- Chantilly, Virginia, United States
- On-site
- Full-time · Lead
- 10+ years
As an astrodynamics SME on a prime development program, you know leading-edge space capabilities are critical to national defense. You can use your engineering and analysis expertise to develop next-generation defense tools and technology.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate new technologies
- Perform space protection and threat analyses
- Improve the design and development of aerospace systems
- Contribute to the development of mission-critical solutions
Requirements
- Master's degree in Astronomy, Astrodynamics, Statistics, Orbital Mechanics, Mathematics, or Applied Physics
- Doctorate degree in Astronomy, Astrodynamics, Statistics, Orbital Mechanics, Mathematics, or Applied Physics
- Nice to have: Astrodynamics domain analysis in support of software development efforts
- Nice to have: Knowledge of the space environment (radiation, micrometeoroids, space debris)
- Nice to have: Knowledge of orbital dynamics (Kepler's laws, orbital perturbations, orbital maneuvers, celestial mechanics)