Orbital Analyst Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Vandenberg SFB, California, United States; onsite

Salary: $85,000–$110,000 per year, depending on relevant experience, location, and other factors.

Company

hirify.global is a small aerospace engineering and information technology firm providing engineering services and product development for civilian and military aerospace programs.

What you will do

• Solve operational orbital mechanics problems and process orbit state and prediction data.
• Coordinate information and findings across functional areas to develop products that support customer situational awareness and decision-making.
• Perform real-time analysis and resolve technical and operational problems.
• Support conjunction assessment, proximity operations, and other orbit analysis tasks.
• Work outside normal business hours when required for crew operations.

Requirements

• US citizenship is required.
• Must be eligible for and willing to complete a background investigation and application for a TS/SCI clearance.
• Two or more years of space-related experience in space situational awareness, satellite catalog maintenance, orbital analysis, and collision avoidance.
• Knowledge of orbital mechanics, astrodynamics, orbit determination and maintenance, perturbation-based data and formats, orbit decay, and orbital maneuvers.
• Understanding of space object tracking sensors, networks, data, capabilities, and limitations.
• Familiarity with Linux-based operating systems, particularly Red Hat or Fedora, and Astrodynamics Support Workstation software or similar tools.

Nice to have

• Technical degree in aerospace engineering, engineering, space operations, or physics.
• Experience with orbital or space science data and non-regular data message management.
• Ability to create short Perl or other scripting-language programs for data-processing automation.
• Ability to multitask and apply innovative analysis in a dynamic work environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• HSA or FSA accounts.
• Company-paid short- and long-term disability and AD&D insurance.
• Paid federal holidays, vacation leave, sick leave, and parental leave.
• 401(k) with company match and supplemental insurance options.
• Professional development reimbursement and voluntary life insurance.