Intern - GN&C Graduate

Job Description

Do you have a passion for space? While others may be putting people in space, we are putting people on the Moon and Mars and beyond.

As an Amentum Space Exploration Division (ASED) intern, you will work alongside engineers and scientists on hardware development, payload integration & operations, laboratory & test operations, modeling & simulation, space environments, scientific research and propulsion systems for programs like Human Landing Systems, Space Launch Systems and the International Space Station!

The Amentum Space Exploration Division (ASED) Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) team is a high performing group executing challenging tasks to design and integrate GN&C systems for projects ranging from CubeSats to NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS).  We are looking for undergraduate or graduate student summer interns with academic or work experience in controls, 6 DOF modeling, simulation, and tool development!  This position will support the Human Lander System Program (HLSP) to ensure safety and mission success in sending humans back to the Moon!

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to the following:

• Develop, modify, and maintain software simulations, tools, and scripts

• Create, edit, and debug software written in Matlab, Simulink, and/or Simscape Multibody

• Model, simulate, and analyze launch vehicle and/or spacecraft dynamics and performance

• Analyze systems in the time and frequency domain

• Work with GN&C leads and other engineering disciplines

• Support verification and validation of technical products

• Prepare and present technical reports and/or briefings

• Create and review engineering and software documentation

Expectations included in the ASED Internship:

• You are expected to have a valid Star ID/ Real ID driver's license, have access to an automobile, and be able to drive yourself to work locations.

• You will be expected to attend MSFC facility scheduled tours, Technical Fellow talks, luncheons, and training sessions in addition to your work.

• We highly encourage you to participate in activities outside of work with your fellow interns. These activities will be scheduled, with your input, by your social coordinators and will be beneficial in forming a cohesive group and lasting friendships.

Qualifications:

Current enrollment in a MS or PhD degree program in science, technical, engineering, math, computer science, or related degree program is required.  Degree program at an ABET accredited institution preferred.  

Required skills/experience:

• Programming in Matlab, Simulink, Simscape Multibody, and/or C/C++

• Experience preparing, presenting, and reviewing technical reports and briefings including analysis and software documentation

• Must be detail oriented and self-motivated that can work independently and collaboratively

• Strong written and oral communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills

• Maintain an overall average of 3.0

Desired skills/experience:

• Developing GUIs in Matlab

• Programming in Python

• Academic work, experience, or demonstrated interest in control systems design/analysis

• Academic or work experience modeling, simulating, and analyzing the performance of aerospace vehicles in the time domain

• Experience improving analysis tools and/or controls models.

• Familiar with conducting unit tests and analyses for simulation/software development, verification, and validation.

• Conducting controls related trade, parametric, and failure analysis studies.

• Analyzing systems for stability margin in the frequency domain (Nichols, Bode, Nyquist, Root Locus).

• Deriving state equations related to space craft and launch vehicle systems.

• Conducting design and development of flight control systems including PID control gain design, state estimation, adaptive control, neural networks, or other advanced control methods.

• Implementing machine learning algorithms for controls, modeling, system identification, or other aerospace applications.

• Creating visualiz