Job Description
We are seeking a talented Trajectory Analysis Engineer to join our team.
This role involves finding creative solutions to enable the world's most advanced rockets, including next-generation Starship vehicles.
The ideal candidate will have experience with orbital mechanics, classical dynamics, modeling, and simulation.
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Key Responsibilities:
* Analyze launch vehicle trajectories and vehicle performance in the presence of faults
* Find creative flight plan solutions to enable mission objectives, while maintaining safe vehicle operation
* Generate and submit flight safety deliverables
* Produce and present trajectory analysis products for internal and external partners
* Interface with internal operations teams, flight reliability teams, hardware teams, and external regulatory partners such as the FAA
* Engage in multi-disciplinary vehicle systems investigations to motivate mission design, vehicle architecture, and analysis methodologies
* Develop and evaluate flight termination system mission rules
* Support launch and mission operations of vehicles that you enabled
* Conduct flight data review
* Automate mission-to-mission trajectory analysis product generation
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Requirements:
* Bachelor's degree in physics or an engineering discipline AND 5+ years of professional experience
* Experience with orbital mechanics, classical dynamics, modeling, and simulation
* Experience with software languages Python or C++
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Preferred Skills and Experience:
* 5+ years of professional experience in trajectory analysis and aerodynamics
* Demonstrated project or professional experience in launch vehicle and/or spacecraft systems
* Capable of solving complex problems with little to no supervision on schedule as an individual or as a member of an integrated team
* Experience with system trades and first-hand knowledge of how requirements tie hardware to larger systems
* Passion for advancing the commercial space industry and human spaceflight
* Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
----------------------------------- We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds.