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Senior GNC and AOCS Engineer
2015-02-11 13:05:10| Space-careers.com Jobs RSS
One of our Space clients in Spain is looking for a GNC and AOCS engineer. This is a Senior engineer for their GNCAOCS projects involving internal studies, technology developments or full subsystem development within ESA programmes. Job Description Architectural design and tradeoff analyses of GNCAOCS subsystems Guidance, Navigation Control Attitude Orbit Control Systems. When applicable, interaction with the System TeamCustomer for the definition of GNCAOCS needs and subsystem specification, and support to key decisions at system level. Systems engineering activities design development management, requirements management, system budgets definition and control, interfaces control, performance assessment, verification and validation, etc. Design and analysis of GNC modes and transition logic. Definition of performance requirements and specification of the onboard GNC functions dynamical states estimation, position and attitude guidance and control, and technical management of their development. Design and analysis of GNCAOCS subsystem FDIR Fault Detection, Identification Recovery. Specification, selection and support to the procurement of GNCAOCS equipment. Coordination of the integration, test and validation of GNCAOCS subsystem in functional and realtime simulation environments. Coordination and technical management of a GNCAOCS development team. Our client is looking for an Aerospace Engineer, Control Engineer Note Solid mathematical foundation and excellent knowledge of aerospace vehicle dynamics numerical methods, linear and rotational mechanics, orbital mechanics and flight mechanics. Good knowledge of control analysis and design theory, both classical and modern e.g. robust control techniques and good knowledge of estimation and filtering theory. A PhD degree would be a plus but it is not required. Experience required Aerospace GNCAOCS projects covering the whole development process, from preliminary design to validation, preferably in the ESA environment from phase B to CD. Application of applicable ESA ECSS standards, both technical and management.
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