Lead Navigation Engineer

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We are hiring a Navigation Systems Engineer to join our Navigation Systems team in Westminster, CO.

Navigation Systems team members are responsible for orbit determination, orbit prediction, orbit maintenance, and collision-avoidance operations, as well as the associated software development for Maxar's Earth Intelligence spacecraft constellation. Navigation Systems team members also support orbit design, development, integration, and testing of Maxar's next-generation spacecraft. As a Navigation Systems Engineer, you will work as part of larger multi-disciplinary teams that include spacecraft system engineers, ground system engineers, software engineers and spacecraft operations teams.

• Support the Navigation Systems team in the execution of spacecraft navigation operations, mission design, analyses, system development, and documentation.
• Derive and test spacecraft navigation algorithms for improved accuracy, speed, optimization, and spacecraft safety.
• Perform analyses to quantify operational performance metrics.
• Develop spacecraft navigation software in a cloud-based, service architecture.
• Execute predicted orbit maintenance scenarios to maintain constellation orbits and spacecraft safety.
• Perform spacecraft navigation tasks in support of launch and early operations for next generation earth observation spacecraft constellation.
• Write technical documents to capture procedures and results.
• Communicate spacecraft navigation status and analyses results across broader organization and space operator community.

• Must be a U.S. citizen and willing/able to obtain/maintain a U.S. government security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, math, physics, or related field plus 5 years of related experience. Or a Master’s degree in engineering, math, physics, or a related field, plus 3 years of related experience.
• Experience in orbital mechanics, statistical estimation, and associated spacecraft navigation software development.
• Strong and innovative computer language skills.
• Experience with Unix/Linux, Python, and Git Hub.
• Ability and willingness to support spacecraft operations during off-nominal hours (on-call).

• Master’s degree in aerospace engineering or related technical field.
• Excellent written & oral communication.
• Proven ability to work cross-functionally with both technical and non-technical groups. Superb problem-solving, root cause identification, Verification and Validation (V&V) skillsets.
• Strong background in Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GN&C) theory, algorithms, toolkits, automation, research, and/or applications.
• Experience in Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization and/or NASA's General Mission Analysis Tool (GMAT).
• Experience in automating spacecraft maneuvers.
• Experience operating spacecraft utilizing electric propulsion.

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