Lead Spacecraft Concepts & Mission Engineer

RTX; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 132,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Job summary

RTX is seeking a Spacecraft Concept & Mission Engineer in Tucson, AZ, to support Advanced Technology’s Alternate Missions & Space product line. You will assess mission CONOPs, develop satellite concepts, and support new business captures for national security space customers, with opportunities to contribute to inventions and IP.

The role requires a STEM degree and extensive experience in mission planning, system analysis, and software development using Python, MATLAB, and C++.

Qualifications

• Degree in STEM with 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong background in mission analysis, system modeling and design.
• Experience with Python, MATLAB and C++ to model physical systems.

Responsibilities

• Join a team of engineers and analysts to perform vehicle design, system sizing, mission performance analysis and trajectory optimization.
• Analyze notional missions and hardware feasibility; improve models and understand performance drivers.
• Develop mission analysis, performance analysis and mission planning toolsets; generate visualizations in STK or similar tools.

Skills

Active TS clearance

10+ years experience

Education

STEM degree

Tools

Python

MATLAB

C++

Job description

RTX is seeking a Spacecraft Concept & Mission Engineer in Tucson, AZ, to support Advanced Technology’s Alternate Missions & Space product line. You will assess mission CONOPs, develop satellite concepts, and support new business captures for national security space customers, with opportunities to contribute to inventions and IP.

The role requires a STEM degree and extensive experience in mission planning, system analysis, and software development using Python, MATLAB, and C++.