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GNC Engineer - Embedded Controls, AI Satellites (Starmind)

SpaceX· Mesh Optical
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Bastrop, TXFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Embedded Controls Engineer for SpaceX Starmind program, focusing on robust and precise pointing for satellites, payloads, propulsion systems, and mechanisms, with responsibilities spanning design, simulation, flight software, and in-space deployment.

Responsibilities

  • Design, analysis, implementation of electromechanical control systems such as solar array actuators, antenna gimbals, and high bandwidth active optics.
  • Design, analysis, implementation of satellite attitude control and momentum management systems.
  • Design, analysis, implementation of fluid and power system controls for the Starlink hall thrusters.
  • Optimal state estimation as applied to mechanical alignment and attitude determination.
  • Hardware performance specification and sizing, support for hardware iteration and firmware bringup, design qualification, automated production screening, and performance monitoring in the fleet.
  • Development and maintenance of high fidelity simulations using C++, python, matlab, integration of those simulations into collaborative analysis tools.
  • Implementation, validation, unit testing, and deployment of production software (C++) pertinent to the systems described above.
  • Provide engineering and data review support for hardware development, network level performance monitoring.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in aerospace, physics or an engineering discipline.
  • Software development experience in C++.
  • Experience with design and analysis of closed loop control systems.

Skills

Required:C++ software developmentClosed-loop controls
Last updated Aug 5, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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