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Redondo Beach, California, United States· Full-time
$150K – $185K/yr
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Senior Controls Engineer (PAT)
Role overview
Job description
As a Senior Acquisition, Tracking & Pointing Controls Engineer, you will lead the development of the pointing and tracking subsystem for our FSO laser communication terminal. You will design the algorithms and controls (both software and hardware). This role blends optics, sensors, and control theory. This role is on-site and will interface heavily with the optical, photonics, and modem teams to ensure an integrated design. Own the end-to-end pointing, acquisition, and tracking (PAT) architecture for the FSO system to achieve sub-µrad pointing stability; develop pointing budgets that account for spacecraft attitude dynamics, thermal drift, and atmospheric disturbance, and allocate error to subsystems. Design and implement algorithms to rapidly acquire transmitter and maintain lock. Develop the control loops for fast steering mirrors (FSM) or precision actuators to actively suppress jitte
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- Source: Impulse Space's official careers site (via Pinpoint) · last confirmed on the source 29 Oct 2026
- First seen by Jobiba 29 Oct 2026
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What they are looking for
Skills & requirements
Qualification
Bachelor’s or Master’s in Aerospace Engineering, Controls/Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics or similar field; 5+ years of experience working on pointing, tracking, or guidance/control systems (such as satellite attitude control, gimbal systems, or optical tracking systems); refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S
Department · Autonomous Systems
Hiring company
Impulse Space
Government
We provide efficient in-space mobility that moves payloads from low Earth orbit to any destination. Our vehicles deliver rapid, reliable access, reducing costs and timelines to make space operations feasible for commercial, government, and scientific missions.
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