Principal Guidance, Navigation, & Control (GNC) Engineer

K2 Space Corporation is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, aiming to revolutionize satellite capabilities. The Principal GNC Engineer will be responsible for leading the spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control architecture, executing detailed trade studies, and ensuring flight readiness through robust analysis and simulation development.

Responsibilities:

• Work with other engineering leads to set the direction and develop novel vehicle architecture
• 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. This includes mission design, controls analysis, and 6-DOF simulation development
• Integral to building the GNC organization by recruiting, hiring, and mentoring other engineers

Requirements:

• Experience with GNC actuator or sensor sizing, selection, and system design
• Experience with implementing attitude control and/or estimation algorithms on spacecraft
• Experience with verification and validation of GNC flight software in an integrated environment, leveraging 6-DOF simulation and HITL testing
• Experience with early-stage spacecraft conceptual design, i.e. 'clean sheet' design work
• Experience with Python, Julia, C/C++, or Matlab for algorithm development, implementation, and simulation
• Experience with control algorithm development
• Experience with reaction wheel, control moment gyroscope, or thruster sizing and algorithm implementation
• Experience with navigation, specifically Extended Kalman Filters
• Experience with trajectory analysis, modeling, and mission design