Senior Instrument Scientist — Digital Twin & On-Orbit Simulation

Muon Space, Inc.; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 158,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k retirement plan

Paid vacation over 3 weeks

Paid holidays (12)

Job summary

Muon Space, Inc. is seeking a Senior Instrument Scientist for Simulation to own end-to-end instrument performance modeling, linking optical, detector, and scanner physics to on-orbit capability.

You will build the virtual instrument and digital twin representations of on-orbit hardware, define flight software inputs from results, and support on-orbit monitoring and anomaly resolution. On-call rotation applies.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience coding and simulating performance for imaging systems or electro-optical hardware.
• Experience building instrument performance models or simulations (radiometric, geometric, optical, or systems-level).
• Proficiency in Python, Julia, or C++ and maintaining code in a shared codebase.
• Strong communication skills translating performance predictions into requirements and trade studies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain end-to-end instrument performance simulations from optical, detector, and scanner physics to predicted on-orbit capability.
• Build and maintain the virtual instrument and digital twin representations of on-orbit hardware.
• Define flight software inputs for operating modes, sensor readout, and scanner control based on simulation results.
• Support on-orbit performance monitoring and anomaly investigation, feeding lessons learned back into models.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation for on-orbit anomaly resolution (~1 week every 6 weeks).

Skills

Python

Julia

C++

Communication

Simulation

Education

Bachelor's/Master's/PhD in engineering/physics or related field

Job description

Muon Space, Inc. is seeking a Senior Instrument Scientist for Simulation to own end-to-end instrument performance modeling, linking optical, detector, and scanner physics to on-orbit capability.

You will build the virtual instrument and digital twin representations of on-orbit hardware, define flight software inputs from results, and support on-orbit monitoring and anomaly resolution. On-call rotation applies.