Senior GNC Engineer, Starship Controls

What you'll do

• Develop innovative guidance, navigation, and control systems for the Starship vehicle.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary investigations to define the overall vehicle systems architecture.
• Implement new software and algorithms to enable mission-unique capabilities and performance.
• Create 6-DOF dynamics simulation models for GNC system analysis and validation.
• Analyze launch vehicle trajectories, flight stability, and performance dispersions.
• Conduct post-flight data reviews to correlate results with predictions for continuous improvement.
• Support the active launch and mission operations of enabled vehicles.
• Perform GNC software testing using hardware-in-the-loop, Monte Carlo analysis, and unit testing.

What we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree in physics or an engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of professional experience.
• Experience with control systems, orbital mechanics, classical dynamics, modeling, and simulation.
• Proficiency in Python or C++ programming languages.
• Postgraduate degree in physics or an engineering discipline (preferred).
• Experience in aerodynamics, sensors, and actuators (preferred).
• Demonstrated project or professional experience in launch vehicle and/or spacecraft systems (preferred).
• Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee to meet ITAR requirements.