Senior Mission Architect — Space Missions & Constellations

Climactic; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 220,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Muon Space is seeking a Principal Mission Architect to lead mission formulation for Space Force-related programs from our Northern VA location, with occasional travel to Mountain View for in-person work. You will guide engineers, define requirements, and perform high-level analyses to craft cost-effective space missions and payloads.

The role requires a strong engineering background, excellent communication, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment on evolving missions while

Qualifications

• B.S. or higher degree in a related engineering field plus 12 years of experience working with space missions.
• 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 one or more of Python, Julia, Matlab, C, C++
• Travel to the Mountain View facility to support in-person meetings, build, and test
• 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

Spacecraft design

Space mission design

Constellations

Python

C/C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related engineering field

Tools

Python

Julia

Matlab

C

C++

Job description

Muon Space is seeking a Principal Mission Architect to lead mission formulation for Space Force-related programs from our Northern VA location, with occasional travel to Mountain View for in-person work. You will guide engineers, define requirements, and perform high-level analyses to craft cost-effective space missions and payloads.

The role requires a strong engineering background, excellent communication, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment on evolving missions while