Guidance, Navigation, and Control Systems Engineer

6 days ago

Woodland Hills, California, United States Blue Origin Full time
About the Role

Blue Origin is seeking a highly skilled Spacecraft Systems Engineer III to join our team in developing next-generation spacecraft systems. As a key member of our Space Systems Development (SSD) business unit, you will be responsible for the derivation and development of Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) requirements, analysis, algorithms, flight software, integration, test, verification, and validation of the Orbital Reef ADCS subsystem.

Key Responsibilities
  • Support early concept studies, architecture development, definition of GN&C mode states and transitions, and concept of operations.
  • Derive and develop GN&C requirements, perform analyses and trades to validate requirements, and maintain subsystem specification, and performance metrics.
  • Collaborate with other subsystem and spacecraft systems engineers to define GN&C boundaries and interfaces.
  • Support the definition, development, and execution of simulations and tools required for verification of functionalities.
  • Support verification and testing, ensuring the GN&C subsystem complies to its requirements.
Requirements
  • Minimum of a B.S. in aerospace, mechanical, or electrical engineering or related field.
  • 5 years of design experience focused on development of spacecraft GN&C.
  • Demonstrated experience in development, implementation, and testing of GN&C algorithms on aerospace vehicles.
  • Experience developing requirements, interfaces, trades, and analyses for GN&C applications.
  • Proven experience in modeling and simulation.
  • Familiarity with flight management, guidance, control, navigation, and astrodynamics fundamentals.
  • Experience in Matlab/Simulink/Stateflow.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
Preferred Qualifications
  • M.S. or PhD in aerospace engineering or related technical field.
  • Experience in Rendezvous, Proximity, and Docking (RPO/D) CONOPS, algorithms, trajectories, rendezvous points, safety gates and corridors, and requirements for performing RPOD operations.
  • Experience in full lifecycle development of GN&C and/or Autonomy on spacecraft including integrated tests in high-fidelity environments.
  • Experience designing, evaluating, and simulating state machines.
  • Experience with collaboration tools such as Confluence and JIRA.
Benefits

Blue Origin offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.

Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

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