Cowboy Space
Senior Flight Dynamics Engineer
$150K–$200K
Kent, Washington · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Experience
- 5-10+ years of experience with orbital mechanics, classical dynamics, modeling, and simulation.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Space Systems, or Software Engineering, or an equivalent Engineering or Applied Physics degree.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
About the job
Develops and validates flight dynamics and mission designs for launch vehicles and spacecraft, including trajectory analysis, orbital operations, and guidance-profile support.
What you'll do
- Analyze launch and spacecraft trajectories, orbital propagation, and station-keeping.
- Support mission design through launch-window analysis, delta-V budgets, contingency planning, and flight termination system mission rules.
- Work with flight software and GNC teams and contribute to in-house simulation tools and flight dynamics infrastructure.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical, Space Systems, or Software Engineering, or an equivalent Engineering or Applied Physics degree.
- 5-10+ years of experience with orbital mechanics, classical dynamics, modeling, and simulation.
- Mission analysis with STK, Astrogator, GMAT, Monte, Copernicus, or equivalent.
- Python software development.
Nice to have
- Experience with launch vehicles, spacecraft, missiles, hypersonics, UAVs, or defense systems.
- Orbit determination analysis with ODTK, Orekit, or equivalent; team and/or software project management experience.
Pay
USD 150,000 – USD 200,000 annually (base salary)
Tools
STK, Astrogator, GMAT, Monte, Copernicus, Python, ODTK, Orekit
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