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Flight Dynamics Engineer

E-Space Saratoga, CA Today
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Ready to make connectivity from space universally accessible, secure, and actionable? Then you’ve come to the right place!

At E-Space, we’re focused on bridging Earth and space with the world’s most sustainable low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network. We’re a team of bold thinkers, ambitious leaders and dynamic doers—and we’re disrupting NewSpace by fundamentally changing the design of legacy LEO space systems to deliver entirely new satellite capabilities at a fraction of the cost.

We’re intentional, we’re unapologetically curious and we’re 100% committed—to saving space, to protecting our planet and to turning connectivity into actionable intelligence.

Why this role is important:

  • As a Senior Flight Dynamics Engineer, you will develop and maintain in-house and commercial flight dynamics and mission analysis software tools, and apply them to design, analyze, and operate our satellite constellations. You will engage with E-Space Guidance Navigation and Controls, Software, and Operations engineers. This position will report to the Director of GNC and will be based in our Saratoga office.

    • What you will be doing:

  • End-to-end development, validation, and use of state-of-the-art scalable in-house flight dynamics software, for high-fidelity constellation orbit propagation and maneuver simulations. 
  • Perform various studies using STK, including validation of in-house tools and models, flight dynamics studies and mission analyses (e.g., deployment, maneuver design, lifetime prediction, collision avoidance, ground pass and coverage analysis). 
  • Design, optimize, and automate orbit maneuver strategies and algorithms for constellation deployment, station-keeping, replenishment, collision avoidance, and re-entry. 
  • Architect, develop, and deploy Space Situation Awareness (SSA) and collision avoidance strategies.  
  • Develop and use both commercial and in-house tools to support spacecraft operations. 
  • Own all aspects of software development, including architecture, development, testing, configuration management, mission integration and operation. 
  • Interact cross-functionally with other subsystem engineers across E-Space locations, providing expertise feedback, and contributing ideas as needed. 
  • Participate, present and prepare documentation for design reviews.

    • What you bring to this role:

  • You have a Master's+ 5 years of relevant experience or a PhD + 3 years of relevant experience. 
  • Your degree is in Aerospace, Software, Mathematics, or another relevant field. 
  • Your experience is in orbital flight dynamics or mission analysis, preferably related to low-Earth orbit and constellations. 
  • You have deep knowledge and experience in orbital mechanics, including orbit propagation and maneuvers, in particular for low-Earth orbit constellations. 
  • You have deep experience with STK, or equivalent tools (e.g., GMAT, FreeFlyer). 
  • You have software development experience in C/C++, Matlab, and Python. 
  • You have experience developing scalable collaborative software projects based on Git repositories. 
  • You have theoretical knowledge and practical experience with numerical integrators and differential equations. 
  • You have theoretical knowledge and practical experience with numerical optimization methods. 
  • You have practical experience with mission analysis, including pass predictions, coverage analysis, and link budgets.  
  • You have knowledge of spacecraft systems and familiarity with key constraints and trades for low-Earth orbit mission analysis, constellation design and multi-spacecraft operations. 
  • You have experience implementing orbit determination algorithms. 
  • You're a highly proactive team player with excellent technical communication and presentation skills. 
    • We are redefining how satellites are designed, manufactured and used—so we’re looking for candidates with passion, deep knowledge and direct experience on LEO satellite component development, design and in-orbit activities. If that’s your experience – then we’ll be immediately wow-ed. 

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