Senior EO/IR Payload Systems Engineer — Impact & Innovation

Muonspace; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 181,000 - 208,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401k retirement plan

3 weeks paid vacation

12 paid holidays

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Muon Space in the Washington, DC area seeks a Senior Systems Engineer, EO/IR Payloads, to drive exploration of payload concepts, develop requirements, build models, and run early-stage simulations for missions.

You will bridge Applied Science, Payload Engineering, Product, Mission Systems, and Business Development to identify opportunities, lead proof-of-concept efforts, and support customer discovery and proposal-generation with deep EO/IR systems engineering expertise.

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in engineering, physics, optical sciences, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years as systems or instrument engineer in EO/IR payloads.
• Background in infrared, multispectral, hyperspectral remote sensing.
• Experience in EO/IR space missions across gov/commercial markets.
• Strong systems engineering chops: requirements, modeling, analysis.
• Proficient in Python, Julia, or MATLAB for modeling and analysis.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance, active clearance preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize, analyze, demonstrate, and experiment with new EO/IR payload concepts.
• Develop system and payload requirements; build simulations and models.
• Identify imaging modes and new operational use cases for stakeholders.
• Support early-stage execution of R&D activities and proposals as Principal Investigator.
• Collaborate with Product and Applied Science to translate ideas into technical architectures.

Skills

Systems engineering

EO/IR payloads

Modeling & analysis

Python

MATLAB

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in engineering/Physics/Optical Sciences

Tools

Radiometric modeling

Scene simulations

Job description

Muon Space in the Washington, DC area seeks a Senior Systems Engineer, EO/IR Payloads, to drive exploration of payload concepts, develop requirements, build models, and run early-stage simulations for missions.

You will bridge Applied Science, Payload Engineering, Product, Mission Systems, and Business Development to identify opportunities, lead proof-of-concept efforts, and support customer discovery and proposal-generation with deep EO/IR systems engineering expertise.