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About SpaceX
SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.
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Join the Starlink guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) team as a GNC Engineer at Level I or II, where you will design and analyze navigation logic for consumer and enterprise Starlink phased array antennas. Your daily tasks include real-time angular and translational navigation using onboard sensors, beam-steering logic development, and software implementation in C++. You will also work on high-fidelity simulations, model derivation, and collaborate with hardware engineers to specify future user terminal products. Essential skills include experience in state estimation, feedback control, robotics, antenna design, RF technology, inertial navigation systems, GNSS, and Linux development. This role involves tackling complex challenges in satellite constellation management and enabling global internet access through innovative engineering solutions.
C++
Python
Orbital mechanics
Relative orbital dynamics
Maneuver planning
Collision avoidance
State-space methods
Classical control theory
Trajectory optimization
Model predictive control
Convex optimization
Mixed-integer programming
Numerical propagation methods
High-order gravity models
Atmosphere models
Python
C++
Monte Carlo simulation
6DOF modeling and simulation
HITL testing
Orbital mechanics
Control theory
State estimation
Vehicle dynamics
Sensor models
Actuator models
Thermal constraints management
Power budgeting
Momentum management
Communications systems
Payload-pointing needs
Flight software development
Hardware-in-the-loop testing
C++
Python
RF
Linux
State estimation
Optimization
Simulation
Technical documentation
Software development
GNC algorithms
Flight software
Satellite payload performance
Modeling and simulation