Senior Instrument Scientist: Digital Twin & Simulation

Muon Space, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 158,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health insurance

401k plan

Paid vacation

Job summary

Muon Space, Inc. seeks a Senior Instrument Scientist for Simulation to own end-to-end modeling linking optical, detector, and scanner physics to on-orbit capability. Build virtual instrument representations and drive performance predictions for our space hardware.

You will develop and maintain simulations, align digital twins with as-built performance, and define flight software inputs. Strong coding and cross-team communication are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in engineering or physics, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience coding and simulating performance for imaging systems.
• Experience building instrument models or simulations (radiometric/geometric/optical).
• Proficient in Python, Julia, or C++, with code maintained in a shared repo.
• Strong communication, translating predictions into requirements across teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain end-to-end instrument performance simulations from optical, detector, and scanner physics to on-orbit capability.
• Build and maintain 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 back into models.
• Participate in a twenty-four-seven on-call rotation for on-orbit anomaly resolution.

Skills

Python

C++

Julia

Imaging systems

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in engineering/physics

Tools

Python

Julia

C++

Job description

Muon Space, Inc. seeks a Senior Instrument Scientist for Simulation to own end-to-end modeling linking optical, detector, and scanner physics to on-orbit capability. Build virtual instrument representations and drive performance predictions for our space hardware.

You will develop and maintain simulations, align digital twins with as-built performance, and define flight software inputs. Strong coding and cross-team communication are essential for success.