Senior GNC Engineer
Key Skills for This Role
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Guidance, Navigation, Control - 50%
Design and implement GNC designs for new spacecraft designs to accommodate a variety of new mission payloads onto Airbus spacecraft platforms.
Analyze, design, and/or develop GNC systems to include:
Sensors and actuators
Algorithms and flight software
GNC electronics
Support the development of subsystem level requirements and requirement flow-down to the various components and parts as necessary - in all phases of the development lifecycle with particular emphasis on Design for Cost/Design for Manufacturability/Design for Test approaches.
Ensure the maximum reuse of the existing Airbus heritage products and if necessary, identify need for modification.
Ability to drive multiple design activities (programs or mission) – could lead to spacecraft, payload, satellite bus, and/or launch integration activities.
Demonstrated ability to participate in cross-functional planning, coordination, and task execution situations involving the full spectrum of engineering and integration activities
Simulation Development - 40%
Support Airbus spacecraft development product roadmap: includes design adjustments, schedule, and cost targets aligned for future business captures.
Support the definition of spacecraft customization process for customer mission needs
Additional Responsibilities - 10%
Perform all the necessary GNC system engineering activities to build, to maintain and to evolve the Airbus spacecraft products.
Promote and optimize cost savings by reuse of the heritage platform designs and manufacturing infrastructures in the pursuit of various constellation prospects.
Education:
Bachelor's degree in STEM (Science, Technical, Engineering, Math) or related scientific areas.
Preferred: Masters in STEM (Science, Technical, Engineering, Math) or related scientific areas
Experience:
8+ years' (w/ bachelor's degree) / 6+ years' (w/ Master's degree) experience in guidance, navigation and control system analysis, design and verification on spacecraft.
5+ years' experience in guidance, navigation and control system analysis, design and verification on spacecraft.
Skills:
- Proficiency with MATLAB/Simulink and STK.
- Proficiency modeling, simulating, and analyzing the performance of spacecraft GNC sensors, actuators, dynamics and algorithms.
- Familiarity and experience with Model-Based Systems Engineering (SysML/UML) and processes that include requirements, architectures, interfaces and trade studies.
- Familiarity with software development, verification, and validation.
- Experience with object-oriented programming (C, C++) and scripting languages (TCL, Python).
- US Citizenship is required
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