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Modeling and Simulation Engineer, Space

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $166,000–$166,000🗓 2026-07-18 → 2026-07-31

Core

Design mission trajectories, build physics-level models, and develop simulations to solve key mission needs for space operations.

Role type

Modeling and Simulation Engineer (Space Missions)

Builds

Resilient, software-defined spacecraft systems and mission solutions for U.S. military and allied partners

Domain

Defense / Space Systems / Orbital Mechanics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis

Required skills

Orbital mechanics, Spacecraft & Payload MS&A, Constellation design, Space trajectory design, Physics-based trade-space analysis, Physics-math scripting (MATLAB, SIMULINK, Python+numpy, scipy), Systems Engineering collaboration

Preferred skills

Rendezvous Proximity Operations (RPO) Trajectory Design, STK and Astrogator proficiency, Genetic algorithms, Machine learning, AI, Reinforcement learning

Technologies

MATLAB, SIMULINK, Python, numpy, scipy, STK, Astrogator

Responsibilities

Design mission trajectories, build models to craft mission solutions, develop simulations for mission needs, perform physics-level modeling and constellation design, lead physics-level modeling and mission design for space missions

Seniority

Mid-Senior, hands-on IC

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