Advanced Mission Design Engineer - Trajectory & Spaceflight

3M HEALTHCARE; Town of Texas (WI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off and holidays

Retirement benefits including 401(k)

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Amentum is seeking an Advanced Mission Design Engineer to join the JETS Advanced Mission Design Team, supporting NASA's Orion and commercial crew programs. You will analyze and design trajectories, optimize mission profiles, and develop algorithms and software for Copernicus trajectory tools.

Qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 2–5 years’ experience, strong communication, and experience with orbital mechanics and simulation model validation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering; 2–5 years of related experience.
• Experience with orbital mechanics and spacecraft trajectories.
• Experience developing, verifying, and validating simulation models.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Provide trajectory products supporting mission design for Orion Artemis missions.
• Perform trajectory optimization runs to characterize performance and availability.
• Develop, integrate, and test new algorithms for evaluation of mission performance.
• Provide software development and scripting of Copernicus trajectory tool.
• Integrate Copernicus with other trajectory software and tools.
• Develop requirements documentation for mission design products.
• Provide recommendations for improvements in design and software processes.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

orbital mechanics

spacecraft trajectories

communication skills

task prioritization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

ABET-accredited program

Master's or PhD (preferred)

Tools

Modern Fortran

Python

C++

Git/GitLab

GitlabCI

OpenSceneGraph

OpenGL

Qt

Linux / Windows / macOS

Job description

Amentum is seeking an Advanced Mission Design Engineer to join the JETS Advanced Mission Design Team, supporting NASA's Orion and commercial crew programs. You will analyze and design trajectories, optimize mission profiles, and develop algorithms and software for Copernicus trajectory tools.

Qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 2–5 years’ experience, strong communication, and experience with orbital mechanics and simulation model validation.