Spacecraft Concept & Mission Engineer — Top Secret (Onsite, Tucson)

RTX; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; 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 Scholar Program

Parental leave

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

RTX in Tucson, AZ is seeking a Spacecraft Concept & Mission Engineer to support Advanced Technology's Alternate Missions & Space line. You will develop satellite concepts, assess mission CONOPs, and support new program captures for national security space customers.

Join a team of engineers to analyze missions, build analysis toolsets, and create visualizations of complex systems. You will collaborate with leadership to mature technologies and pursue IRAD funding and IP disclosures.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a STEM degree with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in system-level domains: GNC, Orbital Mechanics, Mission Planning, Mission Analysis, Satellite Technology, and System-of-Systems design.
• Experience with Python, MATLAB, and/or C++ to model physical systems.
• Active Top Secret U.S. government clearance is required; U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Join a team of engineers and analysts to realize team objectives.
• Tasking includes vehicle design, system sizing, mission performance analysis, and trajectory optimization.
• Analyze notional missions and hardware for feasibility; engage with engineers across disciplines.
• Develop common mission analysis, performance analysis, and mission planning toolsets.
• Utilize grid computing 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 with programs & AT leadership to develop concepts and mature technologies for new business development and capture; pursue IRAD funding and IP disclosures.
• Engage directly in mission planning application software development and testing.

Education

STEM degree

Tools

Python

MATLAB

C++

Job description

RTX in Tucson, AZ is seeking a Spacecraft Concept & Mission Engineer to support Advanced Technology's Alternate Missions & Space line. You will develop satellite concepts, assess mission CONOPs, and support new program captures for national security space customers.

Join a team of engineers to analyze missions, build analysis toolsets, and create visualizations of complex systems. You will collaborate with leadership to mature technologies and pursue IRAD funding and IP disclosures.