SpaceX

5 months ago

GNC Engineer, Device Navigation and Beam Pointing (Starlink)

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Job Summary

Develop and validate guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for Starlink systems, implementing real-time state estimation, beam steering, and synchronization with GNSS and inertial sensors. Collaborate across hardware and software teams to deploy robust autopilot features for thousands of satellites and user terminals, in a fast-paced startup environment focused on space-based broadband.

Location: Redmond

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance

Key Responsibilities

•Design and analysis of GNC logic for Starlink phased array antennas.
•Real-time angular and translational navigation using onboard sensors and optimal state estimation techniques.
•Design of beam-steering logic to track and hand-off satellites while maximizing link integrity in challenging environments.
•Develop features to enable Starlink deployments in new applications (ships, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.).
•Model derivation and high-fidelity simulation for development and validation of prototype features.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDental401kPaid Leave

Key Requirements

•Bachelor's degree in aerospace, physics, or an engineering discipline.
•Experience in Software Development for physical systems or real-world hardware.
•Master's degree or PhD in physics or an engineering discipline (preferred).
•Demonstrated project or professional experience in state estimation, feedback control, robotics, antenna design and actuation, RF or similar.
•Experience interfacing with real world hardware, beyond simulations (sensors, robotics, autonomous vehicles, etc.).

Experience:AerospaceSpaceSatelliteStarlinkGNSSInertial navigationRobotics

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:C++LinuxGNSSState estimationRTK/PPPPPSRTKTime synchronization

Languages:English

Tech Stack:C++LinuxGNSSState estimationPPS

Company Brief

SpaceX

Designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers, aiming to reduce space transportation costs and enable human life on Mars through reusable launch vehicles and integrated space systems.

Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Growth: Established Company

Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: Hawthorne, United States

Founded: 2002

Glassdoor: 4.2

Website LinkedIn

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SpaceX

5 months ago

GNC Engineer, Device Navigation and Beam Pointing (Starlink)

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 21 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Redmond

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance

Key Responsibilities

•Design and analysis of GNC logic for Starlink phased array antennas.
•Real-time angular and translational navigation using onboard sensors and optimal state estimation techniques.
•Design of beam-steering logic to track and hand-off satellites while maximizing link integrity in challenging environments.
•Develop features to enable Starlink deployments in new applications (ships, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.).
•Model derivation and high-fidelity simulation for development and validation of prototype features.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDental401kPaid Leave

Key Requirements

•Bachelor's degree in aerospace, physics, or an engineering discipline.
•Experience in Software Development for physical systems or real-world hardware.
•Master's degree or PhD in physics or an engineering discipline (preferred).
•Demonstrated project or professional experience in state estimation, feedback control, robotics, antenna design and actuation, RF or similar.
•Experience interfacing with real world hardware, beyond simulations (sensors, robotics, autonomous vehicles, etc.).

Experience:AerospaceSpaceSatelliteStarlinkGNSSInertial navigationRobotics

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:C++LinuxGNSSState estimationRTK/PPPPPSRTKTime synchronization

Languages:English

Tech Stack:C++LinuxGNSSState estimationPPS

Company Brief

SpaceX

Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Growth: Established Company

Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: Hawthorne, United States

Founded: 2002

Glassdoor: 4.2

Website LinkedIn