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Principal Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Engineer at Varda Space Industries - ApplyBlast

Principal Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Engineer

Varda Space Industries

5 months ago

El Segundo, California

Onsite

Full Time

Senior

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About this role

A Principal Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineer at Varda owns the full life cycle of GNC development, from design through to unit, hardware-in-the-loop, on-vehicle functionality, and flight testing.

Responsibilities

ADCS hardware performance specification including sizing of reaction wheels, torque rods, IMU/GPS, and star trackers
Design and implementation of autonomous satellite attitude control, collision avoidance, orbital rendezvous, burn planning and atmospheric re-entry algorithms
Perform trajectory design, optimization, and dispersion analysis for the reentry of a space capsule
Develop 6 degree of freedom vehicle simulation using C++ and Python
Running Monte Carlo analysis to characterize performance of new vehicle and mission capabilities

Skills

Qualifications

B.S. in Aerospace, Mechanical, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Related Field10+ Proven Years of Experience or PhD with 7+ Years of Relevant ExperienceDemonstrated Knowledge in Designing, Modeling, Testing, and Flying Aerospace Guidance, Navigation, and Control SystemsHighly Adept Software and Model Development Skills, Particularly in C++/PythonUnderstanding of Orbital Mechanics, Modeling and Simulation, and Software Development

About Varda Space Industries

varda.com

Headquarters

El Segundo, California, United States

Company Size

51-200 employees

Founded

2021

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Varda Space Industries is a microgravity-enabled life sciences company that processes materials in orbit and returns them to Earth. The company operates the world's first orbital manufacturing and reentry platform, offering solutions for biopharma (discovering unique drug morphologies and crystal structures in microgravity), government customers (hypersonic reentry and orbital flight testing), and microgravity research. Varda's mission is to expand the economic bounds of humankind by commercializing space-based processing and partnering with industry to bring space-derived products to market.