Principal Guidance Navigation and Control Engineer

Blue Canyon Technologies, RTX's small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, is solving some of the toughest challenges in space. Our components and bus platforms have completed missions ranging from very-low Earth orbits to lunar and interplanetary journeys at a fraction of the cost of traditional space systems. We support premier defense, commercial and civil organizations including the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, MIT Lincoln Lab, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Colorado and more.

Join our innovative and dynamic company as we build, test and operate the small spacecraft of the future.

Principal GN&C Engineer will havefull GN&C subsystem responsibility for multiplespacemissions,including all program phases from new business development through on-orbit operations. A Principal GN&C Engineer will lead development of new andimprovedcapabilities,features,andinfrastructureoftheGN&Csubsystem,occasionallyleadinga team of engineers.

Title:

Principal GN&C Engineer

Position Type:

Full Time

Pay Range: $170,000 - $230,000

(Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)

On-site position at our Boulder, CO location (work locations are subject to change based on business need).

• Employer sponsored health, dental, and vision benefits effective the first of the month following hire date
• Life insurance
• 401k (matching 4% with a minimum 5% contribution)
• Generous PTO (3 weeks of vacation + 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sick time, 7 paid holidays throughout the year) and parental leave

• Design, analyze, test, and deploy GN&C subsystems for small spacecraft ranging from Cube Sat (10cmsquare) toESPA-class(24x28x38inches),deployedinLEO,GEO,lunar,deepspace,and other orbits
• DevelopnewGN&CtechnologiestosupportcustomerneedsandBCTstrategicgoals
• LeadateamofengineersonaspecificGN&Cproductline,R&Defforts,ADCS improvements,or new GN&C capabilities to execute on-time delivery and product improvements
• Helpimproveand/orimplementGN&Csystemarchitecturesforvariousproductlinesand spacecraft sizes
• LeadcontinuedevolutionofGN&Cprocesses,tools/infrastructure,andbestpractices
• LeadcertainGN&Chardwareselectionandperformancedetails
• Participateinallmissionphasesincludingnewbusinessdevelopment,design reviews,software and hardware-level test, on-orbit commissioning and operations
• Provideguidanceandmentoringtoyoungerengineers
• Mayincludepersonnelmanagementresponsibilities
• Otherresponsibilitiesasassigned

• BSdegreeorhigherin
  
  Engineeringorarelatedtechnicalfieldisrequired,plus
  13ormoreyears related experience.
• KnowledgeofsystemsintegrationandtestingexperiencewithMATLAB/Simulink
• The ability torapidlyworkwithminimalsupervisiononprojectsinvolvingbothsmallandlarge engineering teams.
• Experiencewithdevelopingandrunning6-DOFsimulationenvironments.
• Mustbeabletoworkinahighlycollaborative,fast-pacedenvironmentwithemphasisonrapid prototyping and fielding of capabilities.
• Experiencewithconfigurationmanagementandissuetrackingtools
• CapabilitytoindependentlydevelopnewGN&Ctechnology
• ComprehensiveknowledgeofspacecraftGN&C,rangingfromorbitalmechanics,spacecraft sensors and actuators, and attitude dynamics and controls
• KnowledgeofspacecraftGN&Ctestingbestpractices
• Experience with C and Ruby languages
• Experience with Model Based Design and auto-coding process.
• Key industry-level expertise in autonomous vehicles GN&C
• Experience with simulator/hardware test development and execution, as well as mission operations is a plus
• Previous experience with orbital vehicles, especially small satellite GN&C
• Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education

This job operates in a professional office environment, but in a manufacturing company. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines. BCT anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may…