Flight Dynamics Engineer

Mission Control System Software Integration and Verification Engineer (m/f/d) Ref. No. 21_002

Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany – 3 months ago

Overview

If you dream about spending the day on the Moon, but you are one of those who get sick on bendy drives… Your place is here! We are expanding our flight dynamics team to take on interplanetary satellite projects for the European Space Agency (ESA). We’ll get to the point; we’ll tell you what’s not on the web. If you want to know more about us go to the GMV website.

Challenge

In our team, you will support the operations and software maintenance of ESA flight dynamics systems used for trajectory analysis, trajectory optimisation, and AOCS command generation.

Qualifications

• Linear algebra, in particular for problem solving related to geometry in the Euclidean 3 dimensional space.
• Numerical methods for equation solving, integration of differential equations, function approximation and interpolation, optimisation.
• Classical mechanics for kinematics and dynamics of point masses, dynamics of rigid bodies, dynamics expressed in non‑inertial frames, conservation laws in mechanics, gravitational forces and field, orbit dynamics.
• Software programming in C++.

We will also value previous experience and knowledge in software scripting in Python or shell.

What We Offer

• Hybrid working model and 8 weeks per year of teleworking outside your usual geographical area.
• Flexible start and finish times, and intensive working hours Fridays and in summer.