GNC Senior Engineer-Lander
Core
Design and implement Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) systems for rocket-engine powered lander vehicles, covering the full lifecycle from conceptual design to flight test.
Role type
Senior IC GNC Engineer (Spacecraft/Lander)
Builds
GNC algorithms, control laws, and software for planetary landers and reusable launchers
Domain
Aerospace engineering, space exploration, control systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Control law design, sensor data fusion, modelling and simulation, C++, Python, HiL testing, verification and validation, parameter characterization/estimation
Preferred skills
Slosh dynamics, real-time trajectory optimization, vision-based navigation, NASA cFS framework
Responsibilities
Requirements engineering, preliminary design and sizing, detailed algorithm and control law design, software implementation, hardware integration, supporting HiL and flight tests, managing technical baselines
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
