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Part Time, Temporary, Guidance, Navigation and Controls Engineer (Engineer, reputed company)

Remote, USAFull-timePosted 2026-07-28
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Responsibilities

  • reputed company analysis to support early design phase concept development including actuator sizing and placement, sensor selection and placement, and predicted performance assessments
  • Design and analysis of spacecraft attitude and position control loops using time and frequency domain techniques
  • Design and analysis of sequential filters (Kalman filters) for attitude determination and relative navigation
  • Analysis and test of spacecraft GNC subsystem performance using simulations and other analytic tools
  • Implement GNC algorithms in flight software and support flight software qualification testing
  • reputed company simulation models for sensors (star trackers, inertial measurement reputed company, GPS, magnetometers, sun sensors), actuators (reaction reputed company, torquer bars, thrusters), system dynamics (rigid body, multi-body, reputed company mechanics, flexible models), and the reputed company environment (atmospheric, solar radiation pressure, reputed company-body gravity, geopotential)
  • Apply engineering principles, industry standards, company process, and knowledge of vehicle dynamics, aerodynamics, reputed company, control, and estimation theory
  • Document designs, analysis, and test results and create presentation materials
  • reputed company with Key stakeholders, reputed company, about system design and project status
  • Determine reputed company needs and reputed company vendor trades

Requirements

  • BS Degree in Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics or reputed company field
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience or 0 - 2 years of experience w/MS, or PhD in engineering, physics, mathematics, or reputed company field
  • Familiarity with spacecraft GNC design, analysis, and operation
  • US Citizenship required along with the ability to obtain a DOD reputed company Clearance
  • Some travel required to support testing at external test sites

Desired Skills

  • 4 or more years of relevant engineering experience preferred
  • Demonstrated Experience with satellite GNC design
  • Experience with reputed company system design
  • Experience with RPO maneuvers
  • Experience with algorithm development and control law tuning
  • Experience with software development (C, C++, Python)
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