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Flight Dynamics Engineer III (Trajectory), Blue Ghost
Firefly Aerospace
Texas, USA
Full-time
Senior Level
Onsite
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About Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace is a space and defense technology company on a mission to reliably and repeatedly launch, land, and operate space systems from Earth to the Moon and beyond.
As the partner of choice for critical space missions, Firefly is the first commercial company to launch a satellite to orbit with 24-hour notice and the first company to achieve a successful Moon landing.
Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.
Summary
As a Senior Flight Dynamics Engineer specializing in trajectory and maneuver design at Firefly, you will design and optimize spacecraft trajectories and maneuver sequences for operational missions spanning LEO and cislunar space.
In this role, you will develop targeting algorithms, create error budgets, and serve as a flight dynamics operator while collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate mission designs into executable operations.
This position combines advanced mission design with hands-on operational support while mentoring junior engineers in a fast-paced, mission-critical environment.
Responsibilities
- Optimize spacecraft trajectories to satisfy mission requirements while balancing delta-V budgets, mission duration, and payload constraints
- Design and maintain mission designs from the conceptual phase through the end of spacecraft mission operations
- Develop algorithms to target maneuvers that achieve spacecraft mission objectives
- Create maneuver error budgets and perform sensitivity analysis to assess robustness to execution uncertainties
- Formulate and analyze contingency maneuver plans and abort scenarios for off-nominal conditions
- Interface with cross-discipline teams to translate maneuver plans into executable command sequences and operational procedures
- Serve as a flight dynamics operator for spacecraft missions and perform maneuver reconstruction to improve spacecraft models
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