Senior Controls Engineer, Optical Beam Pointing

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As a Senior Controls Engineer within the Interplanetary Sciences Program, you will be the technical lead for optical beam pointing and control systems that enable high-precision optical communications for our 2028 Mars Orbiter mission. You will design, develop, and implement the control algorithms that measure the subsystem orientation using advanced sensor fusion and actively steer both spacecraft attitude and beam orientation to maintain precision optical links across interplanetary distances. This role requires end-to-end technical ownership of a mission-critical control system that integrates optical sensors, gyroscopic measurements, spacecraft attitude control, and fast steering mirror systems.…

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