Engineer, Flight Dynamics

Job description

Engineer, Flight Dynamics Role description summary: The Engineer, Flight Dynamics is responsible for the orbital control, co-location, orbital events prediction, momentum management and propellant lifetime estimation of the SES GEO and MEO satellites, for the development of the orbital and satellite control software and shadowing of transfer orbit mission operations in the Flight Dynamics section. Primary responsibilities: - Be responsible for a safe and efficient co-location and/or station-keeping of the SES GEO and MEO satellites, while minimizing propellant usage to maximize satellite lifetime, satisfying satellite constraints, and avoiding risk of collision between SES co-located satellites. This responsibility involves following activities: orbit determination, maneuver planning and computation, momentum management (part of attitude control), maneuver performance analysis and calibration. - Design, develop and test software in the orbital or satellite control fields. - Manage the appropriate actions in case of large, unexpected orbit perturbations or maneuver execution or performance issues, in order to maintain the satellite in the longitude window and to avoid risk of collis...