• Position Responsibilities:
  • Perform astrodynamics and orbit analyses
  • Determine and derive astrodynamics requirements to meet customer requirements and perform customer missions
  • Optimize spacecraft trajectories based on fuel, time, and/or performance characteristics
  • Define/develop tools and processes to be used by mission operations and the broader team
  • Oversee Astrodynamics Engineering across a range of programs and portfolios
  • Interface with other satellite subsystems as well as systems engineering and program management to ensure system-level performance
  • Technical leadership of a team of engineers in support of a program, including decomposition and delegation of tasks
    Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):
  • • Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering or a related technical discipline and a minimum of 5 years of engineering industry experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience
    • 3 or more years’ experience in orbital mechanics, orbit design, or astrodynamics
    • 3 or more years’ experience with orbit design and simulation software tools (e.g. GMAT, STK, COTS mission planning tools, etc.) and scientific computing software (MATLAB, Python, Julia, Fortran, C++, etc.)
    • This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Top Secret Security Clearance (post-start) for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship

Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Thandeka Bhengu