Senior GNC Engineer

The role

You will drive the spacecraft GNC architecture and execute trade studies for orbital guidance, control, and estimation systems. You will develop algorithms, simulation tools, and flight software for various orbital environments.

What you will do

• Work with other engineering leads to develop and validate a novel high level vehicle architecture
• Develop novel algorithms for precise navigation in LEO, MEO, GEO, cis lunar, and interplanetary space
• Develop simulation and modeling tools to support vehicle and GNC trade studies
• Contribute to building the GNC organization by recruiting, hiring, and mentoring other engineers
• Support development and improvement of MEO navigation
• Support development of new navigation approaches for GEO, cis lunar, and interplanetary
• Support development of in-house trajectory design scheme and associated analysis workflow
• Commit code to the 6-DOF sim and own a portion of the GNC flight software
• Support launch and on orbit operations of the Trinity mission

Required qualifications

• Experience with implementing estimation algorithms for flight software and ground software, specifically Kalman Filters, Extended Kalman Filters, and Unscented Kalman Filters
• Experience performing Monte Carlo based analyses and covariance analysis
• Experience with verification and validation of GNC flight software in an integrated environment, leveraging 6-DOF simulation and HITL testing
• Experience with GNC sensor sizing, selection, and system design
• Experience with Python, Julia, C/C++, Rust, or Matlab for algorithm development, implementation, and simulation

Nice to have

• Experience with system identification, leveraging on-orbit data
• Experience with early-stage spacecraft conceptual design, i.e. “clean sheet” design work
• Breadth in control algorithm development
• Experience with reaction wheel, control moment gyroscope, or thruster sizing and algorithm implementation
• Experience with trajectory analysis, modeling, optimization, and mission design for GEO, cislunar, interplanetary missions

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Medical/dental/vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Many other perks

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license

About the company

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown for missions from LEO to deep space. The company is a high-growth Series D-funded company mass-producing satellite platforms.