GNC Engineer, Fleet Management (Starshield)
GNC Engineer, Fleet Management (Starshield)
GNC Engineer, Fleet Management (Starshield)
SpaceX
SpaceX is seeking a GNC Engineer for the Fleet Management team of Starshield, which utilizes Starlink technology for national security purposes. The role involves the complete lifecycle management of the satellite constellation, focusing on orbital mechanics, GNC algorithms, and collaborative engineering efforts.
Qualification
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, aerospace, physics, or an engineering discipline
- Software development experience in either C++ or Python
- Master's degree or Ph.D. in an engineering discipline, computer science, or physics (preferred)
- Experience developing, debugging, and deploying software used in real-world applications
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Responsibility
- Develop highly reliable and performant GNC algorithms, flight software, simulations, tools, services, and dashboards using C++ or Python
- Participate in architecture, design, and code reviews
- Constellation design and network-level analysis of both existing and proposed systems
- Bulk analysis to review performance data from various elements of the Starshield constellation and hosted payloads
- Write high-quality technical documentation of programs, algorithms, or analysis
- Support on-call operations rotation, commanding satellites or reviewing data to maintain peak performance of vehicles, payloads, and networks
