RPO Flight Operations Engineer (On-Orbit)

The Aerospace Corporation

Chantilly (VA)

Hybrid

USD 110,000 - 166,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health care and wellness plans

Paid holidays and vacation

Telework options

401(k) plan with company contributions

Relocation assistance

Education assistance

Professional growth programs

Inclusive work environment

Job summary

The Aerospace Corporation is a premier federally funded research and development center supporting national space programs. The RAID team specializes in Rendezvous and Proximity Operations, providing modeling, simulation, and analysis for mission-level needs and customer requests.

The selected candidate will join the Tactics and Operations Section with on-orbit, operational practices focus, collaborate with engineering partners, and travel domestically as needed to serve defense, civil, and

Qualifications

5+ years of professional, technical work experience.
Experience with spacecraft operations, on-orbit testing, and anomaly resolution.
Space mission analysis, state estimation, pose estimation, orbit determination, or astrodynamics.
Proficiency in C, C++, Python, Fortran or MATLAB.
Ability to obtain and maintain U.S. security clearance; transcripts required.

Responsibilities

Provide space operations support for US Space Force/Space Command missions.
Incorporate operational constraints into design and maturation of space systems.
Evaluate contested space missions and develop CONOPS.
Build tools to support internal deliverables.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and travel as needed.