Spacecraft GNC Engineer II: Attitude & Navigation

Firefly Aerospace; Leander (TX); In loco; USD 90.000 - 140.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Health insurance

Dental plan

Vision plan

Parental leave

Educational reimbursement

Short-term disability

Flexible PTO

Descrizione del lavoro

Firefly Aerospace is seeking a Spacecraft GNC Engineer to design, analyze, and operate GNC systems for operational spacecraft. You will develop GNC flight and simulation software, perform analyses, and support mission operations while building breadth across core GNC competencies.

You will deepen your skills in attitude determination, onboard navigation, sensor and actuator modeling, and real-time mission operations across multiple spacecraft, taking ownership of system elements and software

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, physics, mathematics, computer science, or related field.
• 2–5 years of professional experience in spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control or related discipline.
• Strong knowledge of orbital mechanics, dynamics, state estimation, and attitude dynamics.

Mansioni

• Develop and validate GNC software for spacecraft missions.
• Tune and configure GNC algorithms for all flight phases.
• Perform 6DOF simulation analysis for nominal and dispersed profiles.
• Create tools to automate workflows and generate technical reports.
• Interface with cross-discipline teams to integrate GNC with spacecraft hardware.

Conoscenze

Python scripting

C++

State estimation

Kalman filtering

Sensor modeling

Git

Linux

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical, physics, math, CS

Strumenti

Git

CI/CD

Linux

Descrizione del lavoro

Firefly Aerospace is seeking a Spacecraft GNC Engineer to design, analyze, and operate GNC systems for operational spacecraft. You will develop GNC flight and simulation software, perform analyses, and support mission operations while building breadth across core GNC competencies.

You will deepen your skills in attitude determination, onboard navigation, sensor and actuator modeling, and real-time mission operations across multiple spacecraft, taking ownership of system elements and software