Senior Mission Lead Systems Engineer (Commercial Payloads)

Join Muon, a company dedicated to understanding and acting on Earth and climate intelligence. As a Senior Mission Lead Systems Engineer, you will be the technical lead for a specific mission, overseeing its success from concept to on-orbit operations. You will work closely with customers and cross-functional teams, manage requirements, and ensure mission success. This role requires extensive experience in system modeling, project management, and complex system design.

• Assurer la réussite technique de missions complexes, de la conception aux opérations en orbite.
• Servir de point de contact technique principal pour les clients et les parties prenantes internes, en développant des exigences claires et vérifiables.
• Diriger la conception, la préparation aux tests et les examens de préparation au vol, en surveillant les performances en orbite.

• Demonstrated experience as a technical lead (e.g., Chief Engineer, Lead Systems Engineer) on at least one complex system design for a USG, DoD, IC customer, and/or commercial customer
• Extensive experience in system modeling, systems analysis, and running simulations
• Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills
• Proven history of system integration and delivery of complex systems
• Demonstrated project management skills and ability to collaborate with other engineering disciplines
• Experience in formal requirements management for a multi-disciplinary project
• Ability to rapidly change roles/responsibilities while working in a high-paced, rewarding work environment
• B.S. or higher degree in an engineering field and 10+ years of experience in complex system, mission architecture, and/or spacecraft design, with a focus on high-rigor development for government and/or demanding commercial customers
• Experience directly interfacing with and managing expectations for external customers
• Experience with major space programs for USG, DoD, IC customer, and/or commercial customers
• Experience with standards for space systems development and mission assurance standards
• Experience with Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) subsystem requirements, analysis, and trade spaces for Earth observation missions
• Experience with space system Assembly, Integration, & Test (AI&T) processes
• Experience supporting proposal development (e.g., RFI/RFP responses) for government contracts
• Software skills in Python or Julia
• Knowledge of industry standards for electrical and/or software quality practices
• Familiarity with software engineering tools and processes (version control, code review)
• Remote sensing instrument experience across multiple modalities (e.g. optical, multispectral, RF), and their associated data pipelines
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance