Description
We are seeking an experienced Senior Guidance Nav & Control Engineer to join our team in El Segundo, California. As a Senior Flight Systems Engineer, you will develop and execute requirements definition, flow down, systems design, analysis, design verification and validation, and systems integration and test. You will also ensure flight sensors and actuators hardware meet requirements and are flight ready.
Responsibilities:
- Develop system architecture solutions.
- Plan and lead high NRE projects (Non-Recurring Engineering).
- Resolve technical issues and ensure the spacecraft and system are flight worthy prior to delivery.
- Develop solutions to assure customer satisfaction.
- Perform trade studies to meet program requirements.
- Assist with analyses to evaluate and optimize total system performance to meet customer and operational needs.
- Teach and mentor other systems engineers.
Requirements:
- Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science.
- 5+ years of experience in spacecraft GNC, ACS, flight dynamics, validation, and/or systems engineering.
- 1+ years of experience deriving and allocating requirements and showing traceability throughout the product lifecycle.
- Experience with guidance, navigation, or control for spacecraft or rocket systems.
- Knowledge of relevant programming or scripting language (e.g., Python, C++, Java).
- Experience with control theory and design.
- Ability to obtain a US Security Clearance, which requires US Citizenship.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Prior responsibility on spacecraft programs with demonstrable end-to-end GNC ownership.
- Experience with model-based verification frameworks, automated test benches, and continuous integration for GNC models and flight software.
- Exposure to real-time onboard implementation and optimization for spacecraft flight processors and FSW integration.
- Trade study reports with recommended solutions and rationale.
- Mission operations inputs: flight software interfaces, on-orbit commissioning plans, anomaly response strategies.
- Hands-on experience with hardware-in-the-loop, lab integration, spacecraft testbeds, and flight-test or mission operations support.
Benefits:
- Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
- Health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs.
- Paid and unpaid time away from work.
Pay Range: $153,000 - $207,000 per year