Senior GNC Engineer: Spacecraft Navigation & Attitude

K2 Space Corporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in the company

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Life insurance

Parental leave

Job summary

K2 Space is seeking a Senior GNC engineer to drive spacecraft attitude and orbit control architecture. You will perform trade studies to implement orbital guidance, control, and navigation systems, with emphasis on MEO to interplanetary missions.

In the first year you’ll help mature the GNC stack, integrate with the 6-DOF sim, and contribute to trajectory design and flight software. Join a fast-growing Series D-funded team building the next-gen space assets.

Qualifications

• Experience with estimation algorithms on flight software and ground software (Kalman filters, EKF, UKF).
• Experience performing Monte Carlo analyses and covariance analysis.
• Experience with verification/validation of GNC flight software in an integrated environment (6-DOF sim, HITL).
• Experience with GNC sensor sizing, selection, and system design.
• Experience with Python, Julia, C/C++, Rust, or Matlab for algorithm development, implementation, and simulation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and validate a novel high-level vehicle architecture with engineering leads.
• Create algorithms for precise navigation across LEO, MEO, GEO, cis-lunar and interplanetary space.
• Build simulation and modeling tools for mission design, controls analysis, and 6-DOF simulations.
• Contribute to growing the GNC organization by recruiting, hiring, and mentoring engineers.

Skills

Kalman Filters

Monte Carlo analyses

6-DOF simulation

GNC sensor sizing

Python

Julia

C/C++

Rust

Matlab

Tools

6-DOF simulation

HITL testing

Job description

K2 Space is seeking a Senior GNC engineer to drive spacecraft attitude and orbit control architecture. You will perform trade studies to implement orbital guidance, control, and navigation systems, with emphasis on MEO to interplanetary missions.

In the first year you’ll help mature the GNC stack, integrate with the 6-DOF sim, and contribute to trajectory design and flight software. Join a fast-growing Series D-funded team building the next-gen space assets.