True Anomaly
GNC Engineer, RPO
$115K–$300K
Denver, CO +3 · Full-time · Posted Dec 8, 2025
- Location
- Denver, CO
Long Beach, CA
Denver, CO
Long Beach, CA - Experience
- 2+ years of experience with RPO mission design; preferred: 2+ years of professional experience writing high-reliability, production C/C++ code.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering or similar discipline; Master’s or PhD preferred.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
About the job
Designs, develops, tests, and integrates guidance, navigation, and control algorithms and mission plans for rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO).
What you'll do
- Perform RPO mission design and trade studies of navigation and control architectures and algorithms.
- Develop and verify RPO algorithms using software and hardware-in-the-loop simulation, and analyze performance statistically.
- Integrate RPO plans with Space Operations and support post-flight analysis.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering or a similar discipline.
- Experience with C/C++ and Python.
- 2+ years of experience with RPO mission design.
- U.S. Citizen and eligible for DoD Secret or TS/SCI clearance.
Nice to have
- Master’s or PhD in aerospace engineering or a similar discipline.
- 2+ years of professional experience writing high-reliability, production C/C++ code; expertise in spacecraft relative navigation, astrodynamics, estimation theory, trajectory optimization, or planning and scheduling algorithms.
Pay
$115,000 - $300,000 USD base salary
Tools
C/C++, Python
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