Senior GNC Engineer, Starship Flight Control

SpaceX; Brownsville (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Texas is seeking a Senior GNC Engineer to push the flight control boundaries for Starship and related vehicles. You will design, analyze, and test guidance, navigation, and control systems with a cross-disciplinary team of engineers.

Responsibilities include developing GNC models, evaluating trajectories, performing hardware-in-the-loop tests, and supporting launch operations. Requires a physics or engineering degree and 5+ years of experience; Python or C++ experience strongly

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in physics or engineering is required.
• 5+ years of professional experience in GNC, flight control or related fields.
• Experience with Python or C++.
• Solid knowledge of control systems and orbital mechanics.
• Postgraduate degree in physics or engineering is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop guidance, navigation, and control systems for Starship.
• Engage in multidisciplinary vehicle systems investigations and design work.
• Implement new algorithms for mission-specific capabilities and performance.
• Develop 6-DOF dynamics simulation models for GNC analysis.
• Analyze trajectories, dispersions, and flight stability.
• Review post-flight data to improve predictions.
• Support launch and mission operations for enabled vehicles.
• Test GNC software with hardware-in-the-loop and Monte Carlo methods.

Skills

Control systems

Orbital mechanics

Classical dynamics

Modeling and simulation

Python

C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in physics or an engineering discipline

Postgraduate degree in physics or engineering (preferred)

Job description

SpaceX in Texas is seeking a Senior GNC Engineer to push the flight control boundaries for Starship and related vehicles. You will design, analyze, and test guidance, navigation, and control systems with a cross-disciplinary team of engineers.

Responsibilities include developing GNC models, evaluating trajectories, performing hardware-in-the-loop tests, and supporting launch operations. Requires a physics or engineering degree and 5+ years of experience; Python or C++ experience strongly