Flight Analysis Engineer I/IINew$125K
The opportunity
Rocket Lab is the end-to-end space company building rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems that keep the world connected, protected, expand humanity’s reach to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. We move fast, build real hardware for meaningful missions, and make the impossible routine.
What you'll do
Launch and mission operational concept development
Orbital and suborbital trajectory design and analysis
Work with external stakeholders and customers for mission-specific requirements engineering
Support hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) testing to verify trajectory and flight safety system configuration
Conduct Monte Carlo simulation analyses to define and verify launch and mission operations
Conduct flight safety analyses prior to launch and provide related day-of-launch support
What they're looking for
- Develop bespoke mission safety rules
- Verify readiness of AFTS (Autonomous Flight Termination System) hardware and software
- Develop tools and processes for automating common modelling and analysis tasks
- Direct contact to Business Development for proposals and mission definition
