Senior Engineer, Constellation Systems

BlackSky • Herndon, VA

2d • $135,000 - $150,000 • Remote

About The Position

BlackSky is seeking a Constellation Systems Engineer to support our distributed remote Constellation Modeling and Analysis (CMA) team. As a member of the interdisciplinary CMA team, the successful candidate will contribute to and apply internally developed modeling and simulation tools and techniques to a wide range of satellite constellation design and mission planning problems to report the performance of our constellation under various scenarios. You will have engagement with customer programs, business development and internal initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering related disciplines (e.g. aerospace, mechanical, software), physics, or related
• Minimum 5 years of experience of relevant technical experience.
• Familiarity with spacecraft systems, concepts of operations, satellite constellations, or modeling and simulations
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple efforts
• Ability with software languages (Python, C++ preferred)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with colleagues in multiple time zones
• Knowledge in a variety of remote sensing topics
• Demonstrated project experience in Python, JIRA, and GIT (or equivalents)

Responsibilities

• Develop, update, and expand processes, methods, and in-house tooling for constellation orbit design for topics including launch planning, revisit specifications, and other topics.
• Support constellation design trades and decision milestones.
• Provide subject matter expertise in Orbital Mechanics.
• Develop analysis scenarios, configurations, and operations impacts to meeting specific requirements within BlackSky’s overall efforts.
• Use and improve constellation modeling and automation tools to report performance metrics for internal trade studies, program, and proposal efforts.
• Support documentation and presentation of analysis results highlighting key aspects.
• Support internal analysis product development, constellation performance demonstrations, and training.
• Other job-related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
• BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
• 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
• 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
• Employer matching donations
• Professional development
• Mac or PC? Your choice!
• Awesome swag

What This Job Offers

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