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The Aerospace Corporation is seeking a Flight Dynamics Engineer to join the Earth Orbit Flight Dynamics Department (EOFDD). The selected candidate will provide expertise for a wide range of customer flight mechanics needs, supporting both analysis and research and development requests. The work will require candidates to provide deep technical solutions while also collaborating with engineering partners to facilitate integrated solutions for our customers' hardest problems.
Primary responsibilities include trajectory design and optimization for launch vehicles and spacecraft, astrodynamics and orbital mechanics analysis, and evaluating contested mission applications for space systems. The selected candidate will also develop Concepts of Operations (CONOPS), explore Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs), and incorporate operational constraints into the design and maturation of space systems.
To be successful in this role, candidates should have a strong background in flight mechanics, astrodynamics, and trajectory optimization. Experience with nonlinear programming, direct methods, and gradient-based optimization is also highly desirable. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to work on a wide range of challenging projects and collaborate with a team of experienced engineers.
Company
Manufacturing • Tech, Software & IT Services
The Aerospace Corporation is a leading architect for the nation’s space programs, advancing capabilities that outpace threats to the country’s national security while nurturing innovative technologies to further a new era of space commercialization and exploration. Aerospace’s national workforce of more than 4,600 employees provides objective technical expertise and thought leadership to solve the hardest problems in space and assure mission success for space systems and space vehicles. Our greatest asset is the technical expertise of our people. Since 1960, our highly skilled technical people have focused on ensuring the success of every mission and developing the most effective and economic space-related hardware and software in the world. Our insight and involvement spanning all facets of space systems has significantly reduced the risk of launch failure and increased both satellite endurance and performance.
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