As a Senior GNC Engineer, you will enable us to predict the in-orbit performance of a novel space vehicle. Your work will span from vehicle-level dynamics modeling, to propagated orbital dynamics modeling, to controller design that we can implement on flight-ready avionics. We're looking for someone who brings "full-stack" GNC development capability to the table.
Responsibilities
Develop and own our 6-DOF simulation for understanding vehicle attitude, station-keeping, and orbital performance.
Design and implement controllers on hardware going to space by actually writing software yourself
Use simulation to constrain and inform ADCS design
Work closely with avionics engineers to have performant, reliable attitude determination and control
Analyze orbits, constellation designs, trajectories and attitude motion profiles to maximize vehicle service performance
Contribute to high-level vehicle architecture decisions
Support prototyping, implement controllers on prototype hardware
Come up with creative solutions to novel problems that surround precisely putting a spot of reflected sunlight on the ground from space
Ideal Qualifications
Clear prior technical ownership of functioning vehicle controllers and sim (I designed and simulated the GNC for "xyz" vehicle)
Experience bringing up sim environments from scratch, opinionated/familiar with best practices.
Experience with implementing attitude control and/or estimation algorithms on spacecraft
Experience with verification and validation of GNC flight software in an integrated environment, leveraging 6-DOF simulation and HITL testing.
Even if you don't meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.
We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.
Benefits
Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, covers 100% of each base-policy
Access to HSA, FSA, 401K, and commuter benefits
Unlimited paid time off, two-weeks per year minimum mandatory use