Senior AOCS System Engineer Verified today
The Role
You ensure that our satellites always point towards the right direction enabling high-quality images. This role is within the AOCS Domain where you are responsible for maintaining attitude and orbit. You will work closely with production, operations and software teams to ensure smooth and performant operation of our ADCS and propulsion systems in orbit and on ground. You will be involved in the complete lifecycle of the system, from design phases of future ICEYE satellite generations to maintenance of existing systems we and our customers operate.
Your Responsibilities
Increased Imaging Performance and Mission Success:
- Drive selection of future AOCS hardware components
- Characterize and validate existing AOCS performance by designing and executing in-orbit experiments and analyzing telemetry data
- Develop software tools to predict performance of future AOCS systems
Maximized AOCS Availability:
- Maintain verification procedures and work closely with production and testing teams to implement process improvements and new test jigs
- Debug on-orbit anomalies requiring deep system understanding and systematic root-cause analysis
- Support software teams in implementing changes to prevent known issues
- Develop software tools to help debug AOCS anomalies as they happen
Robust and Predictable AOCS Operations:
- Help establish and evolve internal processes for anomaly handling and resolution
What You Need
- Thinking from a first-principles mindset to resolve in-orbit anomalies systematically
- Strong understanding of AOCS fundamentals: rigid body motion, differential equations, coordinate transformations, 3D geometry, feedback loops, state estimation, and basic orbital dynamics
- Strong understanding of operation and failure modes of AOCS sensors and actuators: reaction wheels, magnetorquers, star trackers, gyroscopes, magnetometers, GNSS
- Strong understanding of AOCS performance drivers
- Proven track record of owning cross-domain systems involving feedback control loops over their complete lifecycle including maintenance and operations
- Broad knowledge across multiple engineering disciplines including controls, mechanical and electronics
- Proficiency in Python, C++ or Matlab
Employment Details
- Employment type: Permanent
- Workplace model: Hybrid (2-3 days onsite at Warsaw office)
- Location: Warsaw, Poland
- Reports to: Jakub Lisowski, Engineering Manager
- Security screening required (incl. SUPO, where required)