Flight Dynamics Engineer: Spacecraft Trajectory & Software

York Space Systems; Greenwood Village (CO); Sur place; USD 90 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

York Space Systems is seeking a Flight Dynamics Engineer to design and analyze spacecraft flight dynamics and mission analysis software across commercial and national security missions. You will help define software architecture, develop and validate algorithms, and support flight operations within the Flight Dynamics team.

The role emphasizes growing ownership with experience, collaboration with software, systems engineering, and mission operations, and maintaining high-fidelity simulators in

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, computer science, or related technical field.
• 2–8 years of experience in spacecraft GNC, flight dynamics systems, ground software or similar.
• Experience with Python software development and testing.
• Background in orbital dynamics and spacecraft subsystems.
• Experience with software architecture and designing reusable scientific or engineering software libraries.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Collaborative and effective in team environments.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance; U.S. citizenship required.
• Willingness to work full-time in Greenwood Village, CO office.

Responsabilités

• Develop, maintain, and enhance flight dynamics modeling and simulation tools in Python for internal engineering teams and other York software.
• Contribute to systems engineering and software architecture, including defining interfaces, identifying technical requirements, and designing scalable solutions for flight dynamics applications.
• Translate designs, algorithms, and technical requirements into clean, readable code
• Maintain and improve existing flight dynamics and astrodynamics software suite while introducing new capabilities as mission needs evolve.
• Develop comprehensive unit, integration, and validation tests and create clear technical documentation for internal users and developers.
• Validate the accuracy, performance, and robustness of simulation and modeling tools.
• Perform orbit determination and orbit analysis including interpretation and assessment of results from flight dynamics tools.
• Support the deployment, integration, and operation of orbital dynamics and mission feasibility tools within ground station and mission operations environments.
• Performing orbit analysis, orbital determination and analysis functions
• Provide astrodynamics analytical support for mission design, trajectory analysis, spacecraft operations, and feasibility assessments.
• Collaborate with software, systems engineering, mission operations and other technical teams to solve complex multidisciplinary problems.
• Define, develop, and maintain high-fidelity simulation environments supporting mission architecture development and day-in-the-life simulations across a variety of mission profiles.

Connaissances

Python programming

Orbit dynamics

GNC systems

Software testing

Analytical thinking

Team collaboration

Security clearance eligibility

C++

Formation

Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering, computer science, or related technical field

Outils

STK

GMAT

MATLAB

C++

Description du poste

York Space Systems is seeking a Flight Dynamics Engineer to design and analyze spacecraft flight dynamics and mission analysis software across commercial and national security missions. You will help define software architecture, develop and validate algorithms, and support flight operations within the Flight Dynamics team.

The role emphasizes growing ownership with experience, collaboration with software, systems engineering, and mission operations, and maintaining high-fidelity simulators in