# Flight Dynamics Engineer II at Rocket Lab

- Company: Rocket Lab
- What the company does: The end-to-end space company delivering reliable launch services, spacecraft, satellite components. Backed by Bessemer and Khosla.
- Company website: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Long Beach, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-10
- Apply by: 2026-10-25
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/rocketlab/jobs/7991311003
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/rocket-lab-flight-dynamics-engineer-ii-2/

## About the role

As a Flight Dynamics Engineer II based out of Rocket Lab's headquarters in Long Beach, CA, you will perform tracking, navigation, maneuver, trajectory planning, and collision avoidance design and operations for Earth orbiting, lunar, and interplanetary missions as part of a dynamic team with subject matter experts from Systems, Ground Software, Electrical, Avionics, Flight Software, Thermal, Propulsion, and GNC engineering disciplines.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace, Space Systems, or Software Engineering, or an equivalent Engineering or Applied Physics degree
- 2+ years of experience in mission design, flight dynamics
- Understanding of orbital mechanics, Orbit determination theory
- Mission analysis with STK, Astrogator, GMAT, Monte, Copernicus, or equivalent
- Python software development
- Git version control, or an equivalent version control system

Tags: Space Systems Software

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/rocket-lab-flight-dynamics-engineer-ii-2/