Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer
Spaceium IncIn-Space Refueling company
Ottawa, Canada$75,000 - $110,000 CADMid
Initialized Capital
Y Combinator
Andreessen Horowitz
Zeno Ventures
Olive Tree Capital
DTX Ventures
About the role
TL;DR
Design and implement GNC algorithms for spacecraft attitude and orbit control.
- •Design algorithms for spacecraft to determine their position, plan trajectories, and navigate precisely in orbit.
- •You will own estimation, attitude and orbit determination, and control across the full loop.
- •Key Responsibilities Design and implement GNC algorithms for spacecraft attitude determination and control, orbit determination, and maneuver planning.
- •Develop state estimation and sensor fusion (e.g., Kalman/nonlinear filters).
- •Model spacecraft dynamics and orbital mechanics, and design controllers.
- •Build high-fidelity simulation environments to validate GNC performance.
- •Implement and test GNC algorithms in flight software.
- •Requirements Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
- •Strong foundation in control theory, linear algebra, and dynamics.
- •Programming experience in Python and/or C/C++.
- •Experience with simulation and analysis tools such as MATLAB/Simulink or equivalent Python stacks.
- •Experience with version control systems such as Git.
Required skills
PythonC++Git
Domain expertise
aerospace
Benefits & perks
Equity
Tech stack
PythonC++Git