GNC Engineer II (Aerospace)

Location: Westminster, Colorado, United States; on-site. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, conditional residents, asylees, refugees, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Salary: $113,000–$136,400 per year

Company

hirify.global develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms.

What you will do

• Design and analyze guidance, navigation, and control systems for satellites and payloads.
• Support GNC activities across design, integration, testing, and operations.
• Perform trade studies, participate in design reviews, create models, and run simulations and system tests.
• Define spacecraft trajectories, orbital requirements, pointing modes, maneuver plans, and mission events.
• Build, test, and fly spacecraft hardware.
• Collaborate on satellite development and contribute to company-critical projects beyond the core GNC scope.

Requirements

• Master of Science or Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from an accredited institution.
• At least two years of internship, research, or industry experience with satellite attitude and orbit systems.
• Expertise in attitude estimation, guidance and control, coordinate-frame transformations, linear algebra, and nonlinear systems.
• Experience with multiple spaceflight missions from concept through operations, including LEO satellites.
• Experience with GNC architecture, requirements specification, design, testing, operations, and recovery from on-orbit failures.
• Fluency in Python and C++, or other modeling languages, plus familiarity with STK, Basilisk, GMAT, or FreeFlyer.

Nice to have

• CubeSat or SmallSat experience.
• Hands-on experience with spacecraft instrumentation, subsystems, and test laboratories.
• Experience with LEO, MEO, GEO, and deep-space satellites.
• Experience with communications satellites and multiple mission simulation or flight architectures.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, interactive, autonomous work in a dynamic, cross-functional startup environment.
• Company stock options for full-time employees.
• Health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, and retirement plans.
• Opportunities to work on leading-edge spacecraft and aerospace communication systems.