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# Orbital Analyst Engineer

- **Company:** Omitron, Inc
- **Location:** Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $85,000.0 - $110,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Linux, Perl (Programming Language), Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Data Processing, Scripting, Orbital Mechanics, Fedora
- **Published:** June 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=b7d26c938edb34f8

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Sensors?, * 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)., * 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.

## Description

* 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.


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