Satellite GNC Engineer, Project Kuiper

Project Kuiper Satellite Attitude Determination And Control Team

Project Kuiper is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world. This position is part of the Satellite Attitude Determination And Control team. You will design and analyze the control system and algorithms, support development of our flight hardware and software, help integrate the satellite in our labs, participate in flight operations, and see a constellation of satellites flow through the production line in the building next door.

Key job responsibilities:

• Design and analyze algorithms for estimation, flight control, and precise pointing using linear methods and simulation.
• Develop and apply models and simulations, with various levels of fidelity, of the satellite and our constellation.
• Component level environmental testing, functional and performance checkout, subsystem integration, satellite integration, and in space operations.
• Manage the spacecraft constellation as it grows and evolves.
• Continuously improve our ability to serve customers by maximizing payload operations time.
• Develop autonomy for Fault Detection and Isolation on board the spacecraft.

A day in the life:

This is an opportunity to play a significant role in the design of an entirely new satellite system with challenging performance requirements. The large, integrated constellation brings opportunities for advanced capabilities that need investigation and development. The constellation size also puts emphasis on engineering excellence so our tools and methods, from conceptualization through manufacturing and all phases of test, will be state of the art as will the satellite and supporting infrastructure on the ground.

You will find that Kuiper's mission is compelling, so our program is staffed with some of the top engineers in the industry. Our daily collaboration with other teams on the program brings constant opportunity for discovery, learning, and growth.

About the team:

Our team has lots of experience with various satellite systems and many other flight vehicles. We have bench strength in both our mission and core GNC disciplines. We design, prototype, test, iterate and learn together. Because GNC is central to safe flight, we tend to drive Concepts of Operation and many system level analyses.