Senior Mission Analysis & Flight Dynamics engineer
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Trajectory design. Support lunar mission design through trajectory analysis and optimization, generating launch windows while accounting for landing site, orbital, and mission constraints.
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Covariance analysis. Optimize correction maneuvers by assessing and mitigating the impact of navigation and execution uncertainties.
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Software engineering. Design, develop, and maintain in-house astrodynamics libraries to support mission analysis, trajectory design, and flight dynamics activities.
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Requirements management. Contribute to the definition, traceability, verification, and validation of mission requirements.
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Processes refinement. Identify inefficiencies in existing processes and develop improvements to enhance efficiency, quality, and reliability.
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Operations. Support Flight Dynamics critical operations with Orbit Determination and Maneuver Planning for ispace’s lunar missions on a 24/7 environment.
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5+ years of experience on Mission Analysis in in cis-lunar or deep space missions.
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Professional experience with Orbital Mechanics libraries and tools: GMAT, STK, MONTE, Orekit, Godot or similar.
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Professional software development experience: continuous maintenance, sprint-based delivery, testing activities, version control, dockerized environments.
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Familiarity with at least one of the following concepts:
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Circular Restricted 3-Body Problem (CR3BP)
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Covariance analysis
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Lambert Transfer
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B-plane targeting
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Flight Dynamics development and/or operations.
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Knowledge about cislunar environment: ELFO, NRLO, Halo, etc.
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Experience interfacing launch providers (e.g. Space-X, ULA, Ariane, MHI, Rocket Lab).
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Experience using MONTE library.
Required skills
- 5+ years of experience on Mission Analysis in in cis-lunar or deep space missions.
- Professional experience with Orbital Mechanics libraries and tools: GMAT, STK, MONTE, Orekit, Godot or similar.
- Professional software development experience: continuous maintenance, sprint-based delivery, testing activities, version control, dockerized environments.
- Familiarity with at least one of the following concepts:
- Circular Restricted 3-Body Problem (CR3BP)
- Covariance analysis
- Lambert Transfer
- B-plane targeting
Preferred skills
- Flight Dynamics development and/or operations.
- Knowledge about cislunar environment: ELFO, NRLO, Halo, etc.
- Experience interfacing launch providers (e.g. Space-X, ULA, Ariane, MHI, Rocket Lab).
- Experience using MONTE library.
Description
- Flight Dynamics development and/or operations.
- Knowledge about cislunar environment: ELFO, NRLO, Halo, etc. -
- Where is this Senior Mission Analysis & Flight Dynamics engineer role based?
- The role is based in Tokyo, Japan.
- What experience does ispace expect for this role?
- The posting is tagged as a senior-level role, typically 5+ years of experience. Check the requirements section for specifics.
- How was this posting sourced?
- This role was pulled directly from ispace's Lever careers site. Apply links open in the employer's own ATS — no reposts or aggregator middleware.
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