Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Analyst

Intuitive Machines LLC • Houston, TX

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About The Position

Intuitive Machines is seeking a Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Analyst for the Lunar Data Network (LDN) Program. This position will support PNT system analysis and PNT flight software design, development, and testing.

Requirements

• MS or Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering or related field with 5+ years of experience preferred
• Experience with spacecraft navigation analysis software such as Mission Analysis Operations and Navigation Toolkit Environment (MONTE), the Goddard Enhanced Onboard Navigation System (GEONS), Orbit Determination Toolbox (ODTBX), Orbit Determination Toolkit (ODTK), or General Mission Analysis Tool (GMAT).
• Experience developing analysis tools in MATLAB or Python

Nice To Haves

• Develops, tests and documents error models for ground-based range and Doppler navigation measurements
• Extensive experience developing Kalman Filters
• Experience in modeling oscillators
• Experience with two-way time transfer, clock ensembles
• Experience in optical navigation image processing, and feature detection technique

Responsibilities

• Analyzes, develops, tests and documents algorithms for onboard orbit determination and clock estimation
• Develops, tests and documents error models for GNSS, optical navigation measurements
• Develops and maintains error budgets
• Develops, tests and documents dynamics models and Kalman filter design and tuning for cislunar orbits
• Performs sensitivity analyses for design trade space evaluation, requirements definition and validation
• Performs Monte Carlo analyses and documents results for performance verification
• Performs research and development for new technologies and concepts for cislunar PNT
• Writes conference papers and journal articles

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees