Senior Staff GNC Engineer
CesiumAstroSatellite Communications company
Austin, United StatesLead
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About the role
TL;DR
Design and analyze GNC systems for satellites and payloads.
- •CesiumAstro is seeking a Senior Staff GNC Engineer to design and analyze GNC systems for satellites and payloads.
- •You will be responsible for Guidance, Navigation, and Control throughout all stages of the design, integration, test, and operations.
- •Key Responsibilities Perform trade studies, lead design reviews, create models, and complete simulations and system testing.
- •Build, test, and fly hardware and software for spacecraft GNC systems.
- •Work on a small team to develop satellites and put them in orbit.
- •Ensure successful build and launch of satellites, working closely with the engineering team and program management.
- •Requirements Master of Science (MS) degree in Aerospace Engineering.
- •Minimum of 8 years of industry experience in satellite attitude and orbit systems.
- •Deep expertise in spacecraft attitude estimation, guidance, and control, including nonlinear state estimation theory and implementation.
- •Experience with multiple spaceflight missions from concept to operations.
- •Fluency with Python and C++, or other modeling languages.
Required skills
PythonC++
Domain expertise
aerospacedefense
Tech stack
PythonC++