Mission Analysis & Flight Dynamics Engineer

Key Responsibility

• Contribute to the Mission Analysis & Trajectory Design tasks needed through the different mission phases (Feasibility, PDR, CDR) of ispace lunar missions.

• Optimize location of correction maneuvers based on Monte Carlo simulations of the different error sources.

• Participate in the development of in-house tools and processes to support Mission Analysis & Navigation tasks.

• Support development of Flight Dynamics Software, processes, procedures and training plans to navigate ispace's lunar missions.

• Analyse launch window opportunities compatible with project requirements & CONOPS.

• Support routine & contingency operations for ispace's lunar missions on a 24x7 environment.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience on Mission Analysis in commercial or government missions.

• Experience with Orbital Mechanics libraries and tools: GMAT, STK, MONTE, Orekit, Godot or similar.

• Familiarity with at least one of the following concepts:

• Professional experience in at least one of the following languages: python, MATLAB, C++, Fortran.

• Experience with Low Thrust modeling, both for trajectory acquisition and station keeping.

Preferred Qualifications

• Flight Dynamics development and/or operations. Experience interfacing launch providers (e.g. Space-X, ULA, Ariane, MHI).

• Operational experience designing and navigating Deep

• Space missions or missions to the cislunar environment (ELFO, NRLO, Halo).

• Experience with Python, Git, Docker, CI/CD.