystem design, mission performance analysis, anomaly resolution, software/hardware-in-the-loop testing
Preferred skills
Control stability analysis of flexible bodies, ADCS for precision pointing platforms, spacecraft flight operations
Technologies
C++, Python, Julia, MATLAB
Responsibilities
Design and implement GNC architectures and algorithms; define requirements for ADCS algorithms and hardware; perform mission-specific GNC performance analysis and simulation; collaborate on ground-processing and geolocation pipeline development; support on-orbit anomaly resolution; plan and execute software- and hardware-in-the-loop tests
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC
