Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) Systems Engineer

About the role

As a Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) Systems Engineer you will help design, develop and verify the GNC and computer‑vision subsystems for Astroscale’s rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) missions. You will work closely with cross‑disciplinary teams to integrate algorithms, hardware and software into the satellite bus, shaping critical intellectual property for the company.

Key responsibilities

• Develop GNC requirements, fault detection, isolation and recovery (FDIR) and verification & validation strategies.
• Integrate GNC and computer‑vision algorithms with GNC hardware for RPO missions.
• Coordinate logical integration of GNC work packages and overall subsystem solution.
• Collaborate with other engineering disciplines to ensure performance and compatibility.
• Conduct research on state‑of‑the‑art GNC hardware and algorithms, performing trade‑off analyses.
• Support selection, integration and testing of GNC hardware and software architecture.
• Liaise with customers and suppliers to define constraints and present technical solutions.
• Provide technical support for on‑orbit operations and mission leadership.

Required profile

• Master’s degree in aerospace engineering or a related discipline.
• At least 2 years of experience in GNC‑related roles.
• Proven ability to develop and verify GNC subsystems for space missions.
• Strong analytical skills and experience working in multidisciplinary teams.

Required skills

• Matlab and Simulink development (intermediate level).
• GNC algorithm development and implementation.
• Design of control laws and navigation algorithms.
• Guidance strategy knowledge for rendezvous and proximity operations.
• Flight software integration of algorithms.
• GNC hardware integration and testing.
• Familiarity with state‑of‑the‑art GNC technologies and capture systems used in space missions.