About the Role
ABOUT ROCKET LAB
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. Come shape the future with us.
Flight Analysis ENGINEER II - MISSION FORMULATION
Based out of Rocket Lab’s office in Long Beach, CA, the Flight Analysis Engineer II - Mission Formulation is responsible for trajectory simulation, modeling, analyses, and testing for Rocket Lab launches and missions. As a Flight Analyst you will contribute towards ensuring safety of Rocket Lab launches and support mission design and operations. You will interface with other departments within Rocket Lab as well as external agencies. The scope of the flight analysis team includes developing methods, software tools, data packages and technical reports for flight safety, launch availability and operations to support Electron and HASTE mission operations.
The Flight Analysis Engineer II is an integral part of Rocket Lab’s Global Launch Services (GLS) Mission Formulation Team which works closely with other Engineering, Production and Operations teams to bring new launch concepts to life. This team is also responsible for the formulation and implementation of launches and missions of classified missions on Electron and HASTE launch vehicles.
WHAT YOU’LL GET TO 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
- 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
QUALIFICATIONS YOU’LL BRING:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Aerospace/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering)
- Experience with numerical modelling & simulation, probability & statistics, multi-physics, and/or similar fields of analysis
- Experience with data analysis using Python, SciPy, or similar
- Experience developing with Linux
- Fundamental knowledge of atmospheric flight, flight dynamics, and/or orbital mechanics
- Experience with Git version control (e.g., git, github, gitlab)
- Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD US Government Secret security clearance
THESE QUALIFICATIONS WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE:
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