Autonomy Engineer (Experienced)
Millennium Space Systems
- El Segundo, CA
- $135,150-198,750 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Perform fault and autonomy requirements definition, verification, and validation
- Define satellite/constellation states, modes, and transitions
- Contribute to architecture concepts, CONOPS, and technology trade-off analyses
- Design autonomous spacecraft behavior
- Design and validate onboard fault detection, isolation, and response behavior
- Develop and utilize simulation platforms (e.g. Hardware-In-the-Loop) for testing/validation
- Perform end-to-end validation of all fault and autonomy products
- Develop and validate tools for on-orbit mission operations
- Support on-console operations for on-orbit missions
- Participate in technical reviews in the areas of Mission & Autonomy
- Provide technical mentorship to the Mission & Autonomy team
- 5+ years experience in aerospace systems design and/or operation
- Bachelor's Degree in engineering or the physical sciences / computer science
- Experience with aerospace systems design and architecture
- Experience with common analysis tools such as MATLAB/Simulink, Python, STK, etc.
- Ability to anticipate effects and interactions for varying cases across a complex system
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong attention to detail while maintaining big-picture perspective
- Experience with autonomous system design, analysis, and test
- Ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance
- 10+ years experience in satellite design and/or operation
- MS or PhD in aerospace engineering or other related technical or engineering discipline
- First principles knowledge across all spacecraft subsystems with particular depth in Attitude Control Systems (ACS)/Guidance Navigation & Control (GNC), flight software, and/or spacecraft operations
- Technical leadership experience, including requirements V&V, delegation and management of technical tasks, and responsible engineering authority (REA) experience.
- Experience with fault-tolerance strategies and architectures for safety and mission critical systems
- Experience with fault management architectures including design principles and requirements
- Experience with redundancy architecture, including cross-strapping and fault containment regions for integrated systems
- Ability to plan and execute integrated system Fault Management and Autonomy Verification and Validation
- Experience in modeling and simulation of satellite systems
- Experience with satellite end-to-end testing
- Experience with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing
- Experience with Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) testing
- Experience with satellite mission operations
- Possess active TS/SCI clearance
- Level 4: $135,150 - $198,750
- Level 5: $164,050 - $241,250
- Level 6: $187,850 - $276,250