Senior Spacecraft Concept & Mission Architect

RTX; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Flexible work schedules

Employee Scholar Program

Parental leave

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

RTX is seeking a Spacecraft Concept & Mission Engineer for the Advanced Technology organization in Tucson, AZ. This onsite role requires a Top Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship.

You will support Alternate Missions & Space products, analyze mission CONOPs, and help mature technologies for national security space customers. You will develop mission analysis tools, perform performance analyses, and collaborate across disciplines to enable new programs and potential IRAD funding while

Qualifications

• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience in at least one system-level or subsystem-level technical domain: Guidance, Navigation, and Control; Orbital Mechanics; Mission Planning; Mission Analysis / Performance Analysis; Satellite Technology; Multidisciplinary design, System-of-Systems design.
• Experience with using programming languages such as Python, MATLAB, and/or C++ to model physical systems.
• Experience in one of the following skill areas: System performance, CONOPS; Algorithms and signal processing; Modeling and simulation (i.e., 6-DOF).
• An active and transferable Top Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required at the time of application, with the ability to obtain special program access after start. U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities

• Tasking is to include a mix of vehicle design and system sizing, mission performance analysis, and trajectory optimization.
• Analyze notional missions and hardware for feasibility and engage with engineers across disciplines to improve models and understand performance drivers.
• Develop common mission analysis, performance analysis, and mission planning toolsets for a portfolio of systems.
• Utilize grid computing infrastructure to enable generation and analysis of large datasets.
• Produce visualizations of complex systems and mission CONOPs in STK or similar tools.
• Coordinate with product line management and customers.
• Work closely with programs & AT leadership to develop concepts and mature technologies for new business development and capture; opportunities to pursue IRAD funding and author intellectual property disclosures.
• Engage directly in mission planning application software development and testing.

Skills

Python

MATLAB

C++

System performance

CONOPS

Algorithms and signal processing

Modeling and simulation

Education

B.S. in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics

Tools

Git

SLURM

Ansys STK

Job description

RTX is seeking a Spacecraft Concept & Mission Engineer for the Advanced Technology organization in Tucson, AZ. This onsite role requires a Top Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship.

You will support Alternate Missions & Space products, analyze mission CONOPs, and help mature technologies for national security space customers. You will develop mission analysis tools, perform performance analyses, and collaborate across disciplines to enable new programs and potential IRAD funding while