Spacecraft Flight Dynamics Engineer

Would you like to be the Spacecraft Flight Dynamics Engineer for an innovative aerospace company revolutionizing how purpose-built satellites are designed, developed, and deployed?

Does being on the front lines of spacecraft missions, from developing advanced flight dynamics models to commanding spacecraft in orbit, appeal to you?

As our Spacecraft Flight Dynamics Engineer, can you picture yourself developing the guidance, navigation, and control systems that keep satellites precisely positioned, stabilized, and operating successfully in space?

Would you like to be part of a team where your expertise in ADCS, propulsion, and flight dynamics directly influences spacecraft performance, from initial design and simulation through hardware integration, launch, and live on-orbit operations?

Imagine advancing the future of space technology in Los Angeles, where groundbreaking aerospace innovation meets the Southern California lifestyle, with beaches, mountains, and year-round outdoor adventures just minutes away.

If you're ready to help shape the next generation of spacecraft as our

Our client is an innovative Los Angeles-based spacecraft technology company developing advanced, purpose-built satellites and mission solutions for commercial, scientific, and national security applications. Through cutting-edge computational engineering and spacecraft technology, they're transforming how satellites are designed and brought to orbit.

• High-Impact Role: Own critical flight dynamics and control systems that guide spacecraft from development through successful on-orbit operations
• Innovative Environment: Join a collaborative aerospace team developing next-generation spacecraft and mission technologies
• Competitive Benefits Package: Medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) matching, paid holidays, sick leave, flexible vacation, parental leave, military leave, and additional employee benefits

• Lead technical integration, performance requirements, and vendor coordination for spacecraft ADCS, propulsion, and GNC hardware
• Develop high-fidelity spacecraft flight dynamics models for trajectory analysis, maneuver planning, momentum management, and propellant budgeting
• Design, develop, and tune control laws for spacecraft pointing, detumbling, station-keeping, and attitude stabilization
• Perform advanced modeling and simulation using STK, Python, MATLAB, or comparable flight dynamics tools
• Collaborate with Avionics, Flight Software, Systems Engineering, and AI&T teams to integrate and calibrate spacecraft hardware
• Support hardware-in-the-loop testing, spacecraft integration, and system-level verification
• Transition spacecraft from simulation and ground testing into live flight operations
• Support on-console spacecraft operations, maneuver execution, anomaly investigation, troubleshooting, and recovery
• Analyze spacecraft performance using simulation, test, and on-orbit data to optimize mission capabilities
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to continuous improvements in flight dynamics engineering processes

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• 5+ years of professional experience in spacecraft flight dynamics, GNC, ADCS, or a closely related field
• Hands-on experience with spacecraft attitude determination and control systems and propulsion hardware
• Strong background developing spacecraft dynamics models, simulations, and mission analyses
• Proficiency with STK or comparable flight dynamics and mission design platforms
• Programming experience with Python, C++, MATLAB, or similar engineering languages
• Experience supporting spacecraft hardware integration, testing, or flight operations
• Familiarity with clean room environments and ESD procedures
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and cross-functional engineering skills

• Experience supporting spacecraft through launch and live on-orbit operations
• Hands-on experience with reaction wheels, star trackers, sun sensors, magnetometers, torque rods, and spacecraft propulsion systems
• Experience developing or executing hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) or software-in-the-loop (SIL) simulations
• Experience investigating spacecraft anomalies and implementing corrective actions during flight operations
• Experience leading technical engineering initiatives or mentoring junior engineers

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