GNC Engineer: Embedded Controls for AI Space Satellites

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Bastrop, TX seeks an Embedded GNC Engineer for the Starmind program. You will design and implement control systems for solar arrays, antennas, and attitude control, with simulations and flight software in C++.

Responsibilities include state estimation, hardware qualification, firmware bring-up, production software deployment, and fleet performance monitoring, within a fast-paced, autonomous startup environment. This role may require extended hours and weekends.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, physics or an engineering discipline.
• Software development experience in C++.
• Experience with design and analysis of 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 bringup, 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++ programming

Closed-loop control design

State-space methods

Python

MATLAB

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace, physics or engineering

Tools

C++

Python

MATLAB

Job description

SpaceX in Bastrop, TX seeks an Embedded GNC Engineer for the Starmind program. You will design and implement control systems for solar arrays, antennas, and attitude control, with simulations and flight software in C++.

Responsibilities include state estimation, hardware qualification, firmware bring-up, production software deployment, and fleet performance monitoring, within a fast-paced, autonomous startup environment. This role may require extended hours and weekends.