Guidance, Navigation, & Control (GNC) Engineer II

CesiumAstro · Austin, TX · Yesterday

On-siteEngineeringFull-time

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About the role

We are looking to add a GNC Engineer II to our team. In this position, you will work on a small team in the design and analysis of GNC systems for CesiumAstro satellites and payloads. You will be responsible for Guidance, Navigation, and Control through all stages of design, integration, test, and operations. As such, you will perform trade studies, participate in design reviews, create models, and complete simulations and system testing. You will build, test, and fly hardware. As a CesiumAstro spacecraft team member, you will work on a small team to develop satellites and put them in orbit. Being in a startup, you can expect significant portions of your time to be spent contributing to company-critical projects outside your area of expertise.

Responsibilities

Design and analysis of GNC systems for satellites and payloads
Perform trade studies and participate in design reviews
Create models, complete simulations, and conduct system testing
Build, test, and fly hardware
Develop satellites and support their deployment into orbit
Contribute to company-critical projects outside your core expertise
Conceptualization, architecture design, requirements specification, design, test, and operations of various GNC architectures and components
Define spacecraft trajectories and orbital requirements
Spacecraft mission design including events, pointing modes, maneuver planning, and operations

Requirements

Master of Science (MS), or Doctorate (Ph.D.) degree in Aerospace Engineering from an accredited university or institution
2 years of internship, research, or industry experience in satellite attitude and orbit systems
Expertise in attitude estimation, guidance, and control; coordinate frame transformations; linear algebra; and non-linear systems
Experience with multiple spaceflight missions from concept to operations
Experience in low earth orbit satellites
Experience with post-CDR test failures and on-orbit failures that guide your design and test philosophies
Experience with successful and unsuccessful recovery from on-orbit failures
Familiarity with space mission simulation tools such as STK, Basilisk, GMAT, or FreeFlyer
Fluency with Python and C++, or other modeling languages
Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Experience

CubeSat and SmallSat experience
Hands-on experience with spacecraft instrumentation, subsystems, and test labs
Experience with multiple mission simulation and flight architectures which drives your vision for the next generation of space software
Experience in LEO, MEO, GEO, and deep space satellites
Experience with communications satellites

Benefits