Flight Dynamics Engineer

Flight Dynamics Engineer

Reflex Aerospace

Berlin, Germany

As a Flight Dynamics Engineer you will design, analyze, and support spacecraft trajectories and guidance strategies, with a strong focus on rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) and formation flight. In this role, you will be responsible for planning and validating relative motion, rendezvous, and close-approach maneuvers for on-orbit operations, working closely with AOCS, software, and mission operations teams.

Your Mission:

• Design and analyze orbital trajectories;
• Perform orbit determination, propagation, maneuver planning, and delta-V budgeting;
• Plan autonomous and ground-assisted proximity operations sequences and abort strategies as well as plan and optimize routine operational activities;
• Develop and maintain flight dynamics analysis tools and simulations;
• Validate guidance concepts via Monte Carlo analysis and sensitivity studies;
• Develop autonomous closed loop orbit control algorithms;
• Support software-in-the-loop (SIL) and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing;
• Support launch and early orbit operations, commissioning, and on-orbit activities.

Your Background:

• Degree in Space Engineering, Astrodynamics, Physics, or a related field;
• At least 3-5 years of relevant experience in space industry;
• Strong background in flight dynamics, including orbit determination and propagation, maneuver planning and validation;
• Experience designing and analyzing rendezvous and proximity operations or formation flight;
• Good understanding of satellite AOCS sensors and actuators, mainly propulsion and GNSS;
• Good understanding of navigation filters, including state estimation and uncertainty assessment for orbit determination and proximity operations;
• Experience with ECSS standards is a plus;
• Proficiency in at least one technical programming language (e.g. Python, MATLAB);
• Experience with flight dynamics tools (e.g. GMAT, STK, Orekit).