Senior GNC Engineer II- Mission Formulation
Core
Design, modeling, analysis, and testing of Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) systems for launch vehicles and missions.
Role type
Senior IC GNC Engineer (Mission Formulation)
Builds
Launch and mission operational concepts, trajectory designs, and flight code for Rocket Lab's launch programs.
Domain
Aerospace / Launch Vehicle Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
real-time control and estimation algorithms, autonomous vehicle design, trajectory design and analysis, requirements engineering, Monte Carlo simulation, flight safety analysis, automated flight termination system (AFTS) verification, GNC modeling automation
Preferred skills
rigid body dynamics modeling, Python development, data analysis with MATLAB/SciPy, C/C++ development, mission analysis tools (ASTOS)
Technologies
Python, MATLAB, SciPy, C/C++, ASTOS, Git
Responsibilities
Conduct trades studies and preliminary/final mission analyses; develop orbital and suborbital trajectory designs; support hardware-in-the-loop testing; develop and support release of flight code; conduct flight safety analyses; verify AFTS hardware and software; develop tools for automating GNC tasks
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
