MK2 GN&C Flight Controls Engineer III – Lunar Permanence
Core
Develop control laws and flight software for Blue Moon landers, conducting trade studies and stability analyses for spacecraft from Earth to the Moon.
Role type
Senior IC flight controls engineer (spacecraft GN&C)
Builds
Control laws and flight software for lunar landers
Domain
Aerospace, Spaceflight, Lunar Exploration
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
GN&C algorithm development, classical and modern control methods, frequency domain analysis, controller stability derivatives, control law design, Matlab/Simulink, Model Based Development, C/C++ coding, software configuration management
Preferred skills
Full lifecycle system development, advanced control schemes (PID, H-Infinity, Dynamic Inversion), RCS/TVC/electric propulsion design, astrodynamics and orbital mechanics, RPOD design, Monte Carlo and HIL/SIL testing, real-time flight software, system safety analyses
Technologies
Matlab, Simulink, C, C++, Gitlab, Confluence, JIRA
Responsibilities
Develop control laws and flight software, prototype algorithms, conduct trade studies for control architectures, perform linear stability analyses, collaborate on subsystem boundaries and interfaces
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC