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Senior GNC Engineer

rocketlab · Auckland, NZ · Auckland, New Zealand
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<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>ABOUT ROCKET LAB</strong></p> <p>Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move fast, build real hardware for meaningful missions, and make the impossible routine. Come shape the future with us.</p></div><p style="text-align: center;"> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>While other companies talk about it, we do it!</strong></p> <p><strong>ELECTRON </strong></p> <p><span class="TextRun SCXW65003888 BCX8" lang="MI-NZ" data-contrast="none"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65003888 BCX8">Rocket Lab’s Electron team is responsible for building, testing, and launching our Electron rocket across our launch sites and test facilities in the United States and New Zealand. Electron is one of the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW65003888 BCX8">world’s most frequently-launched rockets, and our team behind its success are diligent, move fast, and have each others’ back to deliver a reliable rocket to the launch pad time and time again.</span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW65003888 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> <p><strong>SENIOR GNC ENGINEER</strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">In this role you will be responsible for:</span></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Mission design including trajectory design and optimization, auto-sequence planning & design, Monte Carlo analysis, configuration management, and any other mission design, launch operations, verification and validation tasks as required.</span></li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">GNC system development including writing GNC flight software, developing algorithms and models, analyzing GNC hardware performance, analyzing flight data.</li> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Working with the GNC Team Lead to support and mentor the team.<span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":240}"> </span></li> </ul> <p><strong>WHAT YOU'LL GET TO DO:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span class="TextRun SCXW177264338 BCX8" lang="EN-NZ" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW177264338 BCX8">Trajectory Optimization & Mission Design</span></span> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Assisting with trajectory optimization/design for launch vehicle orbital missions and suborbital missions (HASTE).</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Assisting with auto sequence design (maneuvers, telemetry, ground station contacts), implementation and verification for flight, stack tests and wet dress rehearsals</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":316,"335559739":0,"335559740":240,"335559991":283}"> </span></li> <li><span data-contrast="auto">Analysis and missionization of optimized 3DOF trajectories for implementation in 6DOF and flight scenarios</span></li> <li><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":316,"335559739":0,"335559740":240,"335559991":283}"><span class="TextRun SCXW124624410 BCX8" lang="EN-NZ" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW124624410 BCX8">Monte-Carlo analysis pre-flight, launch day and post-flight analysis</span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW124624410 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":316,"335559739":0,"335559740":240,"335559991":283}"> </span></span></li> <li><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":316,"335559739":0,"335559740":240,"335559991":283}"><span class="EOP Selected SCXW124624410 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":316,"335559739":0,"335559740":240,"335559991":283}"><span class="TextRun SCXW46990898 BCX8" lang="EN-NZ" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW46990898 BCX8">Design and verification of spacecraft separation sequences and dynamics</span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW46990898 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":316,"335559739":0,"335559740":240,"335559991":283}"> </span></span></span></li> </ul> </li> <li><span class="TextRun SCXW5309192 BCX8" lang="EN-NZ" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW5309192 BCX8">GNC R&D / Support</span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW5309192 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335559739":255,"335559740":240}"> </span> <ul> <li><span class="TextRun SCXW267526505 BCX8" lang="EN-NZ" data-contrast="auto"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW267526505 BCX8">Assisting with all areas of GNC development and maintenance for Electron, Neutron and/or other programs including: </span></span><span class="EOP Selected SCXW267526505 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":318,"335559739":0,"335559740":240,"335559991":284}"> </span> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="3" data-list-defn-pro

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