Senior Spacecraft Concept & Mission Engineer — Tucson

Energy Jobline ZR; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 87,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Flexible work schedules

Employee Assistance Program

Employee Scholar Program

Parental leave

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Raytheon (RTX) is seeking a Spacecraft Concept & Mission Engineer in Tucson, AZ to support Advanced Technology's Alternate Missions & Space product line. You will engage in satellite technology development, mission CONOPs assessment, and new business captures for security space customers, with opportunities to invent IP.

You will work with engineers on trajectory optimization, mission analysis, and tool development, using STK and related software in a collaborative, onsite environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in STEM with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in at least one system-level domain: GNC, orbital mechanics, mission planning, mission analysis/performance, satellite tech.
• Experience with Python, MATLAB and/or C++ to model physical systems.
• Active Top Secret clearance; U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Realize team objectives including vehicle design, system sizing, mission performance analysis, and trajectory optimization.
• Analyze notional missions and hardware feasibility; collaborate across disciplines to improve models.
• Develop common mission analysis and planning toolsets for a portfolio of systems.
• Use grid computing to analyze large datasets.
• Produce visualizations of complex systems and CONOPs in STK or similar tools.
• Coordinate with product line management and customers.
• Engage in mission planning software development and testing.

Skills

Python

MATLAB

C++

Guidance, Navigation, and Control

Orbital Mechanics

Mission Planning

Mission Analysis / Performance

Satellite Technology

Systems design

Security clearance

Education

STEM degree

Tools

STK

Git

SLURM

Ansys STK

Job description

Raytheon (RTX) is seeking a Spacecraft Concept & Mission Engineer in Tucson, AZ to support Advanced Technology's Alternate Missions & Space product line. You will engage in satellite technology development, mission CONOPs assessment, and new business captures for security space customers, with opportunities to invent IP.

You will work with engineers on trajectory optimization, mission analysis, and tool development, using STK and related software in a collaborative, onsite environment.