Principal GNC Engineer
Core
Architect and lead Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) systems for robotic spacecraft enabling dynamic space operations like maneuvering, refueling, and exploration.
Role type
Principal GNC Engineer (Space Systems)
Builds
Robotic spacecraft for dynamic space operations (RPOD missions) and foundational capabilities for sustained space activity.
Domain
Aerospace / Space Systems / Orbital Dynamics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
GNC system architecture, autonomy algorithms, Python, hardware-in-the-loop testing, mission operations training, trade studies, six-degree-of-freedom modeling
Preferred skills
cradle-to-grave spacecraft design, multi-body astrodynamics, C/C++, Basilisk, Git, Linux
Technologies
Python, C/C++, Basilisk, Git, Linux
Responsibilities
Architect GNC solutions for space domain awareness and RPOD missions; lead trade studies from conceptualization to flight; design algorithms for orbit determination and state estimation; build and test modeling/simulation tools for orbital/cislunar dynamics; implement algorithms in flight software; support hardware-in-the-loop testing; design concepts of operations (CONOPS).
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership