- 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