Senior GNC Engineer — Starship Flight Controls

SpaceX; Starbase (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Senior GNC Engineer in Starbase, TX to push flight control system boundaries for Starship. You will work with a team of engineers to develop, analyze, and test vehicles and subsystems for highly reliable flight.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in physics or engineering, 5+ years of experience, and strong knowledge of control systems, orbital mechanics, and modeling. Proficiency in Python or C++ is expected, with readiness for extended hours as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in physics or an engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of professional experience.
• Experience with control systems, orbital mechanics, classical dynamics, modeling, and simulation.
• Experience with the software languages Python or C++.

Responsibilities

• Develop innovative guidance, navigation, and control systems for Starship.
• Engage in multi-disciplinary vehicle systems investigations and design work that define the systems architecture.
• Implement new software or algorithms to enable mission-unique capabilities and leading-edge launch vehicle performance.
• Develop 6-DOF dynamics simulation models used for GNC analyses and validation.
• Analyze launch vehicle trajectories, performance dispersions, and flight stability.
• Conduct post-flight data review and correlation with analyses for improvement of predictions.
• Support launch and mission operations of vehicles that you enabled.
• Perform testing of GNC software using hardware-in-the-loop testing, Monte Carlo analysis, and unit testing.

Skills

Control systems

Orbital mechanics

Classical dynamics

Modeling & simulation

Python

C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in physics or an engineering discipline

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Senior GNC Engineer in Starbase, TX to push flight control system boundaries for Starship. You will work with a team of engineers to develop, analyze, and test vehicles and subsystems for highly reliable flight.

The role requires a Bachelor’s in physics or engineering, 5+ years of experience, and strong knowledge of control systems, orbital mechanics, and modeling. Proficiency in Python or C++ is expected, with readiness for extended hours as needed.