Senior GNC Engineer - Relative Navigation
Senior GNC Engineer - Relative Navigation
The Exploration Company
Turin, Italy
Key Responsibilities
In your capacity as a GNC Engineer, your role will be continuously evolving, but day to day your duties will include to:
- Design, synthesis, test, implementation, verification, and validation of GNC algorithms, with a special focus on Relative and Visual Navigation techniques;
- Participate in the design and implementation of the AOCS/GNC subsystem of The Exploration Company’s spacecraft;
- Generate, verify, and analyze auto-coded GNC software;
- Develop high fidelity 6 degrees of freedom models and simulations to analyze the system performance;
- Model and simulate AOCS/GNC hardware;
- Reporting of test results and analysis, with a focus on efficient and automated documentation.
What we would love to see from you
In the role of GNC Engineer ideally, you will have the following:
- MSc. in Aerospace or related engineering discipline. A higher degree is considered advantageous;
- 4+ years’ experience in GNC;
- Hands-on experience with relative and visual navigation techniques;
- Experience with flight physics simulation;
- Strong understanding of classical dynamics, orbital and flight mechanics, modeling and simulation, and software development;
- Software development experience in C++, Python and MATLAB/Simulink;
- Passion for advancing the commercial space industry;
- Highly motivated to work in a fast-paced, autonomously driven, and demanding start-up environment;
- Fluent in English. German or French is an asset.
Skills & Behaviours:
- Ability to work equally well unsupervised or as part of a team;
- Strong organizing and prioritisation of tasks;
- Positive and flexible attitude to get the job done;
- Ability to communicate at all levels of the business;
- Demonstrates behaviors consistent with The Exploration Company’s core values of Integrity, Teamwork, Excellence, Mission and Vision.
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