K2 Space
Senior Navigation & Guidance Engineer
$160K–$235K
Los Angeles, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Apr 29, 2026
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles - Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.
About the job
Develop and validate spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control architecture, algorithms, simulations, and flight software for K2’s large, flexible satellites.
What you'll do
- Develop and validate spacecraft GNC architecture, pointing and slewing algorithms, and simulation tools, including 6-DOF simulation.
- Own GNC verification and validation, analyze nominal and off-nominal performance, and contribute code to simulation and flight software.
- Support autonomous orbit raise, launch and on-orbit operations, and recruit, hire, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- Experience with GNC actuator or sensor sizing, selection, and system design.
- Experience implementing spacecraft attitude control and/or estimation algorithms.
- Experience verifying and validating GNC flight software in an integrated environment using 6-DOF simulation and HITL testing.
- Experience with Python, Julia, C/C++, or Matlab for algorithm development, implementation, and simulation.
Nice to have
- Experience with early-stage spacecraft conceptual design, control algorithm development, or reaction wheel, control moment gyroscope, or thruster sizing and algorithm implementation.
- Experience with navigation (especially Extended Kalman Filters), trajectory analysis, modeling, mission design, or Rust.
Pay
$160,000 - $235,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, Julia, C/C++, Matlab, Rust, 6-DOF simulation, HITL
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