Senior GNC Engineer
Glasgow, Scotland, United KingdomCompetitiveOnsite0 applicants
About this role
As a GNC/AOCS Engineer at Spire, you will operate as part of a technical team who maintains responsibility across the full lifecycle of its engineering products. The GNC team interfaces directly with many engineering groups to conduct R&D, design, manufacturing, and operations activities, ultimately ensuring all current and future spacecraft systems satisfy their mission.
Ideal candidates will embrace the commercialization of nanosatellite systems and adapt to low-cost, fast-paced systems design, development, and implementation methodologies that set Spire apart from our competition. In this fast-paced environment, the design to launch cycle is measured in weeks and months, not years!
Responsibilities
- Technical ownership of current and future spacecraft attitude and orbit control software and hardware.
- Design, model, analyze, integrate and operate attitude determination/estimation systems for small spacecraft.
- Develop and utilize spacecraft dynamics and control simulations, including 'hardware-in-the-loop'.
- Design, evaluate, select, qualify and implement flight sensors, including magnetometers, sun sensors, inertial measurement devices, infrared sensors, and/or star trackers.
- Design, evaluate, select, qualify and implement flight actuators, including magnetic torque elements, reaction wheels, and propulsion systems.
- Be hands-on in laboratory and manufacturing environments during testing, integration, and qualification of flight systems.
- Provide support and analysis for on-orbit operations of spacecraft attitude determination and control systems.
- Work with external contractors, manufacturers, and internal manufacturing staff to improve reliability, yield, performance, and cost of flight systems.
- Key Skills:
- Extensive experience with a solid foundation in spacecraft attitude dynamics and control algorithms, with emphasis on