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Flight Dynamics Engineer

El Segundo, CA, US💼 Full-time💰 $110,400–$110,400🗓 2026-08-11 → 2026-09-26

Core

Provide flight mechanics expertise for launch vehicles and space vehicles, supporting trajectory design, orbital mechanics analysis, and mission planning for defense, intelligence, and commercial customers.

Role type

Senior IC flight dynamics engineer (space mechanics)

Builds

Trajectory optimization solutions, orbit propagation models, and space warfighting tactics for national space enterprise programs

Domain

Aerospace / Space Systems / Defense

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Orbital mechanics, Astrodynamics, Trajectory design and optimization, Flight mechanics, Optimal control, Algorithm development, Space TTPs development, Anomaly resolution, Nonlinear programming, Hypersonic vehicle modeling

Preferred skills

Contested space trajectory applications, Wargaming, Genetic algorithms, Parallel processing, Nonlinear programming

Technologies

C, C++, Fortran, Python, Linux, Java, MATLAB, ASSET, GPOPS-II, SNOPT, POST, OTIS, Copernicus, GMAT, EMTG

Responsibilities

Design and optimize trajectories for launch vehicles and spacecraft in various earth-centric regimes; Perform astrodynamics and orbital mechanics analysis including orbit propagation and maneuver design; Develop space warfighting tactics and Concepts of Operations (CONOPS); Provide operational support for launch sequences and anomaly resolution; Utilize optimal control and computer science skills to create new capabilities; Collaborate on cislunar orbital mechanics and hypersonic trajectory design.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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