Senior GNC Engineer

2 weeks ago


Hermosa Beach, United States EVONA Full time

As a GNC Engineer, you will be a member of the team architecting the full simulation and flight control stack for the company's refuellable in-space transport vehicles and other space systems.


You will help drive the overall spacecraft system architecture, execute vehicle design and higher-level transportation system trade studies, and implement the spacecraft’s attitude determination, trajectory optimization, guidance, and control systems.


This will include development of high fidelity multi-degree of freedom simulation and test framework, supporting Monte Carlo analyses, and the development of the core GNC algorithms that fly our spacecraft.


Responsibilities:

  • Drive mission performance for high-deltaV, refuellable transport spacecraft to make in-space transportation abundant and affordable.
  • Drive rapid execution and iteration efforts that put our spacecraft in orbit quickly.
  • Hands-on prototyping, troubleshooting, and testing of simulations, flight algorithms, and hardware in the loop testing.
  • Develop simulation and modeling tools to support vehicle and GNC trade studies.
  • Develop novel algorithms for low thrust trajectory optimization, RPOD, and spacecraft attitude control and orbit determination.
  • Select and size actuators and sensors to support spacecraft attitude control.
  • Negotiate requirements by having a deep understanding of the company and mission objectives and providing alternative solutions.
  • Conduct design reviews, test readiness reviews, and flight readiness reviews with a heavy emphasis on technical excellence.


Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in relevant engineering or physics discipline.
  • 3+ years of experience designing complex control systems that operate in harsh environments (autonomous vehicles, drones, spacecraft, etc.).
  • Capable of maintaining flexibility in direction under changing circumstances.
  • Track record of delivering novel, excellent technical products.
  • Demonstrated knowledge in designing, modeling, testing, and flying aerospace guidance, navigation, and control systems.
  • Understanding of orbital mechanics, modeling and simulation, and software development and modeling skills, particularly in C/C++/Python/MATLAB/Simulink.
  • Proven system engineering and configuration management skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree in engineering or physics.
  • Experience with GMAT, AGI STK/Astrogator, FreeFlyer or similar trajectory design, analysis, and optimization tools.
  • Demonstrated experience with clean sheet GNC, simulation, software development, and conceptual spacecraft design, actuator sizing, and attitude determination and control.
  • Experience with spacecraft on-orbit operations.
  • Experience with rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking.


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