Senior Orbital Dynamics & Mission Operations Lead

EVONA; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

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Job summary

EVONA in Colorado is seeking a Senior Flight Dynamics Engineer to own flight dynamics, astrodynamics and mission operations across the full spacecraft lifecycle. The role involves close collaboration with GNC and Flight Software engineers to plan, analyze and operate missions, from design through on-orbit operations.

You will build Python tools, automate planning workflows and contribute to the architecture of future missions in a fast-growing aerospace environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant experience across flight dynamics, astrodynamics, mission analysis or spacecraft operations.
• Strong understanding of orbital mechanics and spacecraft trajectories.
• Hands-on spacecraft manoeuvre planning and trajectory analysis experience.
• Strong Python development skills, beyond basic scripting.
• Experience developing flight dynamics, mission analysis or spacecraft operations tools.
• Experience with orbit propagation and trajectory prediction.
• Exposure to orbit determination.
• Experience supporting spacecraft through mission design and/or operational phases.
• Comfortable working closely with GNC and Flight Software teams.
• Ability to take ownership in a fast-moving engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Developing flight dynamics capabilities across the full spacecraft mission lifecycle.
• Performing orbit propagation, trajectory prediction and maneuver planning.
• Supporting orbit determination and spacecraft navigation activities.
• Building Python applications and engineering tools for flight dynamics and mission operations.
• Automating mission planning, analysis and operational workflows.
• Developing and validating algorithms used to plan and operate spacecraft.
• Supporting launch, commissioning and on-orbit spacecraft operations.
• Working closely with GNC and Flight Software engineers to integrate flight dynamics capabilities into the wider spacecraft system.
• Analysing mission performance and supporting anomaly investigation.
• Helping shape the flight dynamics architecture, tools and processes for future spacecraft missions.

Skills

Flight dynamics

Astrodynamics

Mission analysis

Spacecraft operations

Python development

Orbit propagation

Trajectory prediction

Orbit determination

GNC collaboration

Engineering ownership

Tools

GMAT

STK

MONTE

C++

Job description

EVONA in Colorado is seeking a Senior Flight Dynamics Engineer to own flight dynamics, astrodynamics and mission operations across the full spacecraft lifecycle. The role involves close collaboration with GNC and Flight Software engineers to plan, analyze and operate missions, from design through on-orbit operations.

You will build Python tools, automate planning workflows and contribute to the architecture of future missions in a fast-growing aerospace environment.