What You'll Do

As a GNC Engineer, you will focus on developing the navigation and state-estimation capabilities that enable precise and autonomous spacecraft operations. You will work on spacecraft state estimation, sensor fusion, GNSS/INS navigation, attitude and orbit determination, and relative navigation for rendezvous and proximity operations.

Responsibilities

- Design, implement, test, and validate spacecraft navigation and state-estimation algorithms

- Develop and tune Extended Kalman Filters (EKF) and other state-estimation algorithms for spacecraft applications

- Support navigation algorithm development for rendezvous, proximity operations, and autonomous spacecraft operations

- Develop high-fidelity sensor models including measurement noise, bias, scale factor, misalignment, latency, and other error sources

- Analyze navigation performance and troubleshoot estimation issues using simulation and test data

- Perform navigation error analysis, observability analysis, covariance analysis, Monte Carlo simulations, and performance assessment

- Support the implementation and integration of navigation algorithms on flight hardware and participate in SIL, PIL, and HIL testing and validation activities

- Collaborate with GNC, flight software, systems,



and mission design teams to integrate navigation solutions into the spacecraft

What We Look For

Minimum Requirements

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace, Electronics, Control Systems, or a related engineering discipline

- 1+ years of experience in spacecraft navigation, state estimation, GNSS/INS, robotics, or a related field

- Experience with MATLAB, Simulink, C/C++, and/or Python

- Strong understanding of estimation theory, Kalman filtering, state-space models, probability, and sensor fusion

- Understanding of spacecraft navigation sensors such as GNSS, IMU, star trackers, and optical navigation sensors

- Experience with numerical analysis, simulation, and algorithm development

- You thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments, adapt quickly, and enjoy solving hard problems

Preferred Qualifications

- Skilled or academic experience with GNSS-based orbit determination and/or relative GPS navigation

- Experience implementing navigation algorithms on a flight computer

- Experience supporting or conducting SIL, PIL, or HIL testing and validation

What We Offer

- Competitive compensation including ESOPs

- Role-based workplace flexibility

- ⁠Annual vacations

- ⁠Health insurance coverage

- Professional mental wellness services

- Gym membership

📌 GNC Engineer - Navigation (Bengaluru)
🏢 Aule Space
📍 Bengaluru