Responsibilities
Trajectory design. Support lunar mission design through trajectory analysis and optimization, generating launch windows while accounting for landing site, orbital, and mission constraints.
Covariance analysis. Optimize correction maneuvers by assessing and mitigating the impact of navigation and execution uncertainties.
Software engineering. Design, develop, and maintain in-house astrodynamics libraries to support mission analysis, trajectory design, and flight dynamics activities.
Requirements management. Contribute to the definition, traceability, verification, and validation of mission requirements.
Processes refinement. Identify inefficiencies in existing processes and develop improvements to enhance efficiency, quality, and reliability.
Operations. Support Flight Dynamics critical operations with Orbit Determination and Maneuver Planning for ispace’s lunar missions on a 24/7 environment.
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.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of mission analysis experience 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, version control, dockerized environments)
- Familiarity with at least one: CR3BP, Covariance analysis, Lambert Transfer, or B-plane targeting
- Ability and willingness to support 24/7 flight dynamics operations including orbit determination and maneuver planning
- Flight dynamics development and/or operations experience
- Knowledge of cislunar environment (ELFO, NRLO, Halo, etc.)
- Experience interfacing with launch providers (SpaceX, ULA, Ariane, MHI, Rocket Lab)
- Experience using the MONTE library
What We Do
ispace is a lunar exploration company with a vision to extend human presence to outer space. The company is developing lunar landers and rovers to deliver customer payloads to the Moon and explore the lunar surface. In doing so, we aim to be a vehicle for companies on Earth to access new business opportunities on the Moon and ultimately incorporate the Moon into Earth’s economic and living sphere. The company is currently planning to its first mission to the Moon as early as Q4 2022.
