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K ey activities, role and responsibilities
- Development of the spacecraft AOCS (Attitude, Orbit and Control System) GNC (Guidance Navigation and Control) systems, design and verification activities.
- Support system level activities, such as: developing mission CONOPS (Concept of Operations) , defining FMECA (Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis) and FDIR (Failure Detection, Isolation, and Recovery) processes and design, system test and verification activities.
- Develop control law and algorithms – analysis, design, implement and validate (simulate) scenarios for RPO (rendezvous and proximity operations) RPO & docking maneuvers.
- Develop GNC hardware and/or software architecture, towards an overall GNC solution.
- Support procurement engineers with trade-off and selection of GNC equipment.
- 宇宙機の AOCS ( 姿勢・軌道制御系 ) /GNC ( 航法・誘導・制御) の開発、設計と検証を実施する。
- GNC の立場で、システムレベルの設計を支援する。：事例として、ミッション CONOPS (Concept of Operations) の作成、 FMECA (Failure Mode, Effects, and Criticality Analysis) 、及び FDIR (Failure Detection, Isolation, and Recovery) のプロセス、設計、システム試験・検証計画等の定義。
- 制御則及びアルゴリズムの開発： RPO (rendezvous and proximity operations) およびドッキングのシナリオを設計、解析し、シミュレーションにより検証する。
- GNC の機能性能を実現するハードウェア構成、もしくはソフトウェア構成をトレードオフし、全体のアーキテクチャを決定する。
- 調達部門のエンジニアと協働し、調達する GNC 機器をトレードオフし、選定する。
R equirements; skill & experience
- 3+ years of experience as an AOCS or GNC systems engineer involved in either of the design, implementation and testing of GNC solutions for aerospace vehicles.
- Experience of algorithm & control law development: use of GNC design and simulation software e.g., MATLAB, implementation of control laws and real world effects (non-linearities, signal noise, tuning), translating algorithms into operational flight software.
- English language capability TOEIC 600+.
- Business level Japanese language capability.
- 5+ years of experience as an AOCS or GNC systems engineer involved in the design, implementation and testing of GNC solutions for actual spacecraft missions.
- Preferable to have experience of implementation of RPO and docking algorithms and solutions.
- Experience of hardware trade-offs and hardware and software GNC architectural design.
- Operational experience of on-orbit satellite operations.
- Experience in control law design, beyond classical techniques: non-linear design, optimal.
- Knowledge of GNC sensor systems (trade-offs/ procurement, data processing) including cameras, IR and LiDAR.