About the role

Muon seeks an Instrument Systems Engineer to join our team in Mountain View, CA developing RF remote sensing instruments. At Muon, we are developing multiple missions to help understand and act on climate impacts. In this role you will work across multiple RF instrument programs, supporting the integration of customer RF payloads as well as development of in-house RF payloads. You will be responsible for interacting with cross functional team members, vendors, and partners to develop requirements and ICDs, perform system modeling, define instrument CONOPs, and manage risk. Muon is a lean and agile team, so keys to success in this role are your ability to “right-size” analysis and processes for differing levels of system maturity and risk, your flexibility to work with changing demands and schedules, and your effective communication of technical content to a diverse audience.

This role will be located at our headquarters in Mountain View, California.

Responsibilities

• Act as the interface between Vehicle Systems Engineers, RF Engineers, the Science team and other subsystem teams to develop, integrate and test RF payloads
• Engage with PMs and customers to translate science and observation requirements into technical requirements
• Work alongside the RF Engineers to develop instrument, subsystem, and component models and integrate with internal simulation tools.
• Manage requirements traceability and own requirements V&V
• Create and own instrument ICDs in partnership with external customers and internal development teams
• Define instrument concept of operations and manage instrument technical budgets (e.g. power, data, link, pointing/stability)
• Assess internal and external risks to the instrument, develop mitigation plans, and communicate them effectively
• Monitor the performance of on-orbit instruments and data pipelines, support anomaly detection and root cause analysis
• Collaborate effectively with other engineers, software developers, data product developers, ground segment team, and mission operations teams
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of processes, tools, and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in instrument development and operations

Qualifications

• B.S, M.S., or Ph.D. in an engineering field, or equivalent experience.
• 3 years of experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment, preferably with exposure to spacecraft, remote sensing instruments, and RF instrument systems (comms or payloads).
• Experience developing system models, systems analysis, and running simulations
• Experience with system integration and delivery of complex HW/SW systems
• Experience deriving, developing, managing, and validating requirements for a multi-disciplinary technical project
• Experience driving right-sized trade studies and identifying systems solutions.
• Demonstrated project management skills and ability to collaborate with other engineering disciplines
• Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills
• Ability to rapidly change roles/responsibilities while working in a high-paced, rewarding work environment

Nice-to-have Skills

• Software skills in Python or Julia.
• Experience with space remote sensing instrument development.
• Experience supporting integrated spacecraft testing and launch campaigns.

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 satellite missions to modeling to data analytics and actionable insights, we believe measuring, understanding and predicting Earth’s complex, coupled systems is both a great business opportunity and key to leaving future generations a livable, productive and healthy planet.

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.

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. We value diversity in the workplace, and that starts with our applicants. We encourage you to apply, even if you don't check all the boxes, and we look forward to reviewing your application! In addition, if you need a reasonable accommodation as part of your application for employment or interviews with us, please let us know.

At Muon Space salary is only part of our total compensation package. In addition to salary, Muon Space provides equity compensation as well as benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401k retirement plan, life insurance, and an employee development program. We also offer three weeks paid vacation for new employees, along with 12 paid holidays and unlimited sick time, along with paid parental leave to name a few of our benefits. 

ITAR/EAR Requirements:

This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. The Company may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process.

Salary

The salary range for this role is $100K-$190K and will depend on a candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience as defined during the interview process.