Senior Trajectory Optimization Analyst
2 days ago
About The Aerospace Corporation
The Aerospace Corporation is a trusted partner to the nation's space programs, solving the hardest problems and providing unmatched technical expertise. As the operator of a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), we are broadly engaged across all aspects of space—delivering innovative solutions that span satellite, launch, ground, and cyber systems for defense, civil, and commercial customers.
Our Mission
We are committed to providing an inclusive and diverse workplace for all employees to share in our common passion and aspiration—to carry out a mission much bigger than ourselves.
Job Summary
The Vehicle Systems Division (VSD) sits at the center of the ideas and data behind current and future systems, supplying innovative research and development, technical evaluations during the acquisition process, conceptual and detailed design, assembly, integration, and test, and operational support. Comprised primarily of highly-trained mechanical and aerospace engineers, VSD provides national expertise in the areas of vehicle engineering, guidance, navigation, and controls, robotics, electro-mechanical devices, embedded systems, fluid mechanics, propulsion, thermal control, orbital mechanics, mechanisms, structures, structural dynamics, and dynamic environments.
Job Responsibilities
- Provide trajectory optimization and analysis support for the nation's most difficult problems across a variety of vehicle types (launch vehicles, missiles, spacecraft, hypersonic vehicles, and reentry vehicles) and domains (Earth-centric, cislunar, and occasionally interplanetary missions).
- Support the evolving U.S. national space enterprise by working on the hardest and most complex flight mechanics, optimization, and astrodynamics problems from conceptual design studies through operations and end-of-life phases.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in aeronautical, astronautical engineering, physics, or applied mathematics, or related disciplines.
- 8 years of experience in flight mechanics, maneuver optimization, hypersonic vehicle modeling, or trajectory modeling and simulation, particularly to non-traditional orbit regimes.
- Proficiency in one or more of the following programming languages: C, C++, Fortran, Python, or MATLAB.
- Working knowledge of optimization theory and advanced numerical methods.
- Willingness to occasionally travel and support customer needs, approximately 10% (as required).
- This position requires ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
- PhD degree in aeronautical, astronautical engineering, physics, or applied mathematics, or related disciplines.
- 15+ years of applicable professional experience in flight mechanics, maneuver optimization, hypersonic vehicle modeling, or trajectory modeling and simulation, particularly to non-traditional orbit regimes.
- Graduate-level coursework, research, and/or experience in one or more of the following areas: orbit mechanics, hypersonic flight simulation, optimal control, flight mechanics, trajectory modeling and simulation.
- The ability to obtain and maintain a TS//SSBI (SCI) clearance, which is issued by the U.S. government, is strongly preferred. U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a security clearance (applicant will be submitted for this clearance upon hiring if they do not currently possess it).
Benefits
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans.
- Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation.
- Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options.
- 401(k) Plan—Employees receive a total company-paid benefit of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service and matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested in the plan upon hire.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Variable pay program for exceptional contributions.
- Relocation assistance.
- Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career.
- Education assistance programs.
- An inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect.
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