Senior Starship Trajectory Analysis Lead

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Hawthorne, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 205,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Sr. Trajectory Analysis Engineer to advance mission design for Starship. You will analyze launch vehicle trajectories, develop flight plans, and generate trajectory analysis products for internal and external partners.

The role requires a physics or engineering degree with 5+ years of experience, and proficiency in Python or C++. You will interface with multiple teams and support operations, with compensation in a broad pay range.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in physics or an engineering discipline and 5+ years of professional experience.
• Experience with orbital mechanics, classical dynamics, modeling, and simulation.
• Experience with Python or C++.

Responsibilities

• Analyze launch vehicle trajectories and vehicle performance in the presence of faults
• Find creative flight plan solutions to enable mission objectives, while maintaining safe vehicle operation
• Generate and submit flight safety deliverables
• Produce and present trajectory analysis products for internal and external partners
• Interface with internal operations teams, flight reliability teams, hardware teams, and external regulatory partners such as the FAA.
• Engage in multi-disciplinary vehicle systems investigations to motivate mission design, vehicle architecture, and analysis methodologies
• Develop and evaluate flight termination system mission rules
• Support launch and mission operations of vehicles that you enabled
• Automate mission-to-mission trajectory analysis product generation

Skills

Trajectory analysis

Orbital mechanics

Classical dynamics

Modeling & simulation

Python

C++

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in physics or engineering

Tools

Python

C++

Job description

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Sr. Trajectory Analysis Engineer to advance mission design for Starship. You will analyze launch vehicle trajectories, develop flight plans, and generate trajectory analysis products for internal and external partners.

The role requires a physics or engineering degree with 5+ years of experience, and proficiency in Python or C++. You will interface with multiple teams and support operations, with compensation in a broad pay range.