Day-to-Day Responsibilities
Model the spacecraft's dynamics to predict how it will rotate and drift under disturbances such as solar radiation pressure and gravity gradient.
Design control laws and algorithms that keep the spacecraft pointed at Earth, the Sun or a target.
Select and size sensors (star trackers, sun sensors, gyroscopes) and actuators (reaction wheels, control moment gyros, thrusters, magnetorquers).
Write and test flight software and simulations before launch, including hardware-in-the-loop tests.
Analyse telemetry after launch, diagnose anomalies and tune the system in orbit.
Support mission planning for manoeuvres such as orbit changes, deployments and recovery from safe mode.
Document requirements and coordinate with structures, thermal, propulsion and power teams.
