Senior Controls Engineer, Optical Beam Pointing
Core
Technical lead for optical beam pointing and control systems enabling high-precision optical communications for the 2028 Mars Orbiter mission.
Role type
Senior IC controls engineer (spacecraft optical communications)
Builds
Flight-ready control algorithms and systems for interplanetary optical links
Domain
Aerospace, Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC), Optical Communications
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Control systems design (classical/modern, state-space, nonlinear), Sensor fusion and state estimation (Kalman filtering), Spacecraft GNC experience, Software development (C++, Rust, Python, Matlab), Fast steering mirror control, System modeling and simulation
Preferred skills
Graduate degree (MS/PhD), Technical leadership in spacecraft development, Image processing and photon counting, Flight software for real-time control, Gyroscopic sensor processing, Spacecraft ADCS, MATLAB/Simulink, Startup/agile environment, Deep-space mission operations, Optical communications/laser pointing systems
