Senior Spaceflight Dynamics & Rendezvous Engineer

Katalyst Space; Broomfield (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee stock option and equity plan

Relocation bonus

Comprehensive medical, vision, dental

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Job summary

Katalyst Space is seeking an experienced Flight Dynamics Engineer to join our Colorado-based team. The role focuses on mission operations, trajectory design, and real-time analysis of spacecraft navigation.

You will develop automation tools and support DoD-related projects under ITAR constraints. Requirements include a bachelor's in aerospace/space systems or software engineering, 7+ years in flight dynamics, and strong Python/C++ skills.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Space Systems, or Software Engineering, or an equivalent Engineering or Applied Physics degree.
• The role requires 7+ years of experience in spacecraft flight dynamics.
• Proficiency in Python/C++.
• Technical knowledge of state estimation, navigation, maneuver, trajectory planning, and collision avoidance, orbit determination and operations.
• Experience using STK, GMAT, Basalisk, or similar.
• Git version control, or an equivalent version control system.
• Experience supporting critical operations and working/ making decisions in high stress environments.
• Ability to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams in fast paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide flight dynamics and orbital mechanics subject matter expertise for mission operations design and analyze spacecraft trajectories throughout mission lifecycle, with a focus on rendezvous proximity operations
• Support ground software and mandate mission operations teams to develop automation tools
• Develop, validate, and maintain flight dynamics tools and simulation environments
• Perform maneuver planning and delta-V optimization
• Analyze spaceraft navigation performance and state estimation accuracy
• Help create DRMs for proposals, presentations and other customer facing events.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Space Systems, or Software Engineering

Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering or related field

Tools

Python

C++

Job description

Katalyst Space is seeking an experienced Flight Dynamics Engineer to join our Colorado-based team. The role focuses on mission operations, trajectory design, and real-time analysis of spacecraft navigation.

You will develop automation tools and support DoD-related projects under ITAR constraints. Requirements include a bachelor's in aerospace/space systems or software engineering, 7+ years in flight dynamics, and strong Python/C++ skills.