Jobs / engineering
Senior AOCS Engineer
Isispace II · Delft
About the role
As a member of our AOCS team, you will be responsible for the design, implementation and performance verification of AOCS algorithms, sensors and actuators. Your activities will range from being responsible for implementing AOCS hardware and software in a satellite mission as Mission AOCS Engineer, to performing research & development in the scope of the company’s technology roadmap, to liaising with system engineers and contributing to pre-studies for mission proposals and, last but not least, building simulation models and expanding the company’s AOCS simulation framework.
As AOCS engineer you will enjoy a lot of freedom to experiment and develop/adapt innovative control techniques and hardware to CubeSats. The small satellite market is experiencing a trend where higher demands are placed on the accuracy and reliability of AOCS solutions and we see a clear need for pushing the boundaries of what is achievable with CubeSats through adaptation of state-of-the-art technologies. You will take part in realizing that and will be working hands-on with both flight hardware and software from the start.
We expect you to be ambitious, pro-active, and to be able to work autonomously, while also being a dedicated team-member.
Your main responsibilities:
Acting as Mission AOCS Engineer or supporting that function throughout the entire lifecycle of a mission (from requirements analysis to in-orbit operations).
Developing control algorithms and software.
Developing simulation code and executing simulations for performance analysis & verification.
Contributing to hardware design on AOCS system- and subsystem level.
You will also be involved in:
Liaising with ISISPACE’s systems engineering team to coordinate satellite level AOCS performance and in planning & supporting satellite test campaigns.
Liaising with ISISPACE’s embedded software team for implementation of AOCS algorithms.
Supporting satellite sales to ensure technical offers sent to customers are sound and comply with ISISPACE’s capabilities and AOCS roadmap.