at Orbital Transports in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Position Duties:
Conduct engineering feasibility studies for small satellite missions. Determine requirements analysis and design for small satellite missions. Provide systems engineering for small satellite missions. Conduct trade space analyses for smallsat missions spanning all subsystems and components. Contribute to creation of customer mission proposals and small business R&D grants.
Position Requirements:
MS degree in Astronautical Engineering. Demonstrated knowledge or experience in the following:
- Small Satellite industry
- Spacecraft mission lifecycle from initial concept to completion
- Design of small satellite buses and constituent subsystems
- Common spacecraft payloads and their use in small satellite missions
- Space environments, especially Low Earth Orbit
- Engineering standards including environmental qualification and test plans for small satellite missions
- Ground station networks and their use in small satellite missions
- Modeling spacecraft missions using MBSE tools such as SysML and MagicDraw/Cameo Systems Modeler
