Job Description

• Develop, validate, and use spacecraft navigation tools across multiple orbital regimes, measurement types, and estimation techniques, including orbit determination and angles-only.
• Support assessment of ground navigation performance.
• Support operations throughout the mission lifecycle, including orbit determination, proximity operations, maneuver planning, and maneuver execution.
• Support mission design, analysis, and optimization using orbital dynamics tools.
• Work directly with multiple stakeholders to develop mission and flight dynamics requirements.
• Create test plans and perform functional software testing and integration of flight dynamics software.
• Contribute to analyses and training activities that inform ground system development and mission operations activities.
• Support migration of ground navigation capabilities to onboard, autonomous navigation.

Qualifications

• Understanding of spacecraft navigation, state estimation, and covariance analysis, particularly radiometric orbit determination and angles-only navigation.
• Understanding of orbital mechanics, optimization methodology, statistics, mass properties, and conceptual design.
• Knowledge of one or more scientific or engineering programming languages such as Matlab, Simulink, Python, C, or C++.
• Knowledge of orbital dynamics tools such as STK, GMAT, or Orekit.
• Collaborative communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Experienced college graduate or professional with 2+ years of experience in ground-based space navigation and the wider flight dynamics domain.
• Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree or PhD in science, technology, engineering or math, or equivalent experience.

Additional Information

If you’re passionate about our mission and believe you’d be an outstanding addition to our team, don’t worry about checking every single box—or having a background solely in aerospace or defense. At Astroscale U.S., we’re committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and open-minded environment. We embrace a wide range of perspectives, experiences, and ways of thinking. If you’re excited about contributing to our work and think you’d thrive in this role, we encourage you to apply.

Salary range: _$90,000 – $130,000. The salary range represents the low and high end of the Astroscale U.S. Inc. salary range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to experience, knowledge, and ability as applicable to the role.

The application deadline is May 10, 2026._

Please note Astroscale U.S. is a U.S. Government registered, export control compliant company, as such applicants should be a U.S. person or U.S. citizen.
Astroscale U.S. Inc. is an E-Verify employer.