Anduril
GNC Engineer, Space
Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesFrom $220kmidAdded 2 days ago
About this role
Anduril Industries seeks a GNC (Guidance, Navigation & Control) Engineer to develop and validate spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control systems across multiple orbital regimes. You'll design autonomous spacecraft operations, flight software algorithms, and testing procedures while collaborating with cross-functional teams on operationally-focused space missions.
What you'll do
- Design and develop GNC software and hardware subsystems for spacecraft across LEO, MEO, GEO, and other orbital regimes
- Create autonomous spacecraft operations approaches with maneuvering capabilities and software-defined systems
- Develop test plans and procedures for ground checkout, on-orbit commissioning, and operational phases
- Design flight software, algorithms, and physics simulations for spacecraft guidance and control
- Collaborate across Systems, Flight Software, Mission Operations, and Ground Software teams
- Support ground testing, launch windows, and on-orbit spacecraft operations on demanding schedules
What they're looking for
- MATLAB and Simulink
- Python and C++
- Linux systems
- Orbital mechanics and spacecraft dynamics
- Attitude determination and control (ADCS)
- Rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking (RPOD)
- Control theory
- Hardware-in-the-loop and monte-carlo simulation
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