Description
We are seeking a Senior Mission Analysis Engineer to join our team at Millennium Space Systems, a leading small satellite company focused on national security space. As a Senior Mission Analysis Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and developing Concepts of Operations (CONOPS) and Design Reference Missions (DRMs) from key customer requirements. You will also model and simulate satellites, constellations, and system-of-systems, as well as design and integrate mission data processing algorithms.
The successful candidate will be the Responsible Engineering Authority (REA) for all modeling, simulation, and analysis for a program, study, or proposal. You will develop methods to simulate mission scenarios and assess end-to-end constellation capabilities, design and deploy image processing, inertial tracking, state estimation, and optimal control algorithms for sensor systems, and provide tools and modeling platforms for validating system performance during on-orbit mission operations.
Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain simulations for large satellite constellations to assess effectiveness against mission requirements
- Own the Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) image processing algorithms chain, from photon to Warfighter
- Create models for space vehicle payloads to use in system trades and performance predictions
- Develop novel algorithms, models, and data processing schemes for MW/MT, RPO, and SDA systems
- Architect the Concepts of Operation (CONOPS)/Design Reference Mission (DRM) and their associated simulations
- Collaborate with software and firmware teams to develop platforms for simulation deployment
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree and 14 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience
- 7 or more years' experience in modeling and simulation of complex aerospace systems using common tools such as Matlab/Simulink, Python, or C++
- Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance, requiring U.S. Citizenship
Preferred Qualifications:
- Level 6: Bachelor's degree and 20 or more years' related work experience or an equivalent combination of technical education and experience
- 9 or more years’ experience in satellite design and/or operation
- Experience with EO/IR optical systems analysis and image processing algorithms
- Experience with government furnished image models like ASSET, PRA Toolkit, or AFSIM
- Experience with orbital mechanics and kinematic state estimation
- Experience with satellite space-to-space communication networks
- Experience with RPO or NMC orbits and associated maneuver planning
- Technical leadership experience, including requirements V&V, delegation and management of technical tasks, responsible engineering authority (REA) experience, and cost account management (CAM) experience
- Possess active TS/SCI clearance
Benefits: Millennium Space Systems offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including:
- Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities
- Health insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Health savings accounts
- Retirement savings plans
- Life and disability insurance programs
- Paid and unpaid time away from work
Pay Range:
- Level 5: $180,500 - $269,000
- Level 6: $217,500 - $324,000