Orbital Analyst I

York Spaces Systems • Greenwood Village, CO

20h • Onsite

About The Position

York is seeking a Flight Dynamics Engineer to support the design, analysis, and on-orbit support of spacecraft flight dynamics and mission analysis across a range of commercial and national security missions. This individual will work with the Flight Dynamics team, working across multiple programs to define subsystem architecture, develop algorithms and models, support verification and flight operations. This role will be fully on-site in our Greenwood Village, CO office.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, computer science, physics or related technical field from accredited university
• 0-4 years’ experience
• Understanding of orbital dynamics, spacecraft subsystems, and their relation to each other
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Collaborative and effective in team environments
• Experience with industry-standard tools such as STK, GMAT, or equivalent
• Experience with Python software development
• Able to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance; U.S. citizenship required.
• Willingness to work full-time in our Greenwood Village, CO office

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, computer science, physics or related technical field from accredited university
• Understanding of orbital dynamics, spacecraft subsystems, and their relation to each other
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Collaborative and effective in team environments
• Experience with industry-standard tools such as STK, GMAT, or equivalent
• Experience with Python software development
• Able to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance; U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and validate flight dynamics software partnering with mission operations, spacecraft subsystems, and software engineering teams to support mission design, on-orbit operations, and contract phases
• Design and analyze constellation architectures, including orbital regimes, plane spacing, phasing strategies, and deployment concepts
• Perform and support various mission and system level analyses ensuring space vehicle designs meet or exceed requirements across subsystems
• Provide engineering support in the development of mission architecture and day in the life analysis for a variety of different missions
• Support development of mission concept of operations
• Identify, create, and use available tools to model and analyze a given system’s performance and capability in relation to mission objectives
• Perform trade studies for various mission designs to meet contact coverage, lifetime, regulatory requirements, and validate mission feasibility
• Work closely with other engineering disciplines and the associated leads to ensure design closure
• Support spacecraft mission operations, and anomaly investigation using telemetry and flight data during planning and execution phases

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level