Your mission

Join us in

safeguarding the sustainability of space operations

through advanced space situational awareness (SSA) technologies. As part of our team, you will develop

cutting-edge collision avoidance

algorithms, enhance

space situational awareness , and innovate tools for satellite operators. Your expertise in data science and physics will help us detect, predict, and mitigate orbital risks, ensuring safe and sustainable space exploration.
OKAPI:Orbits already brings together a

highly diverse team , and we actively continue to strengthen this diversity which allows us to achieve higher performance and drive innovation.
Your tasks and responsibilities

You will collaborate with a

multidisciplinary team of aerospace engineers, data scientists, and software developers

to integrate and optimize third-party sensor data sources within our

SSA platform . Your contributions will directly enhance the accuracy, automation, and scalability of our orbital risk management solutions.
Integrate third-party data sources

into our platform,



working closely with providers to seamlessly onboard their data.
Develop, implement, and optimize high-precision algorithms for

orbit propagation, orbit determination (OD) , sensor fusion, covariance modelling, and uncertainty quantification.
Develop methods to fuse data from diverse sources into one common image of the

space debris environment .
Conduct validation and verification (V&V;) campaigns to benchmark and refine algorithmic performance against ground truth datasets.
Work closely with software engineers to transition

prototype algorithms into scalable, production-ready solutions.
Your profile

Must-have:
M.Sc. or higher in

Aerospace Engineering , Space Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics, or a closely related field, or have prior work experience in the field of SSA/SST and related.
A minimum of

5 years

of relevant work experience is required. However, candidates with outstanding profiles may be co

📌 Space Situational Awareness Engineer (Madrid)
🏢 OKAPI: Orbits
📍 Madrid