Senior Spacecraft Flight Controls Engineer

Blue Origin; Merritt Island (FL); On-site; USD 182,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Job summary

Blue Origin seeks an accomplished GN&C and flight controls engineer to join the MK1 Lunar Lander Guidance, Navigation, and Control team. You will develop and test control laws for spacecraft traveling from Earth to the Moon, prototype algorithms, and perform trade studies for robust architectures.

You will collaborate with propulsion, structures, and other subsystems, ensuring rigorous verification and validation across SIL/HIL environments, using Simulink, C/C++, and Python.

Qualifications

• Requires a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering or Physics with 12+ years experience or an M.S. with 10+ years experience.
• Deep knowledge of astrodynamics, orbital mechanics, attitude kinematics and dynamics.
• Background in GN&C algorithm development for flight and attitude control using classical and modern methods.
• Knowledgeable in frequency domain analysis techniques.
• Strong understanding of controller stability derivatives and stability margins.

Responsibilities

• Develop and sustain flight control algorithms for spacecraft operating complex missions.
• Implement control algorithms and subsystem models in an integrated 6-DOF simulation using Simulink, C/C++, Python.
• Perform trade studies to mature spacecraft and mission design.
• Collaborate with subsystems to ensure system-level design closure.
• Develop and maintain software for flight systems and simulations.
• Integrate and test software in SIL and HIL environments.
• Develop toolsets for automated requirements, configuration, and performance analyses.
• Support reviews with data products and reports.

Skills

Strong communication

Team leadership

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Documentation

Adaptability

Education

B.S. in Aerospace Engineering or Physics

M.S. in Aerospace Engineering or Physics

Tools

Simulink

C/C++

Python

Gitlab

Confluence

JIRA

Job description

Blue Origin seeks an accomplished GN&C and flight controls engineer to join the MK1 Lunar Lander Guidance, Navigation, and Control team. You will develop and test control laws for spacecraft traveling from Earth to the Moon, prototype algorithms, and perform trade studies for robust architectures.

You will collaborate with propulsion, structures, and other subsystems, ensuring rigorous verification and validation across SIL/HIL environments, using Simulink, C/C++, and Python.