Controls Engineer

About the role

Cosmic Frontier’s mission is to dramatically expand access to high performance space telescopes, democratize the scientific process, and build tools for exploring the Universe. Cosmic Frontier team members own the full lifecycle of spaceflight hardware and software, from early architecture through flight. We build and fly real hardware.

Responsibilities

• Develop control laws and estimation filters for attitude control, fine pointing, and focus or wavefront control where needed
• Build and maintain the simulation and HIL environments that make control performance real before flight
• Work closely with avionics and software to integrate, tune, and validate control loops on hardware

Requirements

• Strong education background in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, with significant experience in control systems for aerospace or high precision hardware
• Strong foundation in feedback control theory, state estimation, and system dynamics, with hands on experience developing control laws and filters
• Proven ability to integrate, tune, and validate control systems on physical hardware in collaboration with avionics and software teams

Qualifications

• Experience with spacecraft attitude control, fine pointing systems, or precision stabilization applications
• Experience defining sensing and actuation architectures, data rates, and control system interfaces
• Comfortable operating in a fast paced startup environment with high ownership and rapid iteration

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO, sick leave, parental leave, bereavement leave
• Medical, dental, vision, reproductive healthcare, HSA/FSA, life and disability insurance
• 401(k), education benefits, cell phone and Wi-Fi reimbursement, one-time work-from-home stipend, commuter benefits, wellness programs

Pay

L4: $120,000 – $160,000
L5: $170,000 – $250,000

Schedule

Not specified