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The Exploration Company is seeking a Senior Guidance Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer to contribute to lander GNC design and development. You will work across the full GNC lifecycle: mission and vehicle conceptual design, requirement engineering, preliminary design and sizing, modelling and simulation with model validation, detailed algorithm design and software implementation, hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) and flight testing, parameter characterization and estimation, and verification and validation.
Key responsibilities include:
- Requirements engineering and preliminary design/sizing
- Modelling, simulation, and model validation
- Detailed algorithm and control law design with software implementation
- Hardware integration (flight computers, sensors)
- Support for HiL and flight tests
- Parameter characterization and estimation
- Verification and validation activities
- Managing and maintaining technical baselines to ensure design meets project needs and functional definitions
- Cross-team collaboration (Avionics, Propulsion, HiL, EGSE, ground control) for seamless software integration
- Delivery accountability for assigned work packages on schedule, quality, and budget
You will work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment focused on democratizing space access through innovative spacecraft development.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, electrical engineering, or related field
- 5+ years of experience developing primary flight control systems
- Hands-on experience with rocket-engine powered lander vehicles (e.g., planetary landers, reusable launchers)
- Deep knowledge and hands-on experience in algorithm/control law design, sensor data fusion, and modelling/simulation
- Strong understanding of complete control system chain: sensors, sensor data fusion, onboard computing, control algorithms, actuators
- Proficiency in C++ and Python
- Experience with HiL testing, verification, and validation
- Experience in parameter characterization/estimation
- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work independently with end-to-end ownership
- Fluent in English
NICE TO HAVE:
- Master's degree or higher in aerospace engineering or related field
- Experience with slosh dynamics
- Guidance and real-time trajectory optimization
- Vision-based navigation
- Low-level embedded software frameworks experience (ideally NASA cFS)
