Lead SmallSat Attitude & Control Engineer

Argotec INC; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k) match up to 8%

Life Insurance

PTO 3 weeks

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Argotec INC seeks an experienced Attitude, Determination and Control Systems Engineer in the US office to support global systems design teams. You will lead ADCS development for SmallSat platforms, perform verification and validation, and collaborate with headquarters in Italy to deliver integrated spacecraft control solutions.

The role requires a strong background in ADCS, attitude dynamics, Kalman filtering, and multi-disciplinary teamwork.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science or Engineering; typically 10+ years experience.
• US Citizenship or permanent residency required per regulations.
• Excellent written and oral communications.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage technical requirements and specifications.
• Trade-off, sizing, and architecture of PS and ADCS hardware.
• Develop ADCS suite for SmallSat platform.
• Design/architecture and component selection.
• Implement embedded ADCS SW control loop.
• Verify and validate ADCS suite; plan and execute tests.
• Interface ADCS with PS modules; support budgets (deltaV, momentum, pointing).

Skills

Team player

Do what it takes attitude

ADCS/SmallSat

Kalman Filtering

Matlab/Simulink

Python

C/C++

GNC sensors & actuators

Spacecraft attitude dynamics

MIL/PIL/HIL testing

Education

BS in Science/Engineering or related STEM

Tools

Matlab/Simulink

Python

C/C++

Job description

Argotec INC seeks an experienced Attitude, Determination and Control Systems Engineer in the US office to support global systems design teams. You will lead ADCS development for SmallSat platforms, perform verification and validation, and collaborate with headquarters in Italy to deliver integrated spacecraft control solutions.

The role requires a strong background in ADCS, attitude dynamics, Kalman filtering, and multi-disciplinary teamwork.