Spacecraft Guidance and Control Analyst

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory•Laurel, MD

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Do you enjoy designing algorithms, flight software, and testing hardware used for spacecraft Guidance and Control? Would you love to apply your technical knowledge and creativity to make innovative contributions to some of the nation's cutting edge space missions? Are you searching for a collaborative, fulfilling work environment? If so, we 're looking for someone like you to join our team at APL! We are seeking creative engineers to help us develop, analyze, test, and deliver spacecraft G&C systems for both NASA and National Security Space missions. Our spacecraft reaches the extremes of the solar system, from Parker Solar Probe at the Sun to New Horizons at Pluto and beyond, with formation flying at Earth, as well as planetary defense with DART. We would love to have you apply your talents to our challenges. As a member of our team, you will contribute to the development of some of our nation 's most critical space missions, joining a hardworking team of engineers who strive to deliver game-changing solutions. You will have the opportunity to support both pre-launch spacecraft development and post-launch operations performance analysis and system updates. We are passionate about our work, striving to cultivate an environment of partnership and collaboration, and committed to making critical contributions to critical challenges.

Requirements

Possess an MS in Aerospace Engineering or related field.
Have at least 2 years of experience or significant coursework in the design, analysis, or development of complex aerospace systems.
Skilled in analytical and numerical computing software, such as MATLAB and Simulink.
Able to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance. If selected, you will be subject to a government security clearance investigation and must meet the requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility requirements include U.S. citizenship.

Nice To Haves

Possess a PhD in Aerospace Engineering or related field.
Have at least 5 years of spacecraft mission experience in either design, analysis, development, testing, or operations of G&C subsystems.
Have experience in extended Kalman Filters, Frequency Domain Analysis, or Stability and Jitter Analysis.
Possess an active Top Secret clearance (or above).

Responsibilities

Assisting in the design, development, and delivery of G&C subsystems for various Earth and/or interplanetary spacecraft, with a primary focus being attitude determination, guidance, and control.
Assisting in the implementation of control and estimation algorithms, actuator and sensor hardware models, and dynamic simulations in MATLAB/Simulink.
Assisting in the development and testing of ground software to support the integration of G&C testbed algorithms and flight software with flight and ground support equipment hardware.
Supporting the coordination of on-board spacecraft time with universal dynamical time.
Assisting with the integration and test of spacecraft through scenario testing and data analysis.
Supporting G&C spacecraft operations.
Developing G&C analysis tools for pre and post-launch activities.