Embedded GNC Engineer for AI Satellite Systems

Starlink; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an Embedded Controls Engineer for the Starmind project to design, implement, and deploy robust control systems for satellites and propulsion subsystems.

You will develop high-fidelity simulations, validate firmware, and contribute to flight software and hardware integration, applying advanced state estimation and control theory in a fast-paced startup-like environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, physics or engineering.
• Experience with C++ and embedded software.
• Experience with closed-loop control systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, analysis, implementation of electromechanical control systems such as solar array actuators, antenna gimbals, and high bandwidth active optics.
• Design, analysis, implementation of satellite attitude control and momentum management systems.
• Design, analysis, implementation of fluid and power system controls for the Starlink hall thrusters.
• Optimal state estimation as applied to mechanical alignment and attitude determination.
• Hardware performance specification and sizing, support for hardware iteration and firmware bring-up, design qualification, automated production screening, and performance monitoring in the fleet.
• Development and maintenance of high fidelity simulations using C++, Python, MATLAB; integration of those simulations into collaborative analysis tools.
• Implementation, validation, unit testing, and deployment of production software (C++) pertinent to the systems described above.
• Provide engineering and data review support for hardware development, network level performance monitoring.

Skills

C++

Closed-loop controls

Dynamics

Embedded software

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace, physics or engineering

Master's degree or PhD in physics or engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an Embedded Controls Engineer for the Starmind project to design, implement, and deploy robust control systems for satellites and propulsion subsystems.

You will develop high-fidelity simulations, validate firmware, and contribute to flight software and hardware integration, applying advanced state estimation and control theory in a fast-paced startup-like environment.