Senior Mission Design Engineer

Mission Design Engineer

Location: Budapest, Hungary

An exciting company in the space sector that is looking to add an experienced Mission Design Engineer to its growing engineering team.

The role will suit someone with a strong background in mission analysis, spacecraft systems or flight dynamics, who enjoys working across different areas of a space mission rather than focusing on just one subsystem.

Responsibilities

• Work on the design and development of spacecraft missions from an early concept stage.
• Analyze and optimize orbits, trajectories and mission scenarios.
• Carry out technical trade-offs and help define mission and system architectures.
• Develop spacecraft operational concepts, including nominal and contingency scenarios.
• Work on system and mission requirements and support their management throughout development.
• Contribute to FDIR, failure analysis and spacecraft autonomy activities.
• Support spacecraft and ground segment testing and the development of operational procedures.
• Work alongside engineering teams, customers, suppliers and other external stakeholders.
• Support satellite launch and early-orbit activities.

Requirements

• 5+ years' experience within space, aerospace or complex systems engineering.
• Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Space Systems Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Strong knowledge of orbital mechanics, trajectories and mission analysis.
• Experience working on spacecraft or satellite missions.
• Hands-on experience with STK or a similar mission analysis tool.
• Background in systems engineering and requirements management.
• Understanding of spacecraft operations and mission control.
• Experience with tools such as Polarion, DOORS or similar is beneficial.
• Fluent English
• Experience with FDIR, flight dynamics, constellation missions, station keeping, LEOP, ECSS or satellite communications would be advantageous

If you're currently working in Mission Design, Mission Analysis, Flight Dynamics or Space Systems Engineering and are interested in hearing more, feel free to apply.