Senior GN&C Hardware Engineer – Guidance & Control

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plans

Retirement plans

Flexible schedule

Job summary

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) seeks a Guidance and Control Engineer to lead the development, integration and flight qualification of GN&C sensor systems. You will explore new sensor technologies, secure funding for development, and direct efforts to infuse advances into future missions.

You will work within JPL’s GN&C Sensors, Actuators, Payloads, and Field Test Group, collaborating across disciplines to support deep-space, Earth-orbiting, and astrophysics missions and to advance

Qualifications

• Requires Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Physics, CS, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering with 6+ years, Master’s with 4+, or PhD with 2+ years.
• Knowledge in GN&C sensor areas: inertial/optical sensors and related tech.
• Experience leading hands-on hardware development or complex hardware test beds.
• Experience leading field testing of prototype hardware in relevant environments.

Responsibilities

• Procure or design, develop, integrate and qualify sensor systems for flight missions (inertial/optical GN&C sensors).
• Propose and develop new sensor technologies for onboard GN&C systems; secure funding for technology development; lead infusion into future flight projects.

Skills

GN&C sensor knowledge

Hardware development

Field testing

Leadership

Embedded electronics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Physics, Computer Science, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree in a technical discipline

PhD in a technical discipline

Tools

FPGAs

Embedded electronics

Job description

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) seeks a Guidance and Control Engineer to lead the development, integration and flight qualification of GN&C sensor systems. You will explore new sensor technologies, secure funding for development, and direct efforts to infuse advances into future missions.

You will work within JPL’s GN&C Sensors, Actuators, Payloads, and Field Test Group, collaborating across disciplines to support deep-space, Earth-orbiting, and astrophysics missions and to advance