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Based in Westminster, Colorado, this incredible team is looking for a Sr Spacecraft Navigation Engineer who's eager to push the state of the art in the aerospace industry.\nThis position is responsible for leading development efforts, supporting a technically diverse team, and conducting detailed analyses of navigation technology and missions. The ideal candidate will be an experienced professional who can drive innovation, mentor junior engineers, and support spaceflight operations. This role will be based in Westminster, Colorado, and the ideal candidate will have a passion for the exploration, development, and settlement of space.\nThis position is open to U.S. Persons only (U.S. citizens, or lawful permanent residents), as required by applicable laws and regulations.\nTHE FOLLOWING ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE is desired but not required - TS/SCI IS PREFERRED\nWe do not provide visa sponsorship or support work authorization for this role. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for current or future sponsorship.\nResponsibilities:\nLead spacecraft navigation for all mission phases, including formulation, tracking architecture development, estimation approach, and operations.\nDevelop and validate advanced Kalman filter configurations for complex regimes (multi-body, low-thrust, weak observability).\nServe as primary navigation lead for flight operations operations prep, including console support, real-time OD, and anomaly response.\nArchitect navigation solutions that account for mission design, GNC, communications, and ground system constraints.\nOwn navigation products for major reviews, clearly communicating performance, trades, and risks.\nMentor junior navigation engineers in OD, filter design, measurement modeling, and operations best practices.\nDrive improvements to navigation procedures, tool setups, and standard operating practices.\nSupport BD and IRAD by shaping navigation concepts, contributing to proposals, and defining new mission and capability concepts.\nRequirements:\n8-12 years of professional experience in spacecraft navigation, orbit determination, or closely related flight dynamics roles.\nBachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field.\nDemonstrated leadership of OD campaigns or major navigation tasks, including filter setup, force models, and tracking strategies.\nProven ability to design and adapt Kalman filters for new dynamical and tracking regimes, including dynamic, bias, stochastic, and consider parameters.\nSignificant experience with navigation/astrodynamics tools (e.g., MONTE, FreeFlyer, ODTK, GMAT, STK) in flight or flight-like applications.\nStrong navigation operations experience, including nav operator training/certification or equivalent console and contingency support.\nAbility to act as primary navigation point of contact, interacting with vendors and partners, driving requirements, owning verification/validation, and conducting system-level trades.\nExcellent written and verbal communication, with a record of leading technical presentations and navigation analysis reports.\nUS. 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