SENIOR GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROLS (GN&C) ENGINEER

$100,000 - $185,000/Yr

Blue Canyon - Lafayette, LA

Full-time - Mid Level

Lafayette, LA

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About the position

The Senior Guidance, Navigation, and Controls (GN&C) Engineer at Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) is responsible for the full GN&C subsystem across multiple space missions, overseeing all program phases from new business development to on-orbit operations. This role involves leading the development of new capabilities and infrastructure for GN&C subsystems, ensuring high reliability and performance in spacecraft design.

Responsibilities

• Design, analyze, test, and deploy GN&C subsystems for small spacecraft ranging from CubeSat to ESPA-class.
• Develop new GN&C technologies to support customer needs and BCT strategic goals.
• Lead the continued evolution of certain GN&C processes and tools/infrastructure.
• Lead GN&C hardware selection and performance details.
• Participate in all mission phases including new business development, design reviews, software and hardware-level testing, on-orbit commissioning, and operations.
• Provide guidance and mentoring to younger engineers.
• May include personnel management responsibilities.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related Engineering discipline and at least 7 years of relevant experience.
• Knowledge of systems integration and testing experience with MATLAB/Simulink.
• Ability to rapidly work with minimal supervision on projects involving both small and large engineering teams.
• Experience with running 6-DOF simulation.
• Must be able to work in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment with emphasis on rapid prototyping and fielding of capabilities.
• Experience with configuration management and issue tracking tools.
• Capability to independently develop new GN&C technology.
• Comprehensive knowledge of spacecraft GN&C, including orbital mechanics, spacecraft sensors and actuators, and attitude dynamics and controls.
• Knowledge of spacecraft GN&C testing best practices.
• Practical experience working with orbital vehicles or autonomous systems, embedded software, and algorithmic design.
• Experience with C and Ruby languages.
• Experience with Model Based Design and auto-coding.
• Previous experience with small satellites, especially small satellite GN&C.
• Experience with simulator/hardware test development and execution, as well as mission operations is a plus.

Benefits

• 100% company paid health, dental and vision benefits for you and your dependents effective the first of the month following hire date.
• Life insurance.
• 401k (matching 4% with a minimum 5% contribution).
• Generous PTO (3 weeks of vacation + 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sick time, 7 paid holidays throughout the year) and parental leave.