BS
$160,000 – $210,000
Listed on Benchmark Space Systems’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
This role involves designing and implementing guidance, navigation, and control algorithms for spacecraft propulsion systems, from concept through hardware testing and validation. It suits experienced control systems engineers who want to work hands-on with real flight software in a fast-paced space technology company.
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What they ask for
Required
- Bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, electrical engineering, physics, or related field
- 5+ years GNC experience on space vehicles
- Demonstrated ownership of algorithms from design through implementation and test
- Strong proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink for flight algorithm design
- U.S. Person status (no visa sponsorship available)
- Solid foundation in control theory and stability analysis
- Working knowledge of spacecraft attitude dynamics and orbital mechanics
- Experience validating GNC software through hardware-in-the-loop testing
- Ability to write clear technical documentation and present at design reviews
Nice to have
- Experience writing flight or embedded software in C or Rust
- Propulsion-specific GNC experience: finite-burn effects, thrust/Isp uncertainty, propellant slosh, optimal jet select
- Experience with both chemical and electric propulsion control
- Long-duration low-thrust guidance experience
- Strapdown navigation and IMU error modeling experience
- Monte Carlo and linear covariance dispersion analysis experience
- Knowledge of GMAT, STK, FreeFlyer, or equivalent astrodynamics tools
- Prior technical lead or mentoring experience on small teams
- Experience supporting government programs (NASA, DoD, SBIR/STTR)