Flight Dynamics Engineer
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