Senior AOCS Engineer

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About Aerospacelab

Our mission is supported by an ambitious vertically integrated approach: design & manufacture of small satellites combined with development of earth observation services.

Since its creation in 2018, the company has already grown substantially. Our team gathers more than 25 engineering expertise, from hardware design to software development & data science.

In 2024, Aerospacelab counts offices in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), Toulouse (France), Lausanne (Switzerland) and US West Coast with more than 200 full-time employees, with the ambition to position itself as the European leader in small satellites.

Role overview

As a Senior AOCS engineer at Aerospacelab, you will lead designing and implementing attitude and orbit control solutions for satellites across various missions. Utilizing your expertise, you will be key in ensuring our missions achieve the various mission performances on pointing, stability and robustness throughout their missions, as well as participate in improving our design and simulation toolchain. Collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, you will guide the AOCS design from concept through launch.

Duties

Lead the technical development and testing of Attitude and Orbit Control Systems on project level
Participate in the development of simulation products
Support LEOP and AOCS commissioning activities
Provide support and analyses for mission and systems engineering, and operations
Support preparation of project proposals