New Graduate Engineer, GNC- '26/'27 (Starlink)

SpaceX is looking for engineers with backgrounds in orbital mechanics, control theory, state estimation, spacecraft systems design, optimization, and software development to join the Starlink guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) team. Come help us write the autopilot algorithms for thousands of satellites (the world's largest constellation!) and more than two million user terminals, enabling access to high-speed broadband internet in all corners of the world.

• Constellation design and optimization
• Fleet management and satellite orbit transfer automation, including all supporting software infrastructure
• Constellation-level and network-level analysis of both existing and proposed satellite systems
• Satellite collision avoidance
• Satellite attitude determination and control
• Satellite orbit control, such as low thrust trajectory optimization and station-keeping
• Precision state estimation and control of various network payloads (RF antennas, laser inter-satellite links)