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GNCエンジニア /Guidance Navigation and Control Engineer

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Tokyo, Sumida-ku Hybrid permanent

Posted: January 30, 2026

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We are seeking a skilled Guidance Navigation and Control Engineer to join our team in Tokyo, Japan. The ideal candidate will have expertise in developing spacecraft systems and be able to work in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing guidance and control systems for spacecraft.

Job Description

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Export Control Laws:

Unless explicitly notified otherwise,  our vacancies are covered by Export Control Laws which require candidates to be from an "Export Safe" Country as deemed by the Japanese Government.
The countries are as follows: 
Japan, Germany, Australia, Argentina, Italy, USA, France, Netherlands, UK, Austria, Ireland, Czech, Spain, Greece Canada, New Zealand, Belgium, Bulgaria, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Finland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Denmark Hungary and Poland.

<key 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.

<Mandatory> 

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. 

Otherwise, 3+ years of experience on the mobile object dynamics control involved in either of the design, implementation and testing, with major in aerospace engineering in undergraduate or graduate school in university.

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 700+. 

Business level Japanese language capability. 

<Desirable>  

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 Visible cameras, IR cameras and LiDAR.

<職務内容 活動/役割・責任> 

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。

<必須スキル>

AOCSまたはGNCシステムエンジニアとして、航空宇宙車両向けGNCソリューションの設計、実装、テストのいずれかに携わった経験3年以上。

または、移動体の動的制御の設計、実装、テストに携わった経験3年以上。ただし、大学または大学院で航空宇宙系を専攻していること。

アルゴリズムと制御法則の開発経験:GNC設計とシミュレーションソフトウェア(例:MATLAB)の使用、制御法則と実世界効果(非線形性、信号ノイズ、チューニング)の実装、アルゴリズムを運用フライトソフトウェアに変換。

TOEIC 700点以上の英語力。

ビジネスレベルの日本語能力。

<望ましいスキル>

AOCSまたはGNCシステムエンジニアとして、実際の宇宙機ミッションのGNCソリューションの設計、実装、テストに携わった5年以上の経験

RPOとドッキングのアルゴリズムとソリューションの実装経験があることが望ましい。

ハードウェアのトレードオフ、ハードウェアとソフトウェアのGNCアーキテクチャ設計の経験。

軌道上での衛星運用経験。

古典的手法を超えた制御則設計の経験:非線形設計、最適設計。

可視カメラ、IRカメラ、LiDARを含むGNCセンサーシステムの知識(トレードオフ/調達、データ処理)

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