Senior Guidance, Navigation & Controls Engineer

🕒 June 24

🥔 Idaho – Remote

🥔 Idaho – Remote

💵 $142.4k - $195.9k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👷🏻‍♀️ Engineer

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Sierra Space

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2021

🏭 Manufacturing

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

💰 Series B on 2023-09

Manufacturing • Consulting • Logistics

Sierra Space is a cutting-edge commercial space technology company pioneering the new era of space exploration and development. The company is known for its revolutionary Dream Chaser spaceplanes, which are the only commercial spaceplanes capable of landing on a conventional runway. Sierra Space is also developing the world’s first commercial space station, showcasing their significant capabilities in space infrastructure. As an innovation leader, Sierra Space focuses on advanced propulsion technologies, including rocket engines and state-of-the-art solar power systems. They also provide comprehensive solutions for human spaceflight and environmental systems that support life in microgravity. With a legacy of nearly 30 years, Sierra Space has delivered over 4,000 space systems and completed more than 500 missions to space, demonstrating their steadfast commitment to advancing off-world infrastructure and sustainability.

📋 Description

• Lead the design, development, and verification of advanced GNC systems for spacecraft applications • Design and implement advanced guidance and control algorithms, including optimal control and autonomous navigation techniques using LIDAR, vision, GPS, and RGPS systems • Lead end-to-end design and development of GNC algorithms • Architect integrated subsystem designs and quantify performance impacts • Develop Integrated Master Schedule tasking, long-term plans, and Gantt charts for program execution • Support internal and external proposals and Statements of Work • Perform sensor and actuator selection and sizing based on program requirements • Assist in Assembly, Integration, and Test by conducting HITL unit and integrated testing • Set up integrated closed-loop dynamic models and GNC simulations • Perform MIMO linearization and analyze complex closed-loop data interactions • Decompose high-level requirements into low-level GNC subsystem requirements • Interface sensors with onboard avionics by addressing physical compute limitations, defining interfaces, and developing target timing requirements • Perform system-level trades across power, thermal, communication, and structures • Guide junior engineers and collaborate across multidisciplinary teams

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent work experience in lieu of degree • 8+ years of experience in GNC algorithm design, subsystem integration, and spacecraft development • Familiarity with advanced guidance and control algorithms, including optimal control and autonomous navigation using LIDAR, vision, GPS, and RGPS techniques • Experience leading the development of complex GNC mode managers for subsystem-level control across spacecraft flight phases • Proficiency in STK, JIRA, Confluence, and MS Project • U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State or U.S. Department of Commerce

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans • 401(k) with 150% match up to 6% • Life insurance • 3 weeks paid time off • Personal and professional development opportunities • Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities