GNC Engineer Verified today
About the Role
Muon seeks a Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) engineer specializing in attitude control design for spacecraft. You will develop modular, mission-agnostic attitude control schemes for our LEO satellite platforms, working across Product and Mission Execution teams to design elegant, best-fit solutions.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement attitude control architectures and algorithms in embedded C++
- Define requirements for ACS algorithms, hardware, and related systems; develop roadmaps to unlock new customer opportunities
- Perform analysis and simulation of mission-specific performance
- Support performance trending and anomaly resolution of on-orbit systems, including on-call duties
- Support software- and hardware-in-the-loop test planning, execution, and validation
Requirements
- PhD or Master's degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering plus 2+ years professional experience, OR several years hands-on GNC analysis and design experience
- Software proficiency in C++
- Knowledge of control and optimization theory
- Experience with common LEO platform attitude actuators and sensors: reaction wheels, magnetorquers, gyros, star trackers, magnetometers
- Expertise in numerical programming environments (Python, Julia, MATLAB)
- Demonstrated experience designing, analyzing, and implementing ADCS/GNC subsystems for spacecraft
- Experience with control stability analysis of flexible bodies
- Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills
Nice-to-Have
- Experience with ADCS of low-jitter precision pointing platforms, control moment gyros, and vibration isolation
- Spacecraft flight operations experience
Compensation
Salary range: $140,000-$206,000 plus equity and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401k, disability, life insurance, three weeks paid vacation, 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time, and paid parental leave.
About Muon Space
Founded in 2021, Muon Space is an end-to-end space systems provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations delivering mission-critical data. Based in Mountain View, our facility is optimized for manufacturing spacecraft and rapid payload integration.
ITAR/Export Control
This position requires access to export-controlled information. Applicant must be a U.S. person (U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee) or eligible to access controlled information without or with obtainable export authorization.