GNC Software Engineering Intern at Muon Space

About The Role

Join Muon, a fast-growing startup in the aerospace industry, as a GNC Software Engineering Intern for the summer of 2027. This full-time, on-site internship in Mountain View, CA, offers the opportunity to work on exciting projects related to spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control. Interns will receive direct mentorship, have a real impact on the company's programs, and enjoy a range of benefits including health coverage, generous time off, and a dog-friendly office.

Conduct system-level GNC analysis to support both development and on-orbit operations.
Develop or improve a GNC software feature or capability, and build new tools to analyze, calibrate, and operate on-orbit GNC subsystems.
Write, improve, and automate GNC performance and regression software tests.

We encourage you to apply, even if you don't check all the boxes, and we look forward to reviewing your application! In addition
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
Interest in spacecraft attitude estimation and control
Classwork in software engineering, as well as mechanical/aerospace engineering, applied physics, and/or EE/filtering/estimation
Programming skills in C++ and/or python. Julia is a plus!
Previous internship or co-op experience
Experience with hardware/software integration, mechatronics projects, etc
Previous experience on technical project teams (i.e. Rocket club, formula SAE, solar car, etc.)
Experience with attitude estimation or control