Spacecraft GNC Software Intern — Mentored, Flight Tools

Muon Space, Inc.; Mountain View, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 27,552,000 - 41,328,000; Full time

Job summary

Muon Space, Inc. in Mountain View, CA is seeking a GNC Software Engineering Intern for Summer 2027. The role focuses on Guidance, Navigation, and Control for spacecraft, from sensor/actuator selection to system-level pointing analysis and flight software development.

This on-site internship offers direct mentorship, ownership of a project from start to finish, and hands-on work on performance analysis, new tools, and spacecraft functionality within a dynamic startup environment.

Qualifications

• Classwork in software engineering and related engineering fields.
• Courses in mechanical/aerospace engineering, applied physics, or EE filtering/estimation.
• Fundamentals in programming and signal processing relevant to GNC.

Responsibilities

• Conduct system-level GNC analysis to support development and on-orbit operations
• Develop or improve a GNC software feature or capability
• Build new tools to analyze, calibrate, and operate on-orbit GNC subsystems
• Write, improve, and automate GNC performance and regression software tests

Education

Software engineering coursework

Mechanical/Aerospace engineering coursework

Applied physics coursework

EE / filtering / estimation

Tools

C++

Python

Julia

Job description

Muon Space, Inc. in Mountain View, CA is seeking a GNC Software Engineering Intern for Summer 2027. The role focuses on Guidance, Navigation, and Control for spacecraft, from sensor/actuator selection to system-level pointing analysis and flight software development.

This on-site internship offers direct mentorship, ownership of a project from start to finish, and hands-on work on performance analysis, new tools, and spacecraft functionality within a dynamic startup environment.