GN&C Flight Controls Engineer – Lunar Permanence

Responsibilities

• Develop and sustain control system algorithms for spacecraft operating sophisticated missions
• Perform trade studies driving spacecraft maturity and mission design
• Collaborate with propulsion, structures, fluids, and mechanisms to ensure system level design closure
• Develop and maintain software for flight systems and simulation models
• Integrate and test software in SIL and HIL environments
• Implement controls algorithms and subsystem component models in an integrated 6-DOF simulation environment using Rust, C/C++, and Python
• Develop toolsets for automated requirement, configuration, and performance analyses
• Support internal and external reviews with data products and reports

• B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering or Physics with 8+ years of experience or M.S. with 5+ years of experience
• Established background in GN&C algorithm development specifically for flight and attitude control using classical and modern control methods
• Knowledgeable in frequency domain analysis techniques
• Robust understanding of controller stability derivatives and stability margins with respect to spacecraft dynamics, flexible body dynamics, and slosh dynamics
• Demonstrated experience with control law design for aerospace vehicles
• Demonstrated experience with control allocation to vehicle actuators
• Familiarity with development of requirements, interfaces, trades and analyses for aerospace GN&C applications
• Understand the relationship between attitude control, vehicle configuration, spacecraft dynamics, actuators, sensors, and automation
• Hands‑on development with C/C++
• Experience with collaboration tools such as Gitlab, Confluence, and JIRA
• Strong grasp of software and data configuration management techniques and tools
• Highly organized teammate with excellent technical written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and give to a culture of safety
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum