Flight Dynamics Research Manager, Amazon Leo Flight Dynamics

Amazon Leo is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. or , U.S. permanent (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

We are searching for a senior manager with expertise in the spaceflight aerospace engineering domain of Flight Dynamics, including Mission Design of LEO Constellations, Trajectory, Maneuver Planning, and Navigation. This role will be responsible for the research and development of core spaceflight algorithms that enable the Amazon Leo mission. This role will manage the team responsible for designing and developing flight dynamics innovations for evolving constellation mission needs.

Key job responsibilities
This position requires expertise in simulation and analysis of astrodynamics models and spaceflight trajectories. This position requires demonstrated achievement in managing technology research portfolios. A strong candidate will have demonstrated achievement in managing spaceflight engineering Guidance, Navigation, and Control teams for full mission lifecycle including design, prototype development and deployment, and operations.

Working with the Leo Flight Dynamics Research Science team, you will manage, guide, and direct staff to:
• Implement high fidelity modeling techniques for analysis and simulation of large constellation concepts.
• Develop algorithms for station-keeping and constellation maintenance.
• Perform analysis in support of multi-disciplinary trades within the Amazon Leo team.
• Formulate solutions to address collision avoidance and conjunction assessment challenges.
• Develop the Leo ground system’s evolving Flight Dynamics System functional requirements.
• Work closely with GNC engineers to manage on-orbit performance and develop flight dynamics operations processes

About the team
The Flight Dynamics Research Science team is staffed with subject matter experts of various areas within the Flight Dynamics domain. It also includes a growing Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) team.