Senior Spacecraft GNC Engineer - Attitude & AOCS Lead

Spire Global Inc.; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Spire Global is seeking a GNC/AOCS Engineer to own the attitude and orbit control stack for nanosatellites, from design to on-orbit operations. You will work in a fast-paced, hybrid model in the UK and collaborate with external contractors to optimize reliability and cost.

You will design and implement attitude determination/estimation, develop flight sensor and actuator pathways, and run hardware-in-the-loop simulations to accelerate the bring-up of flight systems.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in spacecraft attitude dynamics and control algorithms.
• Experience designing/implementing Kalman filters for attitude estimation.
• Experience with flight sensors for attitude determination/estimation.
• Familiarity with the Linux development environment.
• Experience working with external engineering contractors.

Responsibilities

• Own current and future spacecraft attitude and orbit control software and hardware.
• Design, model, analyze, integrate and operate attitude estimation systems for small spacecraft.
• Develop dynamics/control simulations, including hardware-in-the-loop.
• Select and implement flight sensors (magnetometers, sun sensors, IMUs, IR sensors, star trackers).
• Select and implement flight actuators (torque elements, reaction wheels, propulsion).
• Hands-on testing and qualification of flight systems in lab/manufacturing environments.
• Support on-orbit operations of attitude control systems.
• Collaborate with contractors, manufacturers, and internal staff to improve reliability and cost.

Skills

Attitude dynamics

Kalman filters

Flight sensors

Linux environment

Contractor coordination

Tools

C/C++ (embedded)

Linux development environment

Job description

Spire Global is seeking a GNC/AOCS Engineer to own the attitude and orbit control stack for nanosatellites, from design to on-orbit operations. You will work in a fast-paced, hybrid model in the UK and collaborate with external contractors to optimize reliability and cost.

You will design and implement attitude determination/estimation, develop flight sensor and actuator pathways, and run hardware-in-the-loop simulations to accelerate the bring-up of flight systems.