GNC Engineer, Orbit Determination/Stargaze (Starlink)

Preferred

• Advanced degree in aerospace engineering or a related field with a focus on orbit determination or space situational awareness
• Expertise in sequential estimation techniques, including Kalman filtering, residual editing, filter tuning, covariance analysis, consider parameters, adaptive processes, and covariance realism
• Strong background in orbital modeling and propagation, including high-fidelity orbit propagation, perturbations in low-Earth orbit, drag modeling, density models, and space weather parameters
• Hands-on experience with sensors, telescopes, astrometry, photometry, and image reduction for optical observations
• Proficiency in measurement and sensor handling, including measurement processing, measurement modeling, debiasing, sensor calibration, image processing, optical observations, and radar measurements
• Experience with orbit determination methods, such as angles-only orbit determination and initial orbit determination
• Proficiency in data analysis techniques, including statistical tests (e.g., chi-squared, Kolmogorov-Smirnov) and data correlation methods
• Familiarity with space traffic management and situational awareness, including conjunction data messages (CDMs) and two-line element (TLE) sets