Senior Flight Dynamics Engineer IIPosted today$175K

Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company delivering responsive launch services, complete spacecraft design and manufacturing, payloads, satellite components, and more – all with the goal of opening access to space. The rockets and satellites we build and launch enable some of…

What you'll do

• Develop and analyze launch vehicle and spacecraft trajectories, including: ascent, orbit insertion, and orbital maneuvers

• Perform orbital propagation, rendezvous planning, and station-keeping analysis for spacecraft operations

• Support mission design including launch window analysis, delta-V budgets, and contingency planning

• Interface with flight software and GNC teams to validate and optimize guidance profiles

• Generate and deliver trajectory data products and flight dynamics support for mission readiness reviews

• Contribute to development of in-house simulation tools and flight dynamics infrastructure

What they're looking for

• Support real-time mission operations including anomaly response and post-launch data analysis
• Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Space Systems, or an equivalent Engineering or Applied Physics degree.
• + years of experience in mission design, flight dynamics.
• Demonstrated knowledge of orbital mechanics, including spaceflight dynamics,: maneuver design, orbit determination, and Kalman filtering.