As a GNC/AOCS Engineer at Spire, you will operate as part of a technical team who maintains responsibility across the full lifecycle of its engineering products.
The GNC team interfaces directly with many engineering groups to conduct R&D, design, manufacturing, and operations activities, ultimately ensuring all current and future spacecraft systems satisfy their mission.
Ideal candidates will embrace the commercialization of nanosatellite systems and adapt to low-cost, fast-paced systems design, development, and implementation methodologies that set Spire apart from our competition.
In this fast-paced environment, the design to launch cycle is measured in weeks and months, not years! What You'll Do: Technical ownership of current and future spacecraft attitude and orbit control software and hardware.
Design, model, analyze, integrate and operate attitude determination/estimation systems for small spacecraft.
Design, evaluate, select, qualify and implement flight sensors, including magnetometers, sun sensors, inertial measurement devices, infrared sensors, and/or star trackers.
Design, evaluate, select, qualify and implement flight actuators, including magnetic torque elements, reaction wheels, and propulsion systems.
Be hands-on in laboratory and manufacturing environments during testing, integration, and qualification of flight systems.
Provide support and analysis for on-orbit operations of spacecraft attitude determination and control systems.
Work with external contractors, manufacturers, and internal manufacturing staff to improve reliability, yield, performance, and cost of flight systems.
Have experience designing and/or implementing Kalman filters for attitude estimation.
Experience with fli.