GNC Engineer, Satellite Power Systems (Starlink)

Redmond, WAfull time

On Site

$125k–$145k

H1B: no

SpaceX GNC Engineer for Satellite Power Systems on the Starlink team responsible for vehicle design trades, simulation, flight code implementation, and deployment in space. Focus on developing and maintaining control systems for electrical power flow on Starlink satellites.

Responsibilities

Develop, deploy, monitor, and maintain control systems for the flow of electrical power flow on our Starlink satellites.
Improve insight into the health and performance of Starlink electrical power systems by developing ground-based or on-vehicle estimation schemes and summarizing fleet-wide information relayed to the ground.
Dig deep into data from satellites tom identify anomalous system or algorithm behavior.
Invent schemes to shield the vehicle from dangerous operation and shield algorithms from corruption.
Interface with a diverse team – software, reliability, and satellite operations.

Qualification

Expertise in state estimationStrong expertise in embedded C++

Required

Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, physics, computer science or other STEM discipline.
Professional experience with one of the following coding languages; C/C++, Python, Java.

Preferred

Master's degree or PhD in physics or an engineering discipline.
Very strong expertise and demonstrated project or professional experience in linear closed loop controls analysis and design, including state space and frequency domain methods.
Experience with flexible body dynamics and reduced finite element models thereof in the context of closed loop control systems analysis.
Expertise in state estimation, kalman filters, or recursive least squares
Experience in control systems and estimation.
Strong expertise in embedded C++, Python, MATLAB, Simulink, and other software development languages/tools.
Direct experience with spacecraft operations and flight software development, testing, and deployment.
Capable of identifying and solving complex problems in a self-directed manner.

Benefits

Dental
Vision
401(k)
Equity/RSU
Parental Leave
Life Insurance

Company

SpaceX

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