Systems Engineer

Space Mission Systems Engineer

United States, California, Menlo Park | Boulder | LA

About Muon Space

Muon Space is working at the forefront of satellites, advanced sensors, business intelligence, and climate science to allow humanity to close the loop on climate change.  From missions to satellites to big-data analytics, we believe measuring and understanding our great planet is the key to unlocking business profitability and human prosperity alike.

We are a geographically diverse company with teams in the San Francisco Bay area, Los Angeles, and Boulder, Colorado.  We seek great talent wherever it may be.

About the role

Muon is looking for a Systems Engineer to join our mission development and satellite design team to help lead the development of a modular remote sensing platform and architect new missions.  We seek a self-motivated versatile generalist that can span a range of analysis, design and implementation tasks.

Responsibilities

• Requirements definition and management for satellites, sensors, and constellations
• System modeling (orbits, flight dynamics, thermal, dynamics, power, etc.)
• High-level design in at least one of Mechanical, Thermal, Electrical Architecture, or Software Architecture.
• Leveraging software tools and/or writing code to explore engineering trade studies and answer systems questions

Requirements

• M.S. or higher degree in an engineering field
• Previous experience as a discipline engineer
• Previous experience as a systems engineer
• Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills
• A dedication to decision making based on the most important factors and data
• Software skills in one or more of Python, Matlab, C, C++

Equal Opportunity

At Muon, our mission embraces the entire planet, and we believe our team should too.  Muon is dedicated to creating a diverse and dynamic company and workforce. We believe in equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or gender identity.  If you need a reasonable accommodation as part of your application for employment or interviews with us, please let us know.