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Rocket Lab Corporation

Flight Dynamics Engineer II

Littleton, COFrom $130kmidAdded today

About this role

Rocket Lab seeks a Flight Dynamics Engineer II to design and operate trajectories for Earth-orbit, lunar, and interplanetary missions. You'll analyze launch and spacecraft dynamics, perform orbital propagation, support mission design, and collaborate across engineering disciplines while contributing to simulation tools and real-time mission operations.

What you'll do

  • Develop and analyze launch vehicle and spacecraft trajectories for ascent, orbit insertion, and maneuvers
  • Perform orbital propagation, rendezvous planning, and station-keeping analysis
  • Support mission design including launch window analysis, delta-V budgets, and contingency planning
  • Interface with flight software and GNC teams to validate guidance profiles
  • Generate trajectory data products and flight dynamics support for mission readiness reviews
  • Support real-time mission operations and post-launch anomaly analysis

What they're looking for

  • Orbital mechanics and spaceflight dynamics
  • Mission analysis tools (STK, Astrogator, GMAT, Monte, or Copernicus)
  • Python software development
  • Orbit determination and Kalman filtering
  • Git version control
  • Jira project management
  • Monte Carlo simulation
  • Maneuver design and delta-V analysis
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Rocket Lab Corporation

Rocket Lab builds spacecraft and satellites that it launches on its own rockets, developing the avionics, flight software, and ground systems needed to operate these vehicles in orbit. The company is hiring software engineers, test automation specialists, and spacecraft operations engineers to develop embedded flight software, design testing systems, and manage satellite fleet health across commercial and government missions.

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Likely interview questions

  • Walk us through your experience with orbital propagation tools—which have you used most extensively and for what mission phases?
  • Describe a complex trajectory design problem you solved; how did you validate your solution?
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