Flight Dynamics Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Berlin, Germany; hybrid work model

Company

hirify.global develops high-performance satellite technology for the German aerospace industry.

What you will do

• Design and analyze orbital trajectories, including rendezvous, proximity operations, and formation flight.
• Perform orbit determination, propagation, maneuver planning, validation, and delta-V budgeting.
• Plan autonomous and ground-assisted proximity-operation sequences, abort strategies, and routine operational activities.
• Develop flight-dynamics analysis tools, simulations, and autonomous closed-loop orbit-control algorithms.
• Validate guidance concepts through Monte Carlo analysis, sensitivity studies, software-in-the-loop, and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Support launch and early-orbit operations, commissioning, and on-orbit activities in collaboration with AOCS, software, and mission-operations teams.

Requirements

• Degree in space engineering, astrodynamics, physics, or a related field.
• 3–5 years of relevant experience in the space industry.
• Strong background in flight dynamics, including orbit determination and propagation, maneuver planning, and validation.
• Experience with rendezvous and proximity operations or formation-flight design and analysis.
• Understanding of satellite AOCS sensors and actuators, navigation filters, state estimation, and uncertainty assessment.
• Proficiency in at least one technical programming language, such as Python or MATLAB, and experience with flight-dynamics tools such as GMAT, STK, or Orekit.

Nice to have

• Experience with ECSS standards.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working hours within a hybrid work model.
• Permanent employment contract.
• 30 days of paid vacation plus a company holiday on April 12.
• €1,500 annual training budget.
• 20% contribution to a private pension plan.
• Urban Sports Club membership, public-transport discount, and access to Corporate Benefits discounts.