Mission Formulation Engineer (8-12 yrs)

About this role

Advanced Space seeks an experienced Mission Formulation Engineer to lead early-phase mission concept development for lunar and deep-space projects. You'll translate customer objectives into mission architectures, conduct trade studies, and guide concepts from formulation through down-select, working across multiple technical disciplines in a fast-paced, mission-focused environment.

What you'll do

• Lead early-phase mission studies and concept development from initial objectives through viable down-select options
• Translate customer mission objectives into requirements, system architectures, and concepts of operations
• Define and execute trade studies across competing mission architectures, balancing feasibility, performance, cost, and risk
• Develop system-level resource budgets (delta-v, mass, power, link, data) and validate concepts against requirements
• Own concept-level mission design including orbit/trajectory selection, maneuver analysis, and coverage assessment
• Coordinate cross-functional technical teams and guide subsystem concept development across GNC, propulsion, comms, and EPS

What they're looking for

• Mission formulation and concept development (8-12 years)
• Systems engineering across propulsion, GNC, communications, and operations
• Mission design and astrodynamics literacy in cislunar and deep-space regimes
• Architecture trade study leadership and requirements definition
• Python or other programming languages for analysis and modeling
• NASA Systems Engineering Handbook and Phase A processes
• Technical proposal development and customer engagement
• Cross-functional team leadership and mentoring