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RTX

4 days ago

Senior Spacecraft Concept & Mission Engineer Onsite

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Job Summary

Support advanced technology alternate missions and space by developing satellite concepts, assessing mission CONOPs and constellations, and supporting new mission/program captures for national security customers. Perform vehicle design, system sizing, mission performance analysis, and trajectory optimization; analyze feasibility with cross-discipline engineers; and build/extend mission analysis and planning toolsets. Produce STK visualizations, coordinate with product/customer stakeholders, and contribute to mission planning application software development and testing.

Location: Tucson

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering

Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

•Join a team to realize objectives including vehicle design and system sizing, mission performance analysis, and trajectory optimization.
•Analyze notional missions and hardware feasibility and engage across disciplines to improve models and understand performance drivers.
•Develop common mission/performance analysis and mission planning toolsets for a portfolio of systems.
•Utilize grid computing infrastructure to generate and analyze large datasets and produce visualizations of complex systems and mission CONOPs in STK or similar tools.
•Coordinate with product line management and customers and work with programs/AT leadership to develop concepts and mature technologies; support mission planning application software development and testing.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 86,800 - 165,200 annually

Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionLife Insurance401kPaid LeaveParental Leave

Key Requirements

•Typically requires a STEM degree and a minimum of 5 years of prior relevant experience (unless prohibited by local laws/regulations).
•Experience in at least one system-level or subsystem-level domain: Guidance, Navigation, and Control; Orbital Mechanics; Mission Planning; Mission Analysis/Performance Analysis; Satellite Technology; or Multidisciplinary/System-of-Systems design.
•Experience using Python, MATLAB, and/or C++ to model physical systems.
•Experience in one or more areas: system performance/CONOPS, algorithms and signal processing, and modeling/simulation (e.g., 6-DOF).
•An active and transferable Top Secret U.S. government issued security clearance is required at the time of application, and U.S. citizenship is required.

Experience:5+ years

Skills:Self-motivatedIndependent work ethicRoot cause analysisCross-disciplinary collaboration

Tech Stack:PythonMATLABC++STKAnsys STKGitSLURMGrid computingAlgorithmsSignal processing6-DOFNumerical optimizationData analytics

Eligibility

Nationality:US National

Security Clearance:Top Secret

Company Brief

RTX

Designs, manufactures, and services aerospace and defense systems, including aircraft engines, avionics, aerostructures, missiles, and cybersecurity solutions for commercial, military, and government customers worldwide.

Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Public Company

Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)

Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed

Headquarters: Arlington, United States

Founded: 2020

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