Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) Engineer

Location: Kennedy Space Center, Florida, United States; full-time onsite

Company

hirify.global provides engineering support to NASA for the Deep Space Logistics Engineering Support contract and Gateway Logistics Services missions.

What you will do

• Review spacecraft GN&C system architectures, hardware requirements, designs, assembly procedures, test plans, and technical data.
• Develop and perform trajectory, attitude, 6-DOF motion, rendezvous and proximity operations, and navigation analyses for deep-space spacecraft.
• Support independent verification and validation of requirements using modeling and simulation tools.
• Track requirements verification and validation progress and support design, system, and production control board reviews.
• Provide technical recommendations on architecture, design, testing, risks, hazards, and program acceptance.
• Coordinate with NASA personnel, logistics module providers, mission design, avionics, flight software, and other technical disciplines.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related discipline with 14 years of related experience, or a master's degree with 10 years of related experience.
• Experience with orbital dynamics modeling and simulation tools such as FreeFlyer, STK, or Copernicus.
• Experience developing GN&C algorithms, including 6-DOF models, and implementing simulations with MATLAB, Python, and C++.
• Experience creating space systems requirements documents, including functional requirements and verification success criteria.
• Experience designing, assembling, verifying, testing, and operating spacecraft GN&C systems and navigation sensors.
• U.S. citizenship and successful completion of a U.S. government background investigation are required.

Nice to have

• Master's degree, deep-space NASA mission experience, and familiarity with human-rated spaceflight.
• Experience with flexible-body spacecraft, propellant slosh, non-GPS navigation, and NASA code POST2.
• Familiarity with NASA systems engineering standards, procedures, launch service providers, and multi-organization requirements verification.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a multidisciplinary team with NASA civil servants and contractor personnel.
• Report development progress and technical issues to senior NASA personnel.
• Limited travel is required for technical reviews and exchanges.
• Work requires strong organization, self-motivation, and written and oral communication.