Senior Mission Architect for Space Force Missions

Muon Space; Woodland (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Comprehensive benefits package

Three weeks paid vacation

Job summary

Muon Space seeks a Principal Mission Architect and mission formulation lead to direct the development of new mission architectures. The role involves collaborating with customers to identify needs, managing an engineering team, and delivering cost-effective, mission-level analyses and requirements.

Travel to Mountain View for in-person meetings and testing is expected. The position requires working in a fast-paced environment with evolving challenges and an active TS/SCI clearance.

Qualifications

• B.S. or higher degree in a related engineering field plus 12 years of experience working with space missions.
• Higher-level degrees count for 2 years experience each if they are in relevant topics.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills.
• Dedication to drawing conclusions based on the most important factors and data available.
• Spacecraft design experience.
• Space mission design experience.
• Software skills in Python, Julia, Matlab, C, C++.
• Travel to the Mountain View facility to support in-person meetings, build, and test.
• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new challenges each week.
• Active TS/SCI

Responsibilities

• Develop a complete mission concept based on customer needs
• Perform mission-level analysis and own all top-level mission budgets
• Requirements definition and design for the mission and a variety of mission payloads
• Leverage software tools and/or writing code to explore engineering trade studies and answer system design questions
• Understands key metrics and spacecraft and payload design trades, and can work effectively with Muon’s instrument design team
• Perform spacecraft performance and constellation configuration evaluation
• Collaborate with other discipline engineers and scientists to ensure the product meets objectives

Skills

Python

C

C++

Matlab

Julia

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related engineering field

Job description

Muon Space seeks a Principal Mission Architect and mission formulation lead to direct the development of new mission architectures. The role involves collaborating with customers to identify needs, managing an engineering team, and delivering cost-effective, mission-level analyses and requirements.

Travel to Mountain View for in-person meetings and testing is expected. The position requires working in a fast-paced environment with evolving challenges and an active TS/SCI clearance.