Senior Principal Spacecraft Mission Engineer Onsite
Core
Senior Principal Spacecraft Mission Engineer responsible for vehicle design, system sizing, mission performance analysis, and trajectory optimization for national security space customers.
Role type
Senior Principal Spacecraft Mission Engineer
Builds
Mission analysis, performance analysis, and mission-planning tools for a portfolio of systems
Domain
Aerospace and Defense / Space Systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
System-level design, Orbital mechanics, Mission planning, Python, MATLAB, C++, 6-DOF modeling, Signal processing, Grid computing
Preferred skills
Vehicle conceptual design, Numerical optimization, Data analytics, Physics-based modeling, Git, SLURM, Ansys STK
Responsibilities
Advance team objectives through vehicle design and system sizing, Assess feasibility of prospective missions and hardware, Develop shared mission analysis and planning tools, Use grid computing to analyze large datasets, Create visualizations of mission concepts, Coordinate with product line management and customers, Contribute to R&D and prepare intellectual property disclosures
Seniority
Senior Principal, hands-on IC with strategy & mentorship
