Omitron is seeking candidates for an Orbital Analyst Engineer opportunity in orbital analysis, space defense, and satellite collision avoidance at our Vandenberg SFB, CA, location.

Responsibilities:

The engineer provides expertise to solve various operational orbital mechanics problems and to process data for orbit states and predictions.
Coordinates and integrates relevant information and findings across multiple functional areas to develop and deliver products, enabling customer situational awareness and decisions.
Potential for broadening into other areas related to conjunction assessment, proximity operations and various technical tasks related to orbit analysis.
Crew work with work outside of normal business hours will be required.

Minimum Requirements:

US Citizenship required
Security Clearance: Candidate must meet eligibility requirements and be willing to complete a background investigation and application for a TS/SCI clearance.
Experience: Two or more years of space-related experience involving Space Situational Awareness, satellite catalog maintenance, orbital analysis, and collision avoidance. Real-time analysis and solution of technical and operational problems is required for this position.
Knowledge of orbital mechanics and astrodynamics.
- Understanding of space object tracking sensors, networks, and data, including capabilities and limitations
Familiarity with Linux-based OS, particularly Red Hat and/or Fedora
Familiarity with Space Force’s Astrodynamics Support Workstation software or similar tools.
Ability to apply knowledge of orbital mechanics and astrodynamics to operations, including orbit determination and maintenance, general and special perturbation-based data and formats, orbit decay, and orbital maneuvers for station keeping and change of station.
Must have excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills and be proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, & PowerPoint).

Desired Qualifications:

Education: A Technical Degree in one or more of the following is preferred: Aerospace or Engineering, Space Operations, or Physics.
Experience in orbital or space science data and non-regular data message management
Ability to create short programs in Perl or other scripting languages to automate data processing.
Ability and willingness to multitask and apply innovative analysis in a dynamic work environment to solve customer problems.

Company Overview:
Omitron is an Aerospace Engineering and Information Technology small business firm headquartered in Beltsville, Maryland with a field office located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Since 1984, Omitron has provided excellence in engineering services and product development to government and industry customers for both civilian and military aerospace programs.
Omitron recognizes that outstanding people are the key to our success. Our goal is to select highly qualified and motivated individuals and provide them with an environment necessary to stimulate and nurture engineering and business objectives. Omitron offers its employees competitive salaries, a full benefits package, and excellent career growth opportunities. We welcome talented professionals who wish to take advantage of the opportunities we offer.

Compensation and Benefits:
The salary range for this role is $85,000 - $110,000, depending on relevant experience, location, and other factors.

Benefits include:

Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
HSA or FSA accounts
Company paid ST/LT Disability and AD&D insurance
Paid Federal Holidays
Paid Vacation Leave and Sick Leave
Parental Leave
401k with company match
Supplemental Insurance options like AFLAC
Professional Development Reimbursement
Voluntary Life Insurance

About the company

Omitron engineers and operates satellite missions for civilian space agencies, defense organizations and commercial spacecraft operators. Its teams develop the ground systems used to command satellites, calculate their paths and assess potential collisions with other objects in orbit. The company combines mission operations with software development and secure network engineering, supporting customers from pre-launch testing through routine operations and spacecraft disposal. It serves government and industry customers through engineering services, product development and mission software tools. Founded in 1984, Omitron is headquartered in Beltsville, Maryland.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Beltsville, MD

Founded

1984

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What believers are saying

Full-time Greenbelt Omitron collision-assessment engineers: U.S. citizens, 0-2 years; technical bachelor's required, with possible satellite-experience substitution; no security clearance.
U.S.-citizen full-time Greenbelt Omitron Flight Dynamics Engineers have hybrid operations and remote telework support opportunities.
Full-time Colorado Springs Cloud Solutions Architects at Omitron receive company-paid short- and long-term disability insurance.

What critics are saying

Vandenberg onsite full-time Omitron orbital analysts need weekend availability and potential rotating 24/7 coverage.
Omitron requires active Top Secret/sensitive compartmented information clearance and citizenship in the U.S. for Colorado Springs' full-time cloud architects.
Omitron's Greenbelt engineers in flight dynamics, working full-time with hybrid/telework opportunities, face occasional off-hours requirements and potential travel.

What makes Omitron unique

Planning includes validation: Omitron's Timeline Management Tool checks constraints before satellite activity timelines are executed.
Omitron combines development with operations: it is the primary developer, maintainer and operator of Astrodynamics Support Workstation.
Networks use standardized building blocks: Omitron's SPARTAN pre-built node sizes simplify deployment across mission-partner sites.

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