Spacecraft GNC Engineer Verified today
About the role
Muon seeks a Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS) / Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) engineer. You will use a systems mindset to collaborate across disciplines on elegant, best-fit spacecraft designs, going both deep and broad across control system analysis and design.
This position is remote from an approved location.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement guidance, navigation and control architectures and algorithms in embedded C++
- Define requirements for ADCS algorithms, hardware, and related systems for existing missions and roadmap development
- Perform analysis and simulation of mission-specific GNC performance
- Collaborate on ground-processing algorithms for sensor calibration
- Collaborate on offline geolocation processing pipeline development
- Support anomaly resolution of on-orbit systems, including on-call duties
- Support software and hardware-in-the-loop test planning, execution, and validation
Qualifications
- PhD or Master's degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering (or equivalent) plus at least 2-3 years professional experience, OR several years hands-on GNC analysis and design
- Software skills in C++
- Knowledge of control and optimization theory
- Expertise in numerical programming environments (Python, Julia, MATLAB)
- Experience designing, analyzing, and implementing ADCS/GNC subsystems for spacecraft
- Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills
Nice-to-have skills
- Control stability analysis of flexible bodies
- ADCS for precision pointing platforms
- Spacecraft flight operations
- US Government security clearance
Compensation
Salary range: $166,000-$219,000, plus competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation based on skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
About Muon Space
Founded in 2021, Muon Space is an end-to-end space systems provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations. The company delivers mission-critical remote sensing data with an integrated technology stack optimized for fast time-to-orbit and superior constellation performance.
ITAR/EAR Requirements
This position requires access to export controlled information. Applicant must be a US person (US citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee), eligible to access export controlled information without authorization, or eligible and reasonably likely to obtain required export authorization from the applicable US government agency.