Trajectory Engineer

In this role you will support programs by developing and refining trajectories used for characterizing vehicle performance. You will utilize your knowledge, skills, and experience with trajectories and engineering to support vehicle design, requirement compliance, Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) development, vehicle performance assessments, and flight test analysis. Your flight test support will include analyzing vehicle onboard instrumentation data and generating trajectory reconstruction. You will generate and analyze vehicle 6-DoF and 3-DoF trajectory data using industry standard (TAOS, POST2/POST3D) and in-house developed (MATLAB, Python) tools.

Responsibilities

Support programs by developing and refining trajectories used for characterizing vehicle performance; Utilize knowledge to support vehicle design, requirement compliance, Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) development, vehicle performance assessments, and flight test analysis; Analyze vehicle onboard instrumentation data and generate trajectory reconstruction; Generate and analyze vehicle 6-DoF and 3-DoF trajectory data using industry standard (TAOS, POST2/POST3D) and in-house developed (MATLAB, Python) tools; Join a small team of experts and directly interact with engineers and subject matter experts

Requirements

At least 5 years of directly related industry or academic experience; Fundamental understanding of physics; Missile characteristics and kinematics; Statistical analysis; Computational methods

Nice to have

Trajectory Analysis: Develop and analyze tactical, ballistic, suborbital and orbital launch vehicle trajectories for rail launch and TVC guided systems; Dispersions and fault analysis capability/understanding; Trajectory Simulations: 3DoF and 6DoF analysis with TAOS and/or POST2/POST3D; Weights & Sizing: Develop and analyze launch vehicle sizing and mass properties estimates; Systems Analysis: Multidisciplinary skillset as applied to launch vehicle performance & operations; Programming: Matlab and Python; Communication: Effective communication across range of stakeholders; Testing: Experience with simulation, software testing, HWIL, sensor-based trajectory reconstruction