GNC Architect (Aerospace)

Location: London, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global develops in-orbit servicing and space debris removal solutions for sustainable space operations, operating across the UK and Europe.

What you will do

• Act as the Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Architect for a mission and define its GNC architecture.
• Define and manage GNC subsystem requirements, simulator specifications, and test specifications.
• Manage the mission's GNC engineering team.
• Define GNC subsystem risks and risk mitigation strategies.
• Optimize the overall system by capturing the needs of other subsystems and proposing GNC-level solutions.
• Interface with program management, the System Architect, the Robotic System Architect, and the wider technical team.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in AOCS or GNC design.
• Experience designing GNC algorithms, including navigation filters, guidance strategies, and/or controllers.
• Experience designing fault-tolerant GNC systems, including fault-tolerant algorithms or software.
• Knowledge and experience of GNC rendezvous and pose-estimation sensors and methods.
• Experience designing and analyzing satellite trajectories, including walking safety ellipses, passively safe trajectories, abort manoeuvres, and collision-avoidance manoeuvres.
• Experience with GNC hardware integration and testing.
• Experience with aerospace simulation software packages such as MATLAB/Simulink and Python.
• Experience programming in C/C++.

Nice to have

• BSc or MSc degree in aerospace engineering or another relevant engineering or science discipline.
• Additional languages.
• Strong analytical skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on sustainable space operations, in-orbit servicing, and space debris removal.
• Join an engineering organization operating across the UK and Europe.