Senior GNC Engineer Verified today
About the Role
As a Senior GNC Engineer you will directly shape the in-orbit performance of a novel space vehicle. Your work will span vehicle-level dynamics and control, orbit propagation, flight software and HITL testing on our avionics. We're looking for someone who brings full-stack GNC development capability to the table.
Responsibilities
- Develop creative solutions to precisely putting a spot of reflected sunlight on the ground from space.
- Design, develop and test closed-loop guidance, navigation and control for both attitude and orbit.
- Plan trajectories and attitude motion profiles that satisfy spot serving constraints.
- Develop and own the 6-DOF simulation of vehicle attitude and orbital dynamics, and characterize vehicle performance through Monte Carlo analysis.
- Write GNC algorithms in flight software (C++/Rust) and validate them using avionics in the loop.
- Drive sensor and actuator selection with avionics engineers to ensure reliable attitude determination and control in flight.
- Analyze and plan orbits and constellation design to maximize overall spot serving capability.
Ideal Qualifications
- 5+ years of professional GNC engineering experience, ideally on spacecraft or other dynamically controlled vehicles.
- Clear technical ownership of a GNC subsystem that has flown, covering simulation, algorithms and flight software.
- Strong background in modeling physical systems from first principles, including flexible body dynamics, sensors, actuators and the space environment.
- Expertise in state estimation design for attitude and orbit determination, validated in flight.
- Ability to verify and validate GNC flight software in an integrated environment, using HITL testing.
- Experience in guidance, maneuver and constellation design, including orbit selection, coverage and station-keeping.
- Experience in real-time spacecraft operations support, from commissioning through console operations to on-orbit anomaly resolution.
- Fluency in Python, C++ and/or Rust.
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision coverage with 100% base-policy coverage by Reflect
- HSA, FSA and 401K access
- Unlimited paid time off
- Daily provided lunches