Inside Higher Ed · 1 week ago
Senior Flight Dynamics Engineer (5222C), Space Sciences Laboratory - 83690
Berkeley, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior LevelThe University of California, Berkeley is dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive community. They are seeking a Senior Flight Dynamics Engineer to provide spacecraft navigation and mission design for ongoing and future NASA science missions, working within a collaborative team environment.
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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
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
Preferred
Experience with NASA missions
Proficiency InfluxDB and MySQL for data management and Grafana for building monitoring dashboards
Post-graduate level course work in related area
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package
Eligible for UC Benefits
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