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Muon Space

Principal Mission Architect - EO/IR

AI summary of the role

Muon Space is hiring a Principal Mission Architect to lead mission formulation and architecture development for space missions, focusing on EO/IR, persistent infrared, or missile warning/tracking/defense.

What you’ll do

  • 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

What you’ll bring

  • B.S. or higher degree in a related engineering field plus 12 years of experience working with space missions
  • Spacecraft design experience
  • Space mission design experience
  • Software skills in one or more of Python, Julia, Matlab, C, C++

Technologies

EO/IR · persistent infrared · MW/MT/MD · Python · Julia · Matlab · C · C++ · TS/SCI

About Muon Space

Builds and operates mission-optimized LEO satellite constellations for defense, civil, and commercial Earth-intelligence customers using a vertically integrated Halo stack.

Series B · 200–500 people

Source and classification

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About the role Muon seeks a Principal Mission Architect and mission formulation lead to join our mission development team to help direct the development of new mission architectures. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated versatile engineer with experience in EO/IR, persistent infrared or MW/MT/MD missions, who can work with customers to identify their true needs, manage a team of engineers to develop a cost-effective solution, and perform a range of mission-level analyses, develop requirements, and design a practical and cost-effective space mission. 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
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