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Deep Space Ground Navigation Engineer III
BLUE ORIGIN. Drive navigation through requirements definition, pre-launch orbit determination and covariance analysis, gated reviews, mission rehearsals, and flight operations .
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesPythonTypeScriptC++
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Drive navigation through requirements definition, pre-launch orbit determination and covariance analysis, gated reviews, mission rehearsals, and flight operations
- Author navigation plans, analysis reports, and operations procedures
- Define filter strategies, estimated parameters, and tracking data requirements
- Process Doppler, range, and Delta-DOR data to generate orbit solutions for cislunar and interplanetary spacecraft
- Communicate solution quality, uncertainty, and risk to mission leadership
- Perform live navigation operations through launch, cruise, trajectory correction maneuvers, planetary approach, and orbit insertion
- Make solution-acceptance and maneuver-readiness recommendations under real-time constraints
- Partner with trajectory designers on maneuver design inputs, delivery accuracy, maneuver reconstruction, and calibration
- Develop and test navigation algorithms and data-processing tools in Python, Julia, C++, and Monte
- Infuse algorithms into the Monte-based flight dynamics system
- Define model-fidelity requirements and develop and validate force models, measurement models, and simulation tools
- Automate orbit determination, tracking-data processing, and navigation-product workflows, including through generative AI
- Collaborate with ATX, flight operations, systems engineering, and external tracking-network partners
- Represent navigation in reviews and mentor junior navigators
- Scope, estimate, and plan work in deliverable increments using Jira and git
Requirements
What you’ll need- M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with 5+ years of relevant experience, or a Ph.D. with 3+ years of relevant experience
- Strong working knowledge of astrodynamics, orbital mechanics, statistical orbit determination, estimation theory, batch least squares, sequential filtering, and covariance analysis
- Experience performing radiometric orbit determination using Doppler and range measurements
- Experience modeling, reconstructing, and calibrating high-thrust maneuvers
- Proficiency in at least one of Python, Julia, or C++
- Experience developing and testing analysis or operational software
- Experience with orbit determination tools such as Monte, STK/ODTK, FreeFlyer, or GMAT
- Experience supporting spacecraft mission operations, mission rehearsals, or comparable time-critical operational environments
- Ability to work independently, scope ambiguous technical problems, and deliver results with minimal oversight
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including technical presentations and documentation
- Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to an inclusive culture
- Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident/current Green Card holder, or lawfully admitted refugee or asylee
- Preferred: Ph.D. in a related engineering field
- Preferred: Experience with cislunar or interplanetary navigation and the Deep Space Network
- Preferred: Electric-propulsion navigation and continuous low-thrust acceleration modeling
- Preferred: Monte toolkit and operational flight dynamics software experience
- Preferred: Real flight tracking data, dynamical and measurement models, end-to-end mission lifecycle, navigation product ownership, mentoring, DevOps tooling, generative AI, and TS/SCI clearance or willingness to obtain and maintain one
Benefits
Comp & perks- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Basic and supplemental life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Short- and long-term disability
- 401(k) with company match of up to 5%
- Education Support Program
- Stock options for all regular employees working at least 20 hours/week
- Up to four weeks of paid time off per year based on weekly scheduled hours
- Up to 14 company-paid holidays
- Potential benefits and bonuses based on role type, job level, individual contributions, and company results