Mission Analysis Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: London, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global develops in-orbit servicing and space debris removal missions to support sustainable space operations.

What you will do

• Identify and analyse technical, programmatic, and business requirements, constraints, and assumptions for current and future missions.
• Perform mission-profile and technology trade-offs, including orbital, trajectory, manoeuvre, launch-injection, safety, and re-entry analyses.
• Define Concepts of Operations and Operations Plans for hirify.global missions.
• Perform thermal, radiation, illumination, space debris mitigation, and in-orbit safety compliance analyses.
• Define and participate in mission-level verification activities and support the flight dynamics team during operations.
• Interface with customers, partners, and subcontractors; support tool development, validation, and future business proposals.

Requirements

• 2–5 years of experience in mission engineering or flight dynamics within the space industry or a space agency.
• Knowledge of flight and orbital mechanics for high- and low-thrust trajectories.
• Excellent communication skills for collaboration with internal engineering teams.
• Comfort interacting with institutional and commercial customers, including UKSA and ESA.
• BSc degree in Aerospace, Engineering, Mechatronics, Physics, or a similar field.

Nice to have

• Spacecraft operations experience and research activity in astrodynamics.
• Knowledge of ECSS standards and space debris mitigation standards.
• Knowledge of rendezvous and proximity operations.
• Experience obtaining mission operations licences and interacting with regulatory bodies.
• Familiarity with the full space programme lifecycle or an MSc in a relevant field.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within an expert engineering team focused on reusable, affordable, and sustainable space operations.
• Collaborate with world-leading institutions and companies across the UK and Europe.
• Contribute to both current missions and future space projects.