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University of California, Berkeley · 21 hours ago

Senior Flight Dynamics Engineer (5222C), Space Sciences Laboratory - #83690

Berkeley, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$150K/yr - $165K/yr

The University of California, Berkeley is a world-leading institution dedicated to academic and research excellence. They are seeking a Senior Flight Dynamics Engineer to provide spacecraft navigation and mission design for ongoing and upcoming NASA science missions, collaborating within a small team to ensure successful operations.

Responsibilities

Provides mission operations support for ongoing space missions

Generates and analyzes orbit and attitude determination solutions and mission planning products

Provides spacecraft maneuver planning, analysis, and calibration for missions with propulsive capabilities

Designs, develops, and evaluates complex flight dynamics and navigation systems used in the operations of national space science assets

Performs complex analysis on a variety of flight dynamic and orbital mechanics problems, including the definition of related mission requirements, for current and future space science missions

Collaborates with other aerospace engineering specialists, and outside collaborators, to develop and maintain the flight dynamics ground systems

Consults and collaborates with Principal Investigators (PIs) and other aerospace engineering specialists in the development of new mission concepts

Responds to spacecraft anomalies, from the perspective of the flight dynamics specialty, to assist in the investigation and recovery operations

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Spacecraft navigationTrajectory determinationMission designPythonMATLABLINUXMONTEGMATCommunication skillsTeam collaboration

Required

Thorough skills in the design, development, and navigation of spacecraft trajectories

Demonstrated proficiency (“specialist”) in at least two of the following: spacecraft navigation, trajectory determination, or mission design

Experienced user of either Mission Analysis, Operations, and Navigation Toolkit Environment (MONTE), General Mission Analysis Tool (GMAT), Copernicus, or other related mission design and trajectory analysis systems

Thorough knowledge of Python, MATLAB, LINUX, VS Code and GitLab

Past systems knowledge of other engineering specialties (e.g. Propulsion, Avionics, etc.) involved in the design and development of spacecraft

Demonstrated ability to communicate and present information to technical and nontechnical personnel at various levels in the organization

Must be able to travel up to 5% as needed for work events

Must be able to travel within the US to support in-person meetings and work on EAR programs

Advanced degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training