Cleared Guidance and Control Engineer
A Guidance and Control Engineer with an active TS/SCI position just opened up in Pasadena, CA at the JPL/NASA facility. In this role you will contribute to the advancement and development of spacecraft and payload/instrument guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) architectures, designs, algorithms, simulations, flight software implementations, performance validation and on-orbit commissioning and operations.. You must have a minimum of 6 years of related experience and be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident.
Location: Pasadena, CA 91109
Position: TS/SCI Guidance and Control Engineer
Pay Rate: $51 – 84.5/hr DOE
Duration: 12 months
Schedule: 9/80 1st Shift
We do offer PTO, holidays, 401k, medical, dental, and vision
Overview:
As a cleared Guidance and Control Engineer at JPL, you will work for the Guidance and Control Section in the Control Analysis Group. You will contribute to the advancement and development of spacecraft and payload/instrument guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) architectures, designs, algorithms, simulations, flight software implementations, performance validation and on-orbit commissioning and operations.
Responsibilities include:
- Conceiving, designing, analyzing, simulating, and evaluating complex GNC subsystem performance
- Delivering advanced algorithms and associated flight software code for integration and test at the GNC subsystem and system level
- Developing and executing detailed subsystem test and verification plans at the system level
- Leading teams that develop and operate GNC systems and coordinating the validation and documentation of subsystem performance prior to delivery
Qualifications:
- A Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field with at least 6 years of relevant experience;
- or a Master’s degree with at least 4 years of experience;
- or a PhD with at least 2 years of experience.
Required:
- Active TS/SCI clearance
- Strong technical background in modern guidance, estimation, and control for aerospace systems
- Experience in the research and development of advanced GNC systems for precision pointing
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in teams and lead technical efforts; excellent communication and presentation skills
Highly desired experience includes:
- GNC system architectures
- Precision payload dynamics and controls
- Advanced control methods (linear and nonlinear)
- Estimation (Kalman filtering, random processes, nonlinear filtering, computer vision)
- Linear and nonlinear dynamics, multi-rigid-body dynamics
- On-board guidance and navigation (optimization, convex methods)
- Attitude estimation and control
- Precision pointing control
- Pointing, acquisition, and tracking systems
- GNC for autonomous aerial vehicles
- Rotorcraft dynamics and control
- Vision-based navigation
- Terrain-relative navigation (TRN)
- 3D lidar-based navigation
- Fast steering mirror control
- High-bandwidth mechatronics
- Active and passive vibration control
- Control of gimbaled or articulated platforms
- Controlled optics
- Optical wavefront and path-length control
- Structural modeling and finite element analysis
- GNC-related on-board and ground calibration
- Integrated modeling (flexible structures/optics/thermal, dynamics and control)
- Time-domain simulation and multi-rate systems
- Small spacecraft design
- Multi-vehicle formation flying
- Control of large monolithic or segmented telescopes
- Control of large distributed systems
- Aerodynamic control for deep-space planetary exploration
- Comfortable working with Matlab/Simulink
Additional desired experience:
- Strong background in technology development
- Experience with instrument/optical pointing systems and integrated GNC hardware/software
- Experience with lasers, detectors, fast steering mirrors, and high-rate control systems
- Experience in autonomous system design and spacecraft autonomy
- Demonstrated ability to manage cost and schedule in new technology development
- General familiarity with signal processing
About our client:
Our client is a research and development lab federally funded by NASA and managed by Caltech. Manages many of NASA’s robotic missions exploring Earth, the solar system, and our universe.
This particular client is requiring that all new hires show proof of vaccination. However, accommodations may be made for those with disabilities or religious reasons who cannot obtain a vaccine.
About APR:
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We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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