Senior Guidance, Navigation, & Control (GNC) Engineer

K2

Remote regions

US

Salary range

$160,000–$235,000/yr

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The Role:

  • Be a core driver of the overall spacecraft GNC architecture.
  • Execute detailed trade studies to find new and novel ways to implement the spacecraft’s guidance, attitude control, and attitude and orbit estimation systems.
  • Support the development of the control infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop novel algorithms for precise pointing of very large, flexible structures in earth orbit and beyond.
  • Develop novel slewing algorithms of very large, flexible structures in earth orbit and beyond.
  • Develop simulation and modeling tools to support vehicle and GNC trade studies.

K2

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, unlocking performance levels previously out of reach across every orbit. They are backed by $450M from leading investors and have an additional $500M in signed contracts across commercial and US government customers.

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