All Orbits, All Planets - Join us on our journey

Gilmour Space is the leading Australian rocket company, pioneering next-generation hybrid propulsion technologies for small satellite launch vehicles.

Are you a creative and experienced Lead GNC Engineer looking for a dynamic role where your skills will make a real impact? Have you ever dreamt of building rockets right here in Australia? Well now’s your chance! Gilmour Space is seeking a talented individual to join our innovative team to send rockets to Space! Conveniently located between Brisbane and the Gold Coast, our new state-of-the-art facility, purpose-built for designing and manufacturing rockets in-house, is equipped with the latest technology and tools, providing an ideal environment for innovation and excellence. So, what are you waiting for? Join us and be a part of a forward-thinking team dedicated to pushing the boundaries of space exploration and let’s send Australia to Space together!

How you will contribute to our mission in getting Australia to space:

The below is designed to give you an idea of the role you will play. There will be many more exciting and innovative things to do:

Leadership:

• Serve as a Responsible Engineer for GNC products, conducting technical assessments such as concept studies, trade studies, and COTS solution analyses.
• Follow and participate in product development processes, including requirements definition, design, verification, and validation.
• Represent the GNC discipline in program reviews, technical exchanges, and stakeholder briefings.
• Establish best practices for GNC verification and validation (V&V), including hardware-in-the-loop testing, Monte Carlo simulations, and operational rehearsals.
• Integrate GNC subsystems with avionics, software, mechanical, propulsion, and mission operations teams to ensure system-level performance and reliability.
• Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing GNC team.
• Ensure that all engineering activities adhere to company policies, plans, and procedures and fulfill other duties as requested by management.

Technical:

• Developing linear and non-linear models of control system plant dynamics and effectors for launch vehicles.
• Iterating and improving upon the existing flight algorithm stack for navigation, guidance and control.
• Drive continuous improvement of tools, automation, and analytical pipelines supporting design, analysis, and operations.
• Analysing performance, stability and robustness of flight algorithms.
• Mission design and optimisation of launch vehicle trajectories.
• Designing and implementing simulation and visualisation tools
• Using numerical methods to propagate complex uncertainty models (e.g. Monte Carlo methods).
• Conducting analyses and design studies for future vehicles in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Characterising the natural environments for launch vehicles including wind and space radiation.
• Applying data analysis techniques to validate models from test data.