Senior GNC Engineer (Propulsive Controls)

Department: Autonomous Systems

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Redondo Beach, California, Redondo Beach

Responsibilities

• Design, analyze, and tune robust flight control algorithms for spacecraft: large upper stages and landers.
• Generate stability analyses and control verification data for Impulse’s suite of propulsive missions.
• Participate in GNC software development: both flight code and simulation.
• Mentor other engineers and define the best practices for rocket vehicle control systems.
• Create tools to be used for all flight vehicle GNC systems, enabling missions to be realized quickly.
• Utilize SITL and HITL environments to evaluate vehicle performance and verify flight software implementations
• Resolve technical issues with innovative, resourceful solutions.
• Communicate design needs, intent, and capability to the broader engineering team.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science or related for science.
• 7+ years of experience in propulsive vehicle control design and analysis.
• Proficiency in Matlab and C++.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Capable of performing control analysis in time and frequency domains.
• Familiarity with propulsion, vehicle, and GNC design processes from concept, through design reviews and implementation.
• Prior experience in upper stage or lander control.
• Prior experience with TVCA, RCS, and slosh modeling.
• Experience in a startup or agile development environment.