Electronics and Avionics
Designing electronics, including command and data handling, storage and custom interfaces, and control and signal processing systems for APL spacecraft.
Flight and Ground Software
Developing embedded, intelligent, real-time algorithms to execute various spacecraft operations and data analysis activities.
Guidance, Navigation and Control
Devising plans and trajectories to deliver spacecraft to their desired destination and achieve mission requirements.
Integration and Test
Assembling, integrating, testing and delivering spacecraft, along with designing and building electrical ground support equipment.
Mechanical Systems
Designing, analyzing and testing the range of mechanical systems that enable space exploration missions.
Mission Formulation and Analysis
Developing full, feasible space missions to meet science requirements.
Mission Operations
Providing unique and efficient spacecraft operations.
RF Communications
Providing cost-effective and often first-of-their-kind radio frequency (RF) communications systems that operate reliably in the harsh environment of space.
Space Environmental Effects
Checking the impacts of the space environment on spacecraft hardware through analysis, modeling, testing and mitigation.
Spacecraft Autonomy
Building intelligent systems for resilient, responsive spacecraft.
Spacecraft Power Engineering
Designing, testing and analyzing spacecraft power subsystems, components and electronics.
Spaceflight Parts and Packaging
Selecting, testing, storing and issuing electrical, electronic and electromechanical components and materials for use in systems, instruments and spacecraft.
Systems Engineering
Providing end-to-end systems support for initiatives ranging from studies and proposals to full space missions and programs.