Spaceflight Systems Research Engineer I–III

University of Texas at Austin; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Tuition assistance

Library and museum access

Job summary

The University of Texas at Austin's Center for Space Research seeks Research Engineering/Scientist Associate I/II/III on the Pickle Research Campus in Austin. The role spans spaceflight systems engineering, data analysis, and mission support across GRACE Follow-On and related missions managed with Caltech/JPL partners.

Responsibilities include requirements development, data pipeline support, and communicating results to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with space flight environment and spaceflight systems engineering.
• Strong foundation in aerospace systems and space flight dynamics.
• Ability to carry out spaceflight analysis, including relevant data analysis.
• Programming and data analytics skills.
• Familiarity with database management systems, in particular TimescaleDB/PostgreSQL and/or MongoDB.
• Familiarity with visualization interfaces such as Grafana and Plotly.

Responsibilities

• Support spaceflight systems engineering activities, such as requirements development, interface definition, and verification & validation planning.
• Perform data analysis of flight telemetry and housekeeping data to monitor spacecraft health, evaluate system performance, and assess impacts of the space environment.
• Support the development of science data systems for upcoming missions, including data pipelines, analysis and visualization tools, quality analysis and quality control strategies, and integration with mission operations.
• Conduct trade studies to evaluate alternative mission design approaches.
• Prepare clear technical reports, presentations, and briefings to communicate results, recommendations, and project status to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Other related functions as assigned.

Tools

Python

MATLAB

FORTRAN

C++

TimescaleDB/PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Grafana

Plotly

Job description

The University of Texas at Austin's Center for Space Research seeks Research Engineering/Scientist Associate I/II/III on the Pickle Research Campus in Austin. The role spans spaceflight systems engineering, data analysis, and mission support across GRACE Follow-On and related missions managed with Caltech/JPL partners.

Responsibilities include requirements development, data pipeline support, and communicating results to technical and non-technical stakeholders.