2026 Graduate - Spacecraft Mission Design, Navigation, Guidance and Control
Johns Hopkins APL · Laurel, MD · Aerospace Engineering
About this role
Johns Hopkins APL is hiring a mid-level Creative Director in the design function based in Laurel, MD. The posting calls out experience with Flutter, Data Structures, Data Analytics.
- Role
- Creative Director
- Function
- design
- Level
- mid
- Track
- Management
- Location
- Laurel, MD
- Department
- Aerospace Engineering
- Posted
- May 15, 2026
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Job description
from Johns Hopkins APL careersAre you passionate about spacecraft Mission Design, Navigation, and Guidance and Control?
Would you love to apply your technical knowledge and creativity to make innovative contributions to some of the nations spectacular space missions?
If you are graduating with a Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Aerospace Engineering or a related field, we are looking for someone like you to join our team at APL.
We are seeking creative engineers to help the Astrodynamics and Control Systems group develop, analyze, test, and deliver spacecraft for both NASA and National Security Space missions. Our spacecraft reach the extremes of the solar system, from Parker Solar Probe at the Sun to New Horizons at Pluto and beyond, with formation flying at Earth, as well as planetary defense with DART. We would love to have you apply your talents to our challenges. As a member of our team, you will contribute to the development of some of our nation's most critical space missions, joining a hardworking team of engineers who strive to deliver game-changing solutions. You will have the opportunity to support both pre-launch spacecraft development and post-launch operations performance analysis and system updates. We are passionate about our work, striving to cultivate an environment of partnership and collaboration, and committed to making critical contributions to critical challenges.