Xdlinx Space Labs seeking a Guidance, Navigation, and Controls (GNC) Manager to take a key role in the design, development, simulation, testing of our attitude controls system. The role focuses on development, tuning, and validation of mission-critical flight control algorithms and software and maintenance and improvement of our high-fidelity GNC simulation tools.
As such, we have an intense culture of curiosity, hunger, and results. If you want a typical 9-5 job, this is not the place for you.
You do not need to meet 100% of the preferred qualifications to be considered. We encourage anyone who meets the basic qualifications and is interested in the role to apply – we are looking for enthusiastic, dedicated people to join our team, and want the opportunity to talk to you!
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Design, implement, tune, test, and operate satellite control algorithms and flight software.
- Maintain and expand high-fidelity 6-DOF GNC simulation tools, including the implementation of new dynamics, environment, and hardware models.
- Collaborate with software engineers to integrate controls software into flight software stack.
- Apply rigorous software configuration management processes.
- Build and utilize software tools to process and analyze telemetry for performance assessment, and ground/in-orbit verifications.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide domain expertise and support integration efforts.
- Contribute to engineering reviews and generate clear detailed technical documentation and test reports.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
- Masters + 5 years / PhD + 2 years in Electrical, Aerospace Engineering, or equivalent, with work experience in relevant fields.
- Familiarity with attitude estimation, including attitude sensors (IMUs, magnetometers, GNSS, star cameras, etc.), Kalman filters, and related estimation and fusion algorithms.
- Proven experience owning the design and deployment of advanced control algorithms in safety-critical applications such as aerospace or ground vehicles, including classical, optimal (LQR, MPC), and robust control.
- Familiarity with modelling and tuning GNC-related software models for actuators, sensors, kinematics/dynamics, and environment.
- Experience with model-based validation of end-to-end control systems from stability analysis and model-in-the-loop simulations to Monte Carlo campaigns and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
- Hands-on experience with C++, Matlab/Simulink, Python, Git and Linux.
- Strong practical skills in building and debugging complex software and algorithms.
- Strong initiative, with excellent teamwork, communication, and documentation skills; comfortable in a fast-paced startup environment.
- Experience with space industry practices: design, qualification, acceptance, integration, operations.
- Experience with machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques.