Senior Flight Dynamics Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Westminster, Colorado, United States; on-site. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, conditional residents, asylees, refugees, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations under space technology export regulations.

Salary: $133,000–$161,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms.

What you will do

• Lead orbit design, trade studies, trajectory optimization, launch window analysis, injection targeting, and dispersions analysis.
• Develop mission analysis models and define ΔV budgets across mission phases.
• Design orbit determination, maneuver planning, station-keeping, constellation, disposal, conjunction assessment, and collision avoidance strategies.
• Build and maintain flight dynamics tools, simulations, and automated analysis workflows.
• Integrate flight dynamics tools with GNC, flight software, and mission operations pipelines.
• Support mission readiness reviews, launch campaigns, spacecraft operations, anomaly resolution, technical roadmaps, and cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Astrodynamics, Physics, or a related field; a master’s degree or Ph.D. is preferred.
• At least 5 years of experience in flight dynamics, mission analysis, or astrodynamics.
• Deep knowledge of orbital mechanics, perturbation modeling, orbit determination and estimation, maneuver design and optimization, conjunction assessment, and space traffic management.
• Experience supporting real spacecraft missions through launch and operations.
• Strong Python programming skills and experience with industry-standard astrodynamics tools.
• U.S. export-regulation eligibility is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with small satellite or constellation missions.
• Background in autonomous navigation or onboard orbit determination.
• Familiarity with FCC, NOAA, ITU, or Space-Track compliance.
• Experience building internal analysis frameworks from scratch.
• MATLAB, C++, or similar programming experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, interactive, autonomous, and cross-functional work environment.
• Opportunity to design, build, and iterate on a new generation of satellite systems.
• Full-time employment with company stock options.
• Health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, and retirement benefits.