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Senior Constellation Dynamics Engineer

Reflect Orbital

Reflect Orbital

Hawthorne, NJ, USA
Posted on Feb 24, 2025

At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.

About the Role

Our Senior Constellation Dynamics Engineer will develop robust simulations and design our constellation. You will be designing the largest spacecraft constellation ever. Our spacecraft will also be subject to perturbations that are insignificant to most spacecraft, posing a number of novel challenges.

Responsibilities

  • Build our primary constellation simulation

  • Design the largest spacecraft constellation ever

  • Provide insights into constellation & orbit performance and run multi-dimensional optimizations

Ideal Qualifications

  • Adept and enthusiastic about physics simulations

  • Deep understanding of and experience with orbital dynamics, and especially excited about novel orbital dynamics

  • Knowledgeable about spacecraft GNC

  • Proven track record of development of well-correlated complex simulations

Even if you don't meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.

We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.

Benefits

Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.

  • Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy

  • Access to HSA, FSA, 401K, and commuter benefits

  • Unlimited paid time off, two-weeks per year minimum mandatory use

  • Healthy lunches provided daily

Equal Opportunity

Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

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