Flight Dynamics Software Engineer

hace 5 días

Tres Cantos, España Deimos A tiempo completo

Full Time

Tres Cantos, Madrid

DEIMOS is selecting a Flight Dynamics SW engineer to be integrated in the Mission Analysis Competence Centre of the Mission engineering Business Unit. The work of the MAN Competence Centre is oriented to supporting the design of space missions from a mission engineering point of view (for both ESA and commercial customers), design software tools for mission analysis studies and do research in celestial mechanics and astrodynamics.

As a matter of reference, current DEIMOS activities comprise:

Interplanetary missions (planets, astronomy, minor bodies, etc.)
Earth observation and lunar missions
SW Development
Planetary Defence
Formation flying
Autonomous in-orbit rendezvous
Space transportation systems and re-entry vehicles
Planetary entry, descent and landing

Main Duties:

The following types of responsibilities are envisioned:

Development and maintenance of the in-house Flight Dynamics System (FDS).
End-to-end development, validation, and use of in-house FDS software, for high-fidelity single satellite and/or constellation orbit propagation and manoeuvre simulation.
Design, optimize, and automate orbit manoeuvre strategies and algorithms for constellation deployment, station-keeping, replenishment, collision avoidance, and re-entry.
Develop Space Situation Awareness (SSA) and collision avoidance strategies.
Prepare technical documentation related to the FDS.
Support to mission design for interplanetary and Earth Observation missions.
Modelling and simulation of space systems, including space environment and space vehicle dynamics.
Development of software tools in support to mission analysis actions.
Play an active role in fostering the consolidation of the engineering processes and promoting technology research, innovation and development actions.

Education:

Required: postgraduate studies (e.g. M.Sc.) in aerospace engineering.

Professional Experience:

More than 3 years in the domains relevant to the post.

Technical Requirements:

The following skills are required for the post:

High knowledge of celestial mechanics and astrodynamics.
Trajectory optimization.
Programming languages: C++, Python.
Software engineering methods and techniques.
Experience with orbital analysis software or tools.

Flight Dynamics Software Engineer