Flight Dynamics Engineer

Responsibilities

• Own orbit determination using onboard GNSS and/or ground-based processing
• Evaluate current orbit state, propagate orbits, and assess post-manoeuvre orbit changes
• Support manoeuvre planning, execution assessment, and post-burn analysis
• Maintain orbit knowledge quality and performance metrics across the mission lifetime
• Work with Payload and Mission teams to ensure attitude and orbit knowledge meets SAR and InSAR requirements
• Act as the technical authority for flight dynamics during LEOP, commissioning, and anomaly investigations
• Support anomaly diagnosis and recovery related to orbit behaviour

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering or a closely related field
• Strong fundamentals in orbit mechanics and propagation
• Strong fundamentals in state estimation (e.g., filtering, residual analysis)
• Ability and willingness to own operational outcomes
• For internship applicants: Six months of on-site availability is required

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on use of mission analysis or dynamics tools such as MATLAB, Python, STK, GMAT, or Orekit
• Experience with GNSS-based orbit determination or precise orbit knowledge
• Familiarity with SAR or EO missions and how dynamics errors affect data products
• Experience with satellite missions, CubeSat programs, or commercial mission support

About the Company

PierSight is developing a SAR satellite constellation to provide high-resolution Earth observation data.