At ClearSpace, we believe in reusability, affordability driving disruption, and sustainable progress. We are leading the way toward sustainable space operations and are actively recruiting a Head of GNC to join our expert engineering team. If you are motivated to make a difference beyond earth, ClearSpace is the place for you!
As the Head of GNC at ClearSpace, you will be part of the CTO office and report directly to the CTO. We are looking for an experienced, confident leader with a strong balance of technical acumen, management skills, and stakeholder management skills. You will be responsible for supervising the output from your team, interfacing between executive management and your team, supporting the definition of services, generating proposals, interacting with clients, and more. Essential experience includes GNC algorithm design, fault-tolerant GNC systems, satellite trajectory design and analysis, GNC hardware integration and test, and leadership/management experience. Desired experience includes knowledge of missions concerning active debris removal or RPO, practical working knowledge of digital electronics relevant to a GNC system, and on-orbit GNC analysis, debug, and refinement. The desired education is a (BSc/MSc) degree in aerospace engineering or another relevant engineering/science discipline. ClearSpace offers the freedom to evolve and grow within a team of experienced specialists, the opportunity to be a key player in one of the most exciting satellite missions, a caring and collaborative working environment, and the possibility of (partial) remote working and flexible hours.
Responsibilities:
- Supervising the output from the team to reach defined objectives
- Interfacing between the Executive Management and the team
- Supporting the definition of services, generation of proposals, and interacting with clients
- Allocating manpower resources to programs and internal activities
- Defining and bidding for funding opportunities to support internal activities
- Attending internal or program-related reviews
- Hiring, onboarding, and developing new staff
- Defining professional development plans and identifying training needs
- Setting goals and conducting periodic staff performance reviews
- Approving vacations and ensuring adequate backfills are in place
- Monitoring happiness levels
- Defining and developing internal products (subsystem, equipment, etc.) and technical building blocks within the domain
- Ensuring consistency of approach, methodology, and tools across different programs and commercial/strategy verticals
- Establishing roadmaps and maximizing opportunities to follow them within funding opportunities
- Surveying technologies, research activities, and R&D funding opportunities
- Promoting innovative ideas
- Promoting the sharing of best practices and lessons learned
- Providing appropriately experienced staff needed to execute programs and internal activities
- Providing cost estimates for future activities and ensuring they are adhered to
- Defining, implementing, and maintaining infrastructure, test facilities, tools, and simulations
