Job Number: R0196400

Astrodynamics Aerospace Engineer, Lead The Opportunity: As anAstrodynamics SME on a prime development program, you know leading-edge space capabilities are critical to national defense. At Booz Allen, you can use your engineering and analysis expertise to develop next-generation defense tools and technology. We need your skills and expertise in astrodynamics and space situational awareness (SSA) in order to develop creative space control solutions that directly impact the warfighter.

As an aerospace engineer on our team, you'll provide expertise in evaluating new technologies, performing space protection and threat analyses, and improving the design and development of aerospace systems. Your experience in orbital mechanics, visualization, and modeling is key and makes you an integral part of delivering a client-focused solution.

In this role, you'll contribute to the development of mission-critical solutions by evaluating, improving, and designing leading-edge aerospace technology. You'll work with a large community of developers and engineers across the firm and collaborate with the client to deliver world-class solutions to develop new aerospace technologies. Your knowledge will help the client to expand and improve their capabilities to protect national security, its assets, and the warfighter.

If you desire to solve real-world challenges and lead astrodynamics solutions and efforts, there's a place for you here. At Booz Allen, you'll make a difference with us, and, in return, we'll invest in your future.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

Experience as a lead performer for orbital analysis, visualization development, and space protection and threat analyses for an integrated team

Experience in advanced mathematics, including calculus, differential equations, linear algebra, and numerical methods to develop complex models

Experience with space data processing, correlation, propagation, and association to inform mission planning and tasking activities

Experience with software tools used in astrodynamics, such as Systems Tool Kit (STK), MATLAB, Python, including libraries such as Astropy, Java, C, and C+

Experience assessing and mitigating risks associated with space missions, including collision avoidance, maneuver planning, and anomaly resolution

Top Secret clearance

Master's degree in Astronomy, Astrodynamics, Statistics, Orbital Mechanics, Mathematics, or Applied Physics and 10+ years of experience as an Aerospace Engineer, or Doctorate degree in Astronomy, Astrodynamics, Statistics, Orbital Mechanics, Mathematics, or Applied Physics and 5+ years of experience as an Aerospace Engineer

Nice If You Have:

Experience conducting extensive astrodynamics domain analysis in support of software development efforts

Knowledge of the space environment and its effects on spacecraft, including radiation, micrometeoroids, and space debris

Knowledge of orbital dynamics, including Kepler's laws, orbital perturbations, orbital maneuvers, and celestial mechanics, including orbit types such as elliptical, circular, and geostationary, and their properti

Knowledge of space regulations, licensing requirements, and international agreements governing space activities

Knowledge of feedback control and classic mechanics

Ability to work directly with a software engineering team to investigate and improve software capabilities

Ability to work with a team across multiple locations

Possession of strong problem-solving skills

Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills

Possession of excellent interpersonal skills

TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Top Secret clearance is required.

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