GNC Engineer, Attitude Determination and Optical Navigation

What you'll do

• Maintain, upgrade, and operate attitude determination systems onboard Starlink satellites.
• Operate and upgrade the object detection pipeline for the Stargaze space surveillance system.
• Analyze sensor performance to support the design of future navigation and situational awareness sensors.
• Develop and deploy algorithms for real-world space applications using C++ and Python.
• Perform image processing for astrometric applications including background subtraction and star pattern identification.
• Implement sequential estimation techniques such as Kalman filtering for spacecraft attitude determination.
• Execute sensor fusion in operational environments including failure detection, recovery, and measurement weighting.
• Utilize hardware acceleration for real-time image processing using GPUs and FPGAs.

What we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, aerospace, physics, or an engineering discipline.
• Software development experience in C++ and Python.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for required Department of State authorizations.
• Advanced degree in engineering, mathematics, or physics with a focus on attitude determination, rotational dynamics, or image processing (preferred).
• Real-world experience with star trackers, gyroscopes, magnetometers, sun sensors, and accelerometers (preferred).
• Proficiency in image processing for astrometric applications and expertise in sequential estimation techniques like Kalman filtering (preferred).
• Experience with sensor fusion, optical sensors for vision-based navigation, and hardware acceleration using GPUs and FPGAs (preferred).
• Proven ability to develop and deploy algorithms for space applications using version control systems like Git (preferred).