Flight Dynamics Engineer, Amazon Leo Flight Dynamics

About the role

We are searching for a talented candidate with experience in orbital mechanics, orbit determination, launch vehicle trajectories, and launch vehicle mission planning. In this position, a successful candidate would serve as a Research Scientist in support of Amazon Leo's constellation with particular focus on Launch Vehicle support. Strong analysis skills are required to develop engineering studies of complex large-scale dynamical systems. This position requires demonstrated expertise in computational analysis automation and tool development.

Key job responsibilities

• Perform spacecraft maneuver or navigation analysis in support of multi-disciplinary trades within the Amazon Leo team.
• Contribute to prototype software development of flight algorithms.
• Test and assess navigation software for integration into flight systems.
• Assess and trouble-shoot the performance of Leo on-board GNSS hardware and software systems.
• Work closely with GNC engineers to manage on-orbit performance and develop flight dynamics operations processes.
• Manage engineering trades as needed for various launch vehicle mission designs.
• Support Leo's Launch Vehicle Mission Management team with technical expertise in Launch Vehicle trajectory requirements specification.
• Evaluate Launch Vehicle performance and compliance with mission requirements.
• Develop tools to support Mission Management planning for over 80 launches.
• Work collaboratively with launch vehicle system technical teams.

About the team

The Flight Dynamics team is responsible for the guidance, navigation, control and safety of the spaceflight of the Amazon Leo constellation. This team provides solutions to spaceflight challenges in constellation design, orbit selection, launch vehicle insertion requirements, navigation, trajectory design, space situational awareness, and space traffic coordination.

Basic qualifications

• PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of quantitative field research experience.
• Experience investigating the feasibility of applying scientific principles and concepts to business problems and products.
• Experience analyzing both experimental and observational data sets.

Preferred qualifications

• Knowledge of R, MATLAB, Python or similar scripting language.
• Experience with agile development.
• Experience building web based dashboards using common frameworks.

Pay

USA, WA, Redmond - 136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

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