Flight Dynamics Software Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Golden, Colorado, US; onsite

Salary: USD 165,000–205,000 per year

Company

hirify.global provides end-to-end spacecraft missions as a service for governments, companies, and research institutions, integrating, launching, and operating spacecraft for Earth observation, IoT connectivity, on-orbit AI, and national security missions.

What you will do

• Implement and improve algorithms for orbit determination, propagation, maneuver planning, conjunction assessment, collision avoidance, and attitude modeling.
• Contribute to open-source astrodynamics tooling used for flight operations and simulation.
• Develop and maintain backend applications that compute, store, and serve fleet ephemerides, maneuvers, conjunctions, and target orbits.
• Work with systems and mission engineers to translate technical requirements and customer demands into operational outcomes.
• Support satellite operations during LEOP, anomalies, and conjunction response, including configuration for customer missions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in physics or an engineering discipline.
• Deep technical understanding of orbital mechanics, state estimation, spacecraft maneuver planning, conjunction assessment, and/or spacecraft attitude modeling.
• Fundamentals of numerical methods, including solvers, optimization, and simulation techniques.
• Experience designing and developing software libraries and backend services, preferably in Python.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in physics or an engineering discipline.
• Proficiency with astrodynamics tools such as STK, Astrogator, GMAT, OreKit, Monte, Copernicus, OpenSpaceToolkit, or equivalent.
• Practical experience in spacecraft constellation flight-dynamics operations.
• Practical experience building high-performance backend applications and/or libraries.
• Ability to solve complex problems in a highly collaborative environment.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance options for employees and dependents, with FSA and HSA accounts and an employer HSA contribution.
• Employer-paid life, AD&D, short-term, and long-term disability insurance.
• Flexible time off, vacation and sick leave, 12 paid holidays, and fully paid parental leave.
• 401(k) plan, equity options, fertility and family-forming benefits, and relocation assistance when applicable.
• Catered lunches, snacks, international exposure to the France team, off-sites, and social events.

Hiring process

• Attach a copy of the resume in English for review by people across the international offices.