Senior GNC Engineer, Space Special Programs

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years. ABOUT THE TEAM In the Space Special Programs team, we build spacecraft and space systems which serve a wide variety of functions in the space architecture. At a time when space superiority can no longer be taken for granted and with space systems proliferating at an incredible rate, the Space Special Programs team provides advanced, mission critical capabilities to our customer base to be able to more effectively operate and survive within this expanding environment with limited personnel. Working across product, engineering, sales, logistics, operations, and mission success, the Space Special Programs team develops, tests, deploys, and operates new, unique, space capabilities to drive mission success in challenging operational environments. ABOUT THE JOB As a Sr. GNC (Guidance, Navigation & Control) Engineer for our Space Special Programs team, you own the understanding and design of all satellite GNC subsystems to include but not limited to hardware sensors and actuators, orbit mechanics, navigation algorithms, flight software implementation, subsystem integration & test (I&T), and vehicle I&T. You'll work closely with related teams, including Systems, Flight Software, Mission Operations, and Ground Software. Additionally, you will lead algorithm design, truth and physics modeling, simulation and analysis for a wide variety of spacecraft and space missions to include but not limited to LEO, MEO, GEO, Reentry, and RPOD (Rendezvous Proximity Operations and Docking). Lastly, you will help lead successful implementation, validation and GNC operations of spacecraft. WHAT YOU’LL DO • Lead spacecraft GNC software and hardware subsystems for various spacecraft efforts in all orbital regimes and work closely with bus providers for successful implementation. • Develop modern, software-defined approaches to autonomous spacecraft operations with maneuvering capabilities to successfully accomplish mission objectives. • Develop appropriate test plans and procedures to validate the GNC system during ground checkout, on-orbit commissioning and operations. • Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality. • Coordinate with end-users, other operators and customers to turn needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints. • Support challenging schedules during ground testing, launch windows and on-orbit operations of the spacecraft systems. • Directly interact with customers to ensure mission success. • Design of flight software, algorithms, and simulation products. • Development of spacecraft autonomy tools for dynamic space operations • Test process development and execution. • Define automated fault detection and responses. • Provide hardware-in-the-loop and monte-carlo simulation capabilities. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS • Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Astrodynamics, Aerospace Engineering, Dynamics and Controls Engineering, Computer Science, or other engineering degree. • Experience with MATLAB,