Senior Instrument Scientist: Digital Twin & Simulation

Muon Space, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 158,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Health, dental, vision insurance

401k retirement plan

Short & long term disability

Life insurance

3 weeks paid vacation

12 paid holidays

Unlimited sick time

Paid parental leave

Job summary

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

You will drive instrument performance prediction and build virtual instrument representations of hardware. The role requires 5+ years in imaging/EO hardware simulations, strong coding skills in Python/Julia/C++, and the ability to communicate trade studies across teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years coding and simulating performance for imaging or EO/IR hardware.
• Experience building instrument performance models or simulations.
• Strong ability to translate predictions into requirements and trade studies.

Responsibilities

• Develop end-to-end instrument performance simulations from optical to on-orbit capability.
• Build virtual instrument and digital twin representations of on-orbit hardware.
• Define flight software inputs based on simulation results.
• Support on-orbit performance monitoring and anomaly investigation.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation for on-orbit support.

Skills

End-to-end simulations

Instrumentation modelling

Communicating predictions

On-call rotation experience

Education

Engineering or Physics degree

Tools

Python

Julia

C++

Job description

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

You will drive instrument performance prediction and build virtual instrument representations of hardware. The role requires 5+ years in imaging/EO hardware simulations, strong coding skills in Python/Julia/C++, and the ability to communicate trade studies across teams.