Senior GN&C Engineer — Autonomous Rendezvous & Docking

Arcfield; Louisville (CO); On-site; USD 131,755 - 229,097; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Paid Time Off

Retirement and Savings

Job summary

Arcfield is seeking a Principal Navigation, Guidance & Control (NG&C) Engineer in Louisville, Colorado, to own the architecture for autonomous rendezvous and proximity operations. This role defines the technical direction for spacecraft docking with a target and leads GN&C algorithm development.

Qualified candidates will possess a Bachelor's degree and extensive experience in software development, orbit dynamics, and algorithm development in Python and C++. The position offers a competitive salary range of $131,755.50 to $229,097.25, along with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience developing software for aerospace applications.
• Strong knowledge of orbit and attitude dynamics.
• Experience with control theory applied to spacecraft.

Responsibilities

• Lead the navigation and control algorithm development.
• Design and implement filtering and sensor fusion algorithms.
• Define the verification and validation strategy for GN&C.

Skills

Orbit dynamics

Estimation theory

C++ programming

Python programming

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or computational field

Tools

MATLAB

Job description

Arcfield is seeking a Principal Navigation, Guidance & Control (NG&C) Engineer in Louisville, Colorado, to own the architecture for autonomous rendezvous and proximity operations. This role defines the technical direction for spacecraft docking with a target and leads GN&C algorithm development.

Qualified candidates will possess a Bachelor's degree and extensive experience in software development, orbit dynamics, and algorithm development in Python and C++. The position offers a competitive salary range of $131,755.50 to $229,097.25, along with comprehensive benefits.