Senior Trajectory Engineer — Flight Test & GNC

X-Bow Systems; Athens (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

X-Bow Systems in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Trajectory Engineer to develop and refine trajectories for characterizing vehicle performance. You will analyze flight test data, perform trajectory reconstruction, and support GNC development and vehicle assessments using industry tools such as TAOS, POST2/POST3D, MATLAB, and Python.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of related industry or academic experience with a strong physics background, missile kinematics, statistics, and computational methods,

Qualifications

• 5+ years related industry experience.
• Trajectory Analysis for launch vehicles including dispersions and fault analysis.
• Trajectory simulations with 3DoF/6DoF using TAOS and POST2/POST3D.
• Weights and sizing for launch vehicle concepts and designs.
• Multidisciplinary systems analysis for launch vehicle performance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and analyze 3DoF/6DoF trajectories for rail launch and TVC guided systems.
• Support vehicle design, requirement compliance, and performance assessments.
• Analyze flight test data and perform trajectory reconstruction using MATLAB/Python.
• Provide documentation of solutions and communicate results to stakeholders.

Skills

Trajectory Analysis

Trajectory Simulations

Weights & Sizing

Systems Analysis

Programming

Communication

Testing

Industry Experience (5 years+)

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Job description

X-Bow Systems in Huntsville, AL is seeking a Trajectory Engineer to develop and refine trajectories for characterizing vehicle performance. You will analyze flight test data, perform trajectory reconstruction, and support GNC development and vehicle assessments using industry tools such as TAOS, POST2/POST3D, MATLAB, and Python.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of related industry or academic experience with a strong physics background, missile kinematics, statistics, and computational methods,