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Muon Space · 2 hours ago

Senior Mission Lead Systems Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$179K/yr - $208K/yr

8+ years exp

Muon Space is an end-to-end Space Systems Provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations delivering mission-critical data. They are seeking a Senior Mission Lead Systems Engineer to serve as the technical lead for a specific mission, managing the end-to-end technical success and serving as the primary interface with customers.

AerospaceInformation ServicesInformation Technology

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Serve as the ultimate technical authority for your designated mission, leading the conceptualization, design, and development of the mission. Drive critical cross-functional technical trades and decisions to ensure mission success

Lead the tailoring and implementation of the Muon mission design process for your designated mission, ensuring alignment with program needs, while contributing to process refinement across all missions

Own the translation of customer objectives and stakeholder needs into clear, verifiable, and actionable technical requirements for your designated mission

Serve as the primary technical point of contact for your designated mission, interfacing with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders on all technical matters

Manage requirements traceability, verification, and validation

Define mission CONOPS and manage subsystem budgets (e.g., power, data, mass, pointing/stability)

Identify and mitigate internal and external mission risks, communicating impacts effectively

Assess and coordinate design changes across disciplines throughout the program lifecycle

Lead design, test readiness, and flight readiness reviews

Monitor on-orbit spacecraft and data pipelines to ensure mission success and that customer requirements are met

Foster deep collaboration with and provide technical direction to systems, hardware, software, data, ground segment, and operations teams for your designated mission, and support these interactions across other missions

Effectively serve as the Mission Lead Systems Engineer for one mission while contributing general systems engineering expertise and support to other Muon missions, potentially deputizing for other Mission Lead Systems Engineers as needed

Contribute to the continuous improvement of engineering processes, tools, and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in mission development and operations

Qualification

Mission Lead Systems EngineerSystem modelingRequirements managementProject managementSpacecraft systemsRemote sensing instrumentsPythonJuliaCommunicationCollaboration skillsFlexibility

Required

M.S. or higher degree in an engineering field plus 8 years of experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment, preferably with exposure to mission design, spacecraft systems, and remote sensing instruments/pipelines

Prior experience as a Mission Lead Systems Engineer or in a similar senior technical leadership role for a significant portion of a satellite mission

Extensive experience system modeling, systems analysis, and running simulations

Proven history of system integration and delivery of complex systems

Experience managing requirements for a multi-disciplinary project

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

Willingness and ability to obtain/maintain a U.S. Government security clearance