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Principal Mission Architect - EO/IR

Muon Space· Mission Architecture & Formulation
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Remote$174k - $250kfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Principal Mission Architect and mission formulation lead to direct development of new mission architectures for EO/IR/persistent infrared or MW/MT/MD missions. Responsible for identifying customer needs, leading a team, performing mission-level analyses, developing requirements, and designing practical, cost-effective space missions.

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 design questions
  • Understands key metrics and spacecraft and payload design trades, and can work effectively with Muon’s instrument design team
  • Perform spacecraft performance and constellation configuration evaluation
  • Collaborate with other discipline engineers and scientists to ensure the product meets objectives

Qualifications

  • B.S. or higher degree in a related engineering field plus 12 years of experience working with space missions. Higher-level degrees count for 2 years experience each if they are in relevant topics.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills
  • Dedication to drawing conclusions based on the most important factors and data available
  • Spacecraft design experience
  • Space mission design experience
  • Software skills in one or more of Python, Julia, Matlab, C, C++
  • Travel to the Mountain View facility to support in-person meetings, build, and test
  • Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new challenges each week
  • Active TS/SCI

Skills

Required:mission architecturesystems engineeringpayload design collaborationprogramming & analysis tools

Benefits

  • equity compensation
  • medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401k retirement plan
  • short & long term disability and life insurance
  • three weeks paid vacation
  • 12 paid holidays
  • unlimited sick time
  • paid parental leave
Last updated Sep 19, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Muon Space

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Design, build, and operate mission-optimized satellite constellations with Muon Space.

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