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Flight Dynamics Engineer
PierSightFlight Dynamics - Intern/Engineer
Requirements
Bachelor's or Master's in Aerospace Engineering, Fundamentals in orbit mechanics and propagation, Fundamentals in state estimation, Six months on-site availability for internship
Skills
MatlabPython
About the role
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.
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