Orbital Analyst Engineer

Orbital Analyst Engineer

Omitron is seeking candidates for an Orbital Analyst Engineer opportunity in orbital analysis, space defense, and satellite collision avoidance at our Vandenberg SFB, CA, location. Responsibilities include providing expertise to solve various operational orbital mechanics problems and to process data for orbit states and predictions. The engineer coordinates and integrates relevant information and findings across multiple functional areas to develop and deliver products, enabling customer situational awareness and decisions.

There is potential for broadening into other areas related to conjunction assessment, proximity operations, and various technical tasks related to orbit analysis. Crew work with work outside of normal business hours will be required.

Minimum requirements include US citizenship, security clearance, two or more years of space-related experience involving Space Situational Awareness, satellite catalog maintenance, orbital analysis, and collision avoidance. Knowledge of orbital mechanics and astrodynamics is required, along with familiarity with Linux-based OS, particularly Red Hat and/or Fedora. The candidate must also be familiar with Space Force's Astrodynamics Support Workstation software or similar tools.

Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills and proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Word, & PowerPoint) are also required.

Desired qualifications include a technical degree in aerospace or engineering, space operations, or physics. Experience in orbital or space science data and non-regular data message management is also preferred, along with the ability to create short programs in Perl or other scripting languages to automate data processing. The ability and willingness to multitask and apply innovative analysis in a dynamic work environment to solve customer problems is also desired.

Company overview:
Omitron is an Aerospace Engineering and Information Technology small business firm headquartered in Beltsville, Maryland with a field office located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Since 1984, Omitron has provided excellence in engineering services and product development to government and industry customers for both civilian and military aerospace programs. Omitron recognizes that outstanding people are the key to our success. Our goal is to select highly qualified and motivated individuals and provide them with an environment necessary to stimulate and nurture engineering and business objectives.

Omitron offers its employees competitive salaries, a full benefits package, and excellent career growth opportunities. We welcome talented professionals who wish to take advantage of the opportunities we offer. Compensation and benefits include a salary range of $85,000 - $110,000, depending on relevant experience, location, and other factors. Benefits include health, dental and vision insurance, HSA or FSA accounts, company paid ST/LT disability and AD&D insurance, paid federal holidays, paid vacation leave and sick leave, parental leave, 401k with company match, supplemental insurance options like AFLAC, professional development reimbursement, and voluntary life insurance.