Advanced Space
Mission Design Engineer (2-5 yrs)
About this role
Advanced Space seeks a Mission Design Engineer with 2-5 years of experience to support lunar and interplanetary missions through trajectory analysis, mission architecture design, and astrodynamics problem-solving. You'll work across the full mission lifecycle—from concept through flight operations—on real, deployed missions including NASA's CAPSTONE and AFRL's Oracle.
What you'll do
- Design mission architectures and optimize trajectories for Earth-orbit, cislunar, and interplanetary missions
- Perform astrodynamics analyses including delta-V budgeting, trajectory optimization, and Monte Carlo simulations
- Develop and maintain mission design tools and analysis software
- Support concept of operations, contingency planning, and flight operations phases
- Conduct stationkeeping analysis and formation-keeping algorithm development
- Collaborate with technical leads to define analysis approaches and deliver solutions
What they're looking for
- Astrodynamics and orbital mechanics
- Trajectory optimization and mission design
- Monte Carlo and statistical analysis
- Mission analysis software tools
- Python or MATLAB programming
- Technical documentation and communications
- Problem-solving in complex engineering environments
- Spacecraft operations and flight dynamics
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Advanced Space
Advanced Space develops navigation systems and software for lunar and cislunar space missions, including programs like CAPSTONE and Oracle. The company is hiring spacecraft navigation engineers and software engineers to build flight operations tools, estimation algorithms, and ground/flight software for deep space exploration.
- Website
- advancedspace.com
Likely interview questions
- Walk us through a trajectory optimization problem you've solved—what approach did you take and why?
- How would you approach designing a low-thrust cislunar mission architecture from scratch?