Navigation, Guidance & Control - RPO Engineer V (Aerospace)

Location: Louisville, Colorado; must be local to the work location, with occasional telework available.

Projected compensation range: $131,755.50–$229,097.25 per year.

Company

hirify.global is a federal government contractor developing aerospace and space mission systems.

What you will do

• Own the relative-navigation, guidance, and control architecture for autonomous rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking with cooperative targets.
• Design navigation filters, sensor fusion, and relative orbit determination using vision-based pose estimation, LIDAR, and relative GNSS.
• Develop approach, station-keeping, inspection, safe-hold, docking, capture, and collision-avoidance algorithms.
• Lead GN&C verification and validation through 6-DOF simulation, Monte Carlo dispersion analysis, and processor- and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Derive GN&C requirements, define software standards and testing practices, and lead technical reviews while mentoring engineers.
• Contribute to ADCS and propulsion trades, mission planning, orbit propagation, satellite data analysis, and conceptual mission design.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering or a related computational field, plus 10–12 years of experience with a BS, 8–10 years with an MS, or 5–7 years with a PhD.
• Strong knowledge of orbit and attitude dynamics, relative orbital mechanics, space-environment modeling, and spacecraft GN&C estimation or control theory.
• Hands-on algorithm development experience in Python and C++ or similar languages.
• Experience with modern software development practices and version control, preferably Git.
• Must be a U.S. person under ITAR/EAR and able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance.
• Strong technical writing, communication, and presentation skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with rendezvous, proximity operations, formation flying, on-orbit servicing, or flight GN&C.
• Vision- or LIDAR-based relative navigation and pose estimation experience.
• MATLAB/Simulink, model-based design, autocoding, MPC, optimal or robust control experience.
• Embedded or real-time flight software experience, including Linux and embedded Linux.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular full-time employment with occasional telework flexibility for local employees.
• Health, life, disability, retirement, and savings benefits, depending on position.
• Paid time off and holiday pay.
• Learning and development opportunities and wellness programs.