Senior Astrodynamics Engineer

Varda Space Industries
Any Location, CA
Category Engineering
Job Description
Varda is a commercial space infrastructure company that is accelerating the development of Low Earth orbit. We are seeking a Senior Astrodynamics Engineer to join our Autonomous Systems team and work on designing and implementing full-cycle mission planning and orbital mechanics profiles for future reentry vehicles.

Requirements

  • Perform trajectory design, optimization, and dispersion analysis for the reentry of a next generation space vehicle
  • Design spacecraft trajectories and produce orbital analyses for commercial reentry vehicles
  • Optimize trajectories based on fuel, time, and/or performance characteristics
  • Work closely with propulsion, software and flight operations teams to ensure vehicle and mission objectives are accomplished in the vehicle design
  • Design and implementation of autonomous satellite navigational solutions, collision avoidance, orbital rendezvous, and atmospheric re-entry algorithms
  • Running Monte Carlo analysis to characterize performance of new features
  • Lead the development of new vehicle capabilities
  • Support in-orbit operations as trajectory specialist, including coordination with other spacecraft operators and 3rd party entities

Benefits

  • Exciting team of professionals at the top of their field working by your side
  • Equity in a fully funded space startup with potential for significant growth (interns excluded)
  • 401(k) matching (interns excluded)
  • Unlimited PTO (interns excluded)
  • Health insurance, including Vision and Dental
  • Lunch and snacks provided on site every day. Dinners provided twice a week.
  • Maternity / Paternity leave (interns excluded)
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