Join our team and build the future of space technology
We’re expanding our team at Alén Space, and are looking for a Space Mission Analysis Engineer; with passion in what you do, talented and experienced; to
What you will be doing?
- Perform mission analysis tasks for small satellite missions (orbit selection, orbit propagation, coverage, access windows, ΔV requirements, station passes). Develop and maintain technical budgets (power, delta-V, pointing, etc).
- Support verification by analysis of mission-level requirements.
- Conduct thermal analysis (desirable, not required).
- Contribute to the development and evolution of internal mission analysis tools (Python-based).
- Use STK to perform mission analysis and generate key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Document results and contribute to technical reviews (PDR, CDR, etc.).
- Interface with Systems Engineering and other teams to ensure coherence across mission performance budgets.
- Support design iterations through analytical justification of key design decisions.
What do we need in our team
- Fluency in English (written and spoken).
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in space missions, preferably with small satellites or CubeSats.
- Solid knowledge of orbital mechanics and mission analysis methods.
- Experience in technical budget development (power, ΔV, pointing, etc).
- Proficiency in Python for data analysis and tool development.
- Experience with STK for mission analysis.
- Experience in space radiation analysis.
- Knowledge of Systems Engineering principles.
Candidate qualifications and skills
- Work remotely percentage of the time to be defined with the manager.
- Flexible start/finish times; reduced intensive working hours on Fridays and in summer Monday to Friday.
- Competitive compensation with ongoing reviews, versátil compensation.
- Wellbeing program: Health, dental, and accident insurance; free fruit and coffee, free lunch every Friday and much more!
- Personalized career plan development, training, and language learning support
- Very committed to inclusion and diversity; we promote equal opportunities in recruitment
If you like what you read, then we might have a match. This is the culture we want to have and keep building. So, if that’s also your case, let’s get to know each other!
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