GNC/ADCS Engineer – Remote Space Systems

Muon Space, Inc.; Elm (PA); Remote; USD 166,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grant

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k retirement plan

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Life insurance

Paid vacation (3 weeks)

Job summary

Muon Space, Inc. seeks a qualified GNC engineer to design and implement guidance, navigation, and control architectures in an embedded C++ environment.

You will define ADCS requirements for missions and roadmap development, and perform analysis and simulations of GNC performance. The role includes collaborating on an offline geolocation processing pipeline and supporting software- and hardware-in-the-loop testing.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering or equivalent plus at least 2-3 years of professional experience, OR several years of experience hands-on with GNC analysis and design
• Software skills in C++
• Expertise in common numerical programming environments (Python, Julia, MATLAB)
• Experience with control stability analysis of flexible bodies
• Experience with ADCS of precision pointing platforms
• Experience with spacecraft flight operations
• US Government security clearance

Responsibilities

• Design and implement guidance, navigation & control architectures and algorithms in an embedded C++ environment
• Define requirements for ADCS algorithms, hardware, and related systems - both for existing missions as well as roadmap development that unlock new customer opportunities
• Perform analysis and simulation of mission-specific GNC performance
• Collaborate on the development of an offline geolocation processing pipeline
• Support software- and hardware-in-the-loop test planning, execution, and validation

Skills

C++

Python

Julia

MATLAB

Education

Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering or equivalent

Job description

Muon Space, Inc. seeks a qualified GNC engineer to design and implement guidance, navigation, and control architectures in an embedded C++ environment.

You will define ADCS requirements for missions and roadmap development, and perform analysis and simulations of GNC performance. The role includes collaborating on an offline geolocation processing pipeline and supporting software- and hardware-in-the-loop testing.