Senior GNC Systems Engineer – Space Rendezvous & Vision

Astroscale Holdings Inc.; East Hagbourne; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Hybrid working available

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Life insurance

Job summary

Astroscale UK seeks a Senior GNC Systems Engineer to design and verify the Guidance, Navigation and Control subsystem for ASUK missions, including Computer Vision elements and integration with GNC hardware for Rendezvous and Proximity Operations. You will lead verification planning, contribute to subsystem integration, and collaborate across engineering disciplines on advanced mission solutions.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, state-of-the-art GNC research, and the translation of

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in aerospace engineering or another relevant engineering/science discipline.
• 5+ years’ relevant experience in a GNC related field
• Matlab/Simulink development skills – at least intermediate level.
• Knowledge and experience on the development of the GNC subsystem architecture
• Hands-on experience with GNC requirements derivation and verification
• Design and implementation of control laws and navigation algorithms
• Translating algorithms into operational flight software
• GNC hardware integration and test
• Knowledge of state-of-the-art GNC technologies/hardware used in space missions
• Knowledge of various capture systems used for RPO missions
• Experience with RPO and docking algorithms/solutions
• Experience with flight dynamics and relative orbital dynamics
• On-orbit operational experience of satellite missions
• Embedded software development skills – intermediate level.

Responsibilities

• Contribute development of GNC systems (requirements, FDIR, V&V strategy etc.) for Astroscale projects, ensuring integration of GNC algorithms, Computer Vision algorithms and GNC Hardware for RPO missions.
• Contribute to the logical integration of the technical GNC subsystem work packages and overall solution, including the subsystem development and verification plans.
• Collaborate with other engineering disciplines in the planning, design and development of AS mission/system to ensure required GNC subsystem performance and compatibility.
• Plan and execute GNC subsystem verification and test activities.
• Drive GNC subsystem’s review gates and contribute to mission review gates.
• Conduct state-of-the-art research into GNC (hardware and algorithm) designs relevant to Astroscale’s missions and perform subsystem level design and trade-off analysis.
• Support GNC algorithm development and GNC hardware selection and integration for Rendezvous and Proximity Operation (RPO) missions.
• Support development of GNC software architecture, with designs leading towards an overall GNC software solution.
• Liaise with customers and/or suppliers to characterize GNC system constraints/requirements, identify and/or present the technical GNC solution.
• Provide support to mission’s technical and programmatic leadership.
• Provide support and analysis for on-orbit operations of AS spacecraft.

Skills

GNC experience

MATLAB/Simulink

C/C++ programming

Embedded software

GNC hardware

RPO docking

On-orbit ops

Education

Master’s degree in aerospace engineering

Tools

GNC hardware integration

Job description

Astroscale UK seeks a Senior GNC Systems Engineer to design and verify the Guidance, Navigation and Control subsystem for ASUK missions, including Computer Vision elements and integration with GNC hardware for Rendezvous and Proximity Operations. You will lead verification planning, contribute to subsystem integration, and collaborate across engineering disciplines on advanced mission solutions.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, state-of-the-art GNC research, and the translation of