GNC Engineer, Satellite Power Systems (Starlink)

About the Role

SpaceX is developing the Starlink satellite constellation, the world's largest, to provide fast, reliable internet. As a GNC Engineer specializing in Satellite Power Systems on the Starlink team, you will be responsible for vehicle design trades, simulation, flight code implementation, and deploying and operating features in space.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, deploy, monitor, and maintain control systems for electrical power flow on Starlink satellites.
• Improve insight into the health and performance of electrical power systems by developing ground-based or on-vehicle estimation schemes and summarizing fleet-wide information.
• Analyze satellite data to identify anomalous system or algorithm behavior.
• Invent schemes to protect the vehicle from dangerous operation and algorithms from corruption.
• Interface with software, reliability, and satellite operations teams.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, physics, computer science, or other STEM discipline.
• Professional experience with one of the following coding languages: C/C++, Python, Java.
• Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in physics or an engineering discipline.
• Very strong expertise and demonstrated project or professional experience in linear closed loop controls analysis and design, including state space and frequency domain methods.
• Experience with flexible body dynamics and reduced finite element models in the context of closed loop control systems analysis.
• Expertise in state estimation, Kalman filters, or recursive least squares.
• Experience in control systems and estimation.
• Strong expertise in embedded C++, Python, MATLAB, Simulink, and other software development languages/tools.
• Direct experience with spacecraft operations and flight software development, testing, and deployment.
• Capable of identifying and solving complex problems in a self-directed manner.
• Passion for advancing the commercial space industry.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, autonomously driven, and demanding start-up atmosphere.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.