Flight Dynamics Engineer
Core
Design and optimize trajectories for launch vehicles, spacecraft, and hypersonic vehicles across various orbital regimes and contested space environments.
Role type
Senior IC flight dynamics engineer (trajectory optimization)
Builds
Trajectory design tools, flight mechanics analysis, and operational support for defense and civil space missions
Domain
Aerospace, orbital mechanics, astrodynamics
Required skills
orbital mechanics, astrodynamics, trajectory design and optimization, optimal control, C++, Python, MATLAB, Linux, nonlinear programming, genetic algorithms, state estimation
Preferred skills
cislunar trajectory design, hypersonic flight simulation, tree search algorithms, parallel processing, wargaming, AI/ML/RL integration
Technologies
ASSET, GPOPS-II, SNOPT, POST, OTIS, Copernicus, GMAT, EMTG
Responsibilities
Trajectory design and optimization for launch vehicles and spacecraft; Astrodynamics and orbital mechanics analysis including orbit propagation and maneuver design; Analysis of vehicles with chemical and/or electric propulsion; Evaluating contested missions applications for space systems; Developing Concepts of Operations (CONOPS) and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs); Performing research and development and building new flight dynamics tools
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership capabilities
