GNC Engineer Dragon

@ SpaceX

Overview

SpaceX is on a mission to advance human spaceflight and enable future missions to Mars. As a GNC Engineer Dragon, you will contribute to the design, optimization, and analysis of trajectories for both crew and cargo missions.

Responsibilities

• Perform trajectory design, optimization, and dispersion analysis for Crew and Cargo Dragon missions.
• Implement new software or algorithms for mission-specific capabilities.
• Select flight constants and guidance parameters.
• Perform post-flight data review and correlate with analyses.
• Manage mission operations support and test flight software.
• Ensure compliance with contractual mission requirements and interface with NASA.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline or physics.
• 1+ years of experience in orbital mechanics, classical dynamics, modeling and simulation.
• Experience with C++ and/or Python.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Advanced degree in physics or related engineering field.
• 2+ years professional experience with orbital mechanics, dynamics, and simulation.
• Experience with launch vehicle or spacecraft systems.
• Ability to solve complex problems independently and in teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Additional Requirements

Must be available to work extended hours and weekends as needed.

Compensation and Benefits

Competitive salary with additional long-term incentives, stock options, comprehensive benefits, paid time off, and more.

ITAR Compliance

Applicants must meet U.S. Government export regulations. For details, please review the ITAR guidelines.

Key Skills/Competency

• orbital mechanics
• classical dynamics
• modeling
• simulation
• C++
• Python
• trajectory design
• dispersion analysis
• mission operations
• software development