The opportunity
SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.
What you'll do
Perform trajectory design, optimization, and dispersion analysis for Crew and Cargo Dragon missions
Implement new software or algorithms to support mission unique capabilities
Select flight constants and guidance parameters
Perform post-flight data review and correlation with analyses for continued improvement of predictions
Manage mission operations support
Perform analysis to verify compliance with contractual mission requirements: including direct customer interface with NASA
What they're looking for
- Test flight software and document analysis and test results with a focus on: automation and efficiency of reporting
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or physics
- + years of experience with orbital mechanics, classical dynamics, modeling: and simulation (school/class projects and/or internship projects apply)
- + years of experience with software languages C++ and/or Python (school/class: projects and/or internship projects apply)