RCS/AOCS Engineer (m/f/d)

Key Responsibilities

• Design, analysis, and development of the reaction control system (RCS)/attitude control system (ACS) for a suborbital sounding rocket and orbital launch vehicle
• Define system architecture including thruster selection and placement, components and propellant budgeting to meet attitude control requirements across all mission phases
• Perform performance analysis including thrust level sizing, specific impulse modelling, and propellant consumption budgeting to validate system margins across the full mission profile
• Develop and own the RCS/ACS system requirements, cascading from vehicle-level pointing and stabilisation requirements down to component-level specifications for thrusters, valves, regulators, sensors, and pressure vessels
• Produce and maintain P&IDs, interface control documents, and system schematics
• Work with the flight dynamics and GNC team to ensure thruster configuration and performance chara...