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Guidance Navigation and Control GNC Engineer
2018-02-01 17:19:33| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
About us SCISYS Deutschland GmbH provides professional engineering and consultancy services supporting space programmes and missions. We have a strong presence at ESOC and EUMETSAT, as well as serving all ESA sites and spacecraft primes. Our team is composed of university graduates and experienced professionals, comprising some of the most knowledgeable, dedicated and talented engineers across Europe. Our services cover the whole life cycle of space programmes from early concepts to operations. Our Space Division provides a dynamic, supportive and friendly atmosphere in which you are encouraged to lead with initiative. We support new ideas from our colleagues and are focused on innovation. Moreover, we actively manage your professional development, training and career progression. We are looking for a Guidance, Navigation Control GNC Engineer. Tasks Thanks to the consolidated experience in the field, the candidate will play a crucial technical role in tackling and solving stateoftheart GNC problems for upcoming commercial andor institutional missions. Heshe will be joining our Darmstadtbased GNC team, currently working on advanced topics such as optimal control for onorbit electric stationkeeping and large constellations maintenance. Additionally, heshe will contribute to the mission analysis for the German telecommunication satellite Heinrich Hertz H2SAT. The candidate will also be involved as a technical expert in the bidding processes for upcoming GNC studies. The candidate will report directly to GNC team manager. For this position, the following tasks are currently envisaged, but the assignments might change during the projects development depending on the operational needs Design, implement and validate various onground andor onboard orbit and attitude GNC algorithms for individual spacecraft but also for constellations and formations Participate in the design, development, and verification of GNC flight software prototypes Perform analyses and support tradeoff studies in the GNC domain Produce all the necessary associated design and test documentation Review and evaluate GNC analyses, studies and designs performed by third parties Develop and tests scripts used during mission operations Support mission simulations in performing GNC analysis tasks expected during operations Plan and provide GNC operational support required during flight Support business development activities in the GNC domain Essential requirements The successful candidate will have A university Master degree in aerospace or control engineering, mathematics or equivalent A sound knowledge of spacecraft orbit and attitude GNC theory A sound knowledge of celestial mechanics and spacecraft orbit and attitude dynamics Competence in software development Fluency in English We are looking for a motivated and proactive team player, able to work autonomously, showing initiative and selfmanagement skills when performing under time pressure. Other Information Start date is March 2018 or as soon as possible after that. The location of work is in our Darmstadt office. The candidate must have a valid German work and residence permit or be an EU citizen Please send us your application with motivational cover letter, full CV and availability details in English, preferably by email to recruitingscisys.de.
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