Analyze post-flight data and redesigns or modifies equipment to improve performance.The National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a 2-year position of postdoctoral researcher in research software policy.Performs system integration and testing of in-house and subcontractor-supplied ACS and BGS systems.Present system designs and analyses to customer and a variety of technical disciplines.Participate in technical design/modification negotiations with customers.Applies comprehensive knowledge of engineering concepts, procedures and practices to GNC problems.Perform analyses of attitude control systems, attitude control problems, navigation issues, sensor performance and their contribution to system performance.Applicants are encouraged to read about the Sounding Rocket Program and familiarize themselves with the Wallops Island area prior to applying. Missions are flown from a variety of launch sites including but not limited to: Wallops, White Sands Missile Range, Poker Flats Rocket Range, Alaska, Kwajalein, Andöya, Norway, and Svalbard. This program supports a range of scientific and government experiments. NSROC supports approximately 18 sounding rocket shots per year. This position supports NASA’s Sounding Rocket Operations Contract (NSROC) at the Wallops Flight Facility. This includes but not limited to: ordering raw material, performing fabrication, testing components, and planning build efforts. Additionally, this group has a significant manufacturing function that the applicant will support. The Applicant will be working with high pressure pneumatics systems. The applicant also must be able to adeptly communicate GNC concepts within the program and to the customer in written, oral, and presentation formats. Ground support equipment S/W uses a variety of programming languages including but not limited to: C, C++, C#, and Python. S/W will include real-time systems written in C with significant H/W interaction and interrupt handlers RTOS’s are not used. The H/W includes microcontrollers, communications interfaces, analog inputs, DC-DC power supplies, etc. The successful candidate will be able to troubleshoot and maintain existing custom electronic system designs and software elements and well as develop new H/W and S/W systems to support sounding rocket missions. The applicant will need to be able to understand and apply kinematic and dynamic analysis to the motion of sounding rocket payloads. These areas include but are not limited to: control systems design and analysis, attitude and navigation solutions, software (C and others, real-time applications), electrical H/W – digital and mixed-signal, mechanical systems, cold gas pneumatics, and various sensors including rate gyros, inertial measurement units, star trackers, accelerometers, and magnetometers. This position requires the ability to understand and apply a broad range of technical disciplines germane GNC problems. Applicant will work on a variety of projects, typically multiple at any one time. This position will require an individual to be locally located to support efforts on base as well as be able to support required telework. Typical travel to the remote launch site lasts 4 to 6 weeks. The application will support system development throughout the entire mission life cycle including launch at remote sites. Applicant will be the Attitude Control System or GNC engineer for sounding rocket missions. This position will require an individual to be able to work individually and work in a team environment. Seeking an engineer to work in the Guidance, Navigation, & Control (GNC) section at Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA.
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