Space Flight Dynamics Engineer

With 2,100 employees worldwide, the CS Group is a leading IT company in France and Germany, and a prime contractor in designing, integrating, and operating mission-critical systems. It has now been over 30 years that comprehensive CS Group solutions for space systems and applications, both on the ground and in space, have been part and parcel of this odyssey.

Our German activities are growing at a fast pace, and to face our customers‘ high-level expectations and needs, we are looking for talented profiles with relevant experience in space systems and applications.

Job Description

Our Flight Dynamics team supports a wide range of missions from early phases to end-of-life of satellites and from low earth orbit to deep space missions. If you want to build a career among the stars in the biggest and most innovative European Operation Centre of satellites – apply today!

For the procurement of services under this Frame Contract, the required operations engineering support activities are described in missions specific WPDs. The WPD defines the different tasks related to the phases, roles, and disciplines as applicable for the respective mission.

The main support services required are in the following areas:

• Spacecraft telemetry retrieval, processing, and monitoring
• Prediction of spacecraft state (attitude, mass, modes, AOCS parameters)
• Generation of spacecraft telecommanding files

Qualifications

• University degree in a relevant engineering field, astronomy, mathematics, or physics
• Very good skills in linear algebra, particularly for problem-solving related to geometry in the Euclidean 3-dimensional space
• Very good skills in calculus in one or several variables
• Skills in numerical methods
• Very good skills in classical mechanics
• Ability to solve mechanics problems via analytical mechanics methods (e.g., Lagrangian formulation) is a valuable asset
• Ability to define, implement, validate, and operate software which applies the above solutions (using e.g., Unix and/or Linux scripting languages, Fortran 77 and/or 95, Python, C++)
• Will to take operational responsibility in multi-discipline teams
• Fluency in English, both in speech and writing

Additional Information

Possible starting date: As soon as possible

As an inclusive and committed employer, our company works every day to combat all forms of discrimination and promote a respectful working environment. That’s why, committed to gender diversity and overall inclusivity, we encourage all applications and profiles.

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