Job Title: Satellite Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) Engineer

Job Description

We are thrilled to present an opportunity for a Satellite Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) Engineer to join a dynamic satellite design team in Herndon, VA. This team is renowned for delivering innovative, cutting-edge security solutions to the United States Government, focusing on spacecraft payload and system development, ground control and operational software, embedded software, and unique cyber capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Function in an advisory or leadership role, participating in the planning and oversight of engineering problem resolution and implementation.
• Evaluate the integration of engineering solutions within the overall environment, overseeing documentation, testing, maintenance, and updates.
• Communicate with engineering professionals, solution users, and management throughout the development cycle, representing the company as a prime technical contact.
• Advise or direct the activities of assigned projects or programs to achieve technical objectives.
• Develop guidance, navigation, and control (GN&C) algorithms for satellite missions.
• Responsible for Rendezvous and Proximity Operations system design, implementation, simulation, and testing.
• Establish, maintain, and execute satellite attitude control simulation software.
• Analyze the stability and robustness of guidance and control algorithms using control theory and Monte Carlo simulations.

Essential Skills

• Bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or PhD in engineering or related technical discipline.
• Fifteen or more years of experience with a bachelor’s degree, thirteen or more years with a master’s degree, or ten or more years with a PhD.
• Extensive technical expertise in engineering principles, concepts, theory, and practice.
• Project and/or program leadership experience, including organizing, planning, scheduling, and coordinating workloads.
• Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience in satellite attitude and orbit control systems.
• Experience with Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology in satellite systems.
• Experience with physics-based modeling of dynamic systems and Monte Carlo simulation analysis.
• Proficiency in developing software in C/C++ and Matlab/Simulink.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with STK and harness design.

Work Environment

Join a team that is at the forefront of high-technology systems development, with a focus on electromagnetic and electric power generation systems. The work environment is centered on designing and manufacturing specialized products and integrated system solutions supporting defense, industrial, and commercial applications worldwide.