Senior Orbital Mission Analyst - Trajectory & Concepts

Creotech Instruments; United States; À distance; USD 120 000 - 180 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Creotech Instruments in the United States is seeking a Mission Analysis Engineer to lead computations of lifetime, coverage, revisit times, and performance assessments for space missions.

You will plan orbital maneuvers, optimize trajectories, and contribute to early-phase design and feasibility studies, collaborating with system engineers and presenting results to clients and partners.

Qualifications

• Strong initiative and hands-on problem-solving mindset.
• Broad engineering curiosity and willingness to learn across domains.
• Basic understanding of orbital mechanics and systems engineering.
• Experience with Python.
• At least 5 years of professional experience in Mission Analysis.

Responsabilités

• Mission analysis including lifetime, coverage, revisit time, and performance assessments.
• Orbital maneuver planning and trajectory optimization.
• Early-phase mission design and concept development.
• Feasibility studies for new mission concepts.
• System-level trade-off studies to support key design decisions.
• Presenting results to clients, consortium partners, and ESA.
• Close collaboration with system engineers and domain experts (AOCS, mechanical, thermal, electronics, etc.).
• Building and improving internal tools, primarily in Python.

Connaissances

Python

Problem solving

Orbital mechanics

Systems engineering

Outils

STK

GMAT

FreeFlyer

Description du poste

Creotech Instruments in the United States is seeking a Mission Analysis Engineer to lead computations of lifetime, coverage, revisit times, and performance assessments for space missions.

You will plan orbital maneuvers, optimize trajectories, and contribute to early-phase design and feasibility studies, collaborating with system engineers and presenting results to clients and partners.