The opportunity
SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.
What you'll do
Design and implementation of satellite GNC software that can facilitate all: mission concepts of operations across all phases of flight, including off-nominal/contingency scenarios
Design of concepts of operations (CONOPs) that intelligently balance thermal: constraints, power budgets, momentum management, satellite-to-ground and satellite-to-satellite contact, and payload-pointing needs
Design, development, and flight software implementation of onboard GNC: algorithms to achieve a high level of vehicle autonomy and fault tolerance while providing adequate navigation and control performance
Update and maintain GNC software configurations for a variety of minor: satellite design revisions and mission sets
High fidelity time domain 6DOF modeling and simulation of satellite dynamics,: sensors, actuators, algorithms, and all of their interactions
Monte Carlo simulation analysis to validate safe and reliable flight and: quantify navigation and control performance
What they're looking for
- Heavy involvement in integrated hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) testing efforts,: including but not limited to test case design, data review automation, and modeling fidelity improvements
- Navigation filtering and control systems design and optimization
- Spacecraft design activities related to ADCS sensor and actuator hardware sizing and layout
- Develop, validate, and improve upon complex sensor, actuator, and dynamics: models for use in 6DOF simulation analysis