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Staff ADCS & Propulsion Engineer
| Company | Capella Space |
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| Location | Lafayette, CO, USA |
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| Salary | $149960 – $198697 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- 8+ years of experience with guidance, navigation, or control (GNC) of spacecraft, robotics, autonomous vehicles, or UAVs/drones, with a focus on direct hardware experience
- Familiarity with orbital dynamics and the space environment of low Earth orbit
- Solid knowledge of state estimation / Kalman filtering
- Solid knowledge of rigid body and flexible dynamics
- Solid knowledge of star trackers, sun sensors, reaction wheels, torque rods, control moment gyros, accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers, and GPS
- Familiarity with any of the following disciplines: electrical engineering, chemical or electric propulsion, signal processing, embedded software
- Comfortable dealing with unknowns, quantifying risk, addressing uncertainty, and handling the pressure of a real-time operating environment
- Demonstrated leadership of complex hardware development projects
- Good communications skills, ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and cross-functionally, and enjoyment of learning and teaching new skills
- Proficiency in Python
Responsibilities
- Design and implement state estimators and control algorithms for the localization and pointing of radar-imaging spacecraft. Be a technical authority on controls theory
- Support ADCS & Propulsion systems for a mid-sized constellation of spacecraft through the entire lifecycle: design, build, testing, on-orbit operations, and decommissioning
- Be a subject matter expert for ADCS and Propulsion hardware systems
- Generate ADCS & Propulsion systems performance requirements to satisfy high level mission objectives
- Perform research & development for new spacecraft, working from first principles to develop trade studies, conduct system sizing & design, and present at reviews
- Develop software to automate workflows, support design studies, and improve the way we fly the spacecraft
- Develop software simulations of the physics of spacecraft flight and system behavior
- Be a technical contact for ADCS & Propulsion vendors and keep informed of the industry landscape
- Travel may occasionally be required.
Preferred Qualifications
No preferred qualifications provided.
