Senior Instrument Scientist - Ground Calibration Lead

Muonspace; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 197,000 - 218,000; Full time

Job summary

Muon Space's Instrument Science team defines the science, models and calibrates the instrument, and validates its performance, translating physics into orbital capability from concept through end of life.

As Senior Instrument Scientist responsible for Calibration Testing, you will own the hardware and software infrastructure used to calibrate the instrument on the ground, define test procedures, and deliver calibration results and reports that validate flight readiness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or doctoral degree in engineering, physics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience building or operating ground calibration test infrastructure for imaging systems, remote sensing instruments, or comparable electro-optical hardware, including comfort operating flight software during integrated test campaigns.
• Hands-on experience with calibration equipment such as integrating spheres, blackbodies, collimators, or autocollimators, as well as spacecraft testbeds used for integrated test campaigns.
• Software proficiency in one or more languages, such as Python, Julia, or C++, including experience writing code that others depend on, tested, reviewed, and maintained in a shared codebase.
• Strong communication skills, comfortable delivering calibration results and reports across Instrument Assembly, Integration and Test, and the Infrared Data Product team.

Responsibilities

• Develop hardware and software infrastructure for ground calibration.
• Define ground-calibration test procedures, including campaigns run with the instrument integrated on the spacecraft or on ground testbeds.
• Deliver ground-calibration results and reports.
• Partner with the Instrument Scientist responsible for Calibration Design to ensure calibration methodology can be executed with ground test infrastructure.
• Participate in a twenty-four-hour, seven-day on-call rotation to support on-orbit anomaly resolution. The on-call rotation is approximately one week every month and a half.

Skills

Python

C++

Calibration testing

Ground calibration infra

Communication

Education

Bachelor/Master/PhD in engineering or physics

Tools

Integrating spheres

Blackbodies

Collimators

Autocollimators

Job description

Muon Space's Instrument Science team defines the science, models and calibrates the instrument, and validates its performance, translating physics into orbital capability from concept through end of life.

As Senior Instrument Scientist responsible for Calibration Testing, you will own the hardware and software infrastructure used to calibrate the instrument on the ground, define test procedures, and deliver calibration results and reports that validate flight readiness.