Flight Dynamics Engineer: Vega & Space Rider Missions

EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; Frascati; Remote; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ESA in Frascati invites applications for the Vega and Space Rider Flight Dynamics Engineer. You will join the GNC, AOCS and Pointing Division and lead trajectory analyses, separation studies and collision avoidance for Vega, Vega-C and Space Rider missions. You will develop and maintain in‑house flight dynamics tools and support mission feasibility from early phases through post‑flight analyses, working with ESTEC and industry partners.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in engineering with 4 years of space engineering experience.
• Experience in flight dynamics, trajectory analysis, and mission analysis.
• Knowledge of launcher GNC interfaces and launcher systems is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Serve as focal point for flight dynamics analyses for Vega missions.
• Perform trajectory, separation, and collision-avoidance analyses.
• Develop and maintain in-house flight dynamics tools.
• Support early mission feasibility through to final mission analysis.
• Coordinate with ESA teams, ESTEC and industrial partners.

Skills

Flight dynamics

Trajectory analysis

Systems engineering

Space engineering

Education

Master’s degree in engineering

Tools

ASTOS

Job description

ESA in Frascati invites applications for the Vega and Space Rider Flight Dynamics Engineer. You will join the GNC, AOCS and Pointing Division and lead trajectory analyses, separation studies and collision avoidance for Vega, Vega-C and Space Rider missions. You will develop and maintain in‑house flight dynamics tools and support mission feasibility from early phases through post‑flight analyses, working with ESTEC and industry partners.