Aerospace Engineer III

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Orion is looking for a dynamic Aerospace Engineer to join our team on a cutting edge project. As an Aerospace Engineer III, you will work under general supervision, providing solutions to technical problems of moderate scope/complexity. Other responsibilities and duties of this position are as follows: 

General duties to include, but not limited to:

• Researches, designs, develops, and tests structures, propulsion units, and guidance and control subsystems for aircraft, missiles, or spacecraft.
• Analyzes aerospace product or equipment specifications and performance requirements to determine designs, which can be produced by existing manufacturing or processing facilities and methods.
• Analyzes project requests and proposals and engineering data to determine feasibility, producibility, cost, and production time of aerospace or aeronautical products.
• Directs and coordinates activities of engineering or technical staff designing, fabricating, modifying, or testing of aircraft or aerospace products.
• Develops design criteria for aeronautical or aerospace products or systems, including testing methods, production costs, quality standards, and completion dates.
• Plans and conducts experimental, environmental, operational and stress tests on models and prototypes of aircraft and aerospace systems and equipment.
• Evaluates product data and design from inspections and reports for conformance to engineering principles, customer requirements, and quality standards.
• Formulates mathematical models or other methods of computer analysis to develop, evaluate, or modify design according to customer engineering requirements.
• Reviews performance reports and documentation from customers and field engineers, and inspect malfunctioning or damaged products to determine problem.
• Evaluates and approves selection of vendors. Plans and coordinates activities concerned with investigating and resolving customers' reports of technical problems with aircraft or aerospace vehicles.
• Evaluates new technologies for application in improving design of aerospace systems.
• Plans, coordinates, directs, and evaluates testing of aerospace systems.
• Performs risk assessment of aerospace systems and generates risk mitigation plans and strategies.

Specific responsibilities for this position include, but not limited to:

• • • Develop required environmental and vehicle models for trajectory simulation.
    • Code the models and integrate them with flight software to perform nominal and Monte Carlo dispersed software guided trajectory simulations.
    • Process the simulation data and perform trajectory/performance/guidance analyses to ensure compliance with mission design requirements.
    • Interface with Launch Service Provider (LSP) personnel and resolve related technical issues in support of mission integration activities.
    • Participate in related LSP technical reviews and support discipline analysis working group meetings.
    • Document and present responsible IV&V activities and analyses.
    • Provide technical support to the management as requested.

• Requires 5-7 years of experience with a BS, 3-5 years with a MS and 0-2 years with a PhD.
• Working experience in launch vehicle analyses is highly preferred and beneficial.
• Strong technical understanding in orbital mechanics, vehicle dynamics, aerodynamics, and rocket propulsion.
• Excellent capability in model development, computer programming, and data analysis.
• Excellent communication and writing skills.
• Familiar with C/C++, Fortran, Ada, and MATLAB.
• Working experience in launch vehicle analyses is highly preferred and beneficial.

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