CONTROLS ENGINEER

Orbit Fab likes to move fast, break barriers and change the way space missions work.

We're looking for the best minds, backed by a practical can-do attitude.

You would be responsible for developing control systems to support a variety of upcoming Orbit Fab missions. A major emphasis will be on reliable controls schemes for spacecraft proximity operations and docking.

We describe here the skills, qualifications, and responsibilities that we need to have as a team. You don't need all of them. Your aptitude for complex technical challenges and your practical experience designing/building/coding stuff will trump specific qualification or tools any day!

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop control schemes for Orbit Fab's technologies including spacecraft attitude and maneuver controllers
• Architect, plan and implement software solutions for control during in-space formation flying and proximity operations
• Plan and implement tests and simulations of spacecraft controls systems
• Assist in overall system design and development providing input to trade studies and hardware selection particularly for thrusters and reaction wheels used for spacecraft control
• Directly interact with the customers, both government and commercial
• Manage the controls project/tasks, interact with contractors and vendors to meet the needs of the project

EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS:

• Knowledge of linear and non-linear systems, feedback control, signal processing, and signal filtering

• Experience developing control laws for complex dynamic systems

• Experience implementing controls in software including (Python, Matlab, Simulink, C or similar programming languages

• Ability to develop simulations to test and analyze controller performance

• Ability to plan and implement tests of control system performance using flight or flight-like hardware

• Expertise working in a diverse, multidisciplinary team environment that includes business communication and diverse engineering disciplines

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• BS degree and five (5) years of related engineering experience, or

• MS degree in related field and three (3) years of related engineering experience, or

• Ph.D. in related field and (0) years of related experience

• If you don't have the exact years or degree listed above, but your passion can't be matched, don't hesitate to apply!

NICE TO HAVE:

• Hands-on experience developing flight software
• Familiarity with RTOS, determinism, safety-critical systems, and hard- or soft-real-time design constraints (RTEMS, FreeRTOS, Rate-Monotonic Analysis and system resource monitoring)
• Experience with computer vision, sensor fusion, and machine learning.
• Familiarity with terrestrial or space-based computer vision systems
• MS or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, or similar
• Familiarity with space flight operations and procedures
• Experience with MATLAB and Simulink toolboxes, particularly computer vision or embedded coder toolboxes
• Experience with requirements management, decomposition, and communication. 
• Active Security Clearance

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

_IF YOU DON'T THINK YOU COMPLETELY FIT ALL THESE JOB REQUIREMENTS APPLY ANYWAY! __ ORBIT FAB IS RELOCATING TO COLORADO AT THE END OF 2021 AND ALL ROLES WILL BE BASED IN CO AS OF JANUARY 2022. _

TO CONFORM TO US GOVERNMENT SPACE TECHNOLOGY EXPORT REGULATIONS, APPLICANTS MUST BE A US CITIZEN, LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT OF THE US, PROTECTED INDIVIDUAL AS DEFINED BY 8 USC 1324B(A)(3), OR ELIGIBLE TO OBTAIN THE REQUIRED AUTHORIZATION FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

ORBIT FAB INC DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE IN EMPLOYMENT ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX (INCLUDING PREGNANCY AND GENDER IDENTITY), NATIONAL ORIGIN, POLITICAL AFFILIATION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, MARITAL STATUS, DISABILITY, GENETIC INFORMATION, AGE, MEMBERSHIP IN AN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION, RETALIATION, PARENTAL STATUS, MILITARY SERVICE, OR OTHER NON-MERIT FACTOR.