Muon Space
GNC Engineer
$140K–$206K
Mountain View, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Jun 1, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA
Mountain View, California, United States - Experience
- 2+ years of professional experience with a PhD or Master’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering, or equivalent; alternatively, several years of hands-on GNC analysis and design experience.
- Education
- PhD or Master’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering, or equivalent.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. person, eligible to access export-controlled information without export authorization, or eligible and reasonably likely to obtain required export authorization. The company may decline to pursue export licensing for legitimate business reasons.
About the job
Designs, implements, and validates spacecraft attitude-control systems and algorithms for modular spacecraft platforms, supporting mission performance and on-orbit operations.
What you'll do
- Design and implement attitude-control architectures and algorithms in embedded C++.
- Define ACS requirements and analyze and simulate mission-specific performance.
- Support on-orbit performance trending and anomaly resolution, oncall duties, and software- and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
What they ask for
- C++ skills and knowledge of control and optimization theory.
- Experience with common LEO attitude actuators and sensors, including reaction wheels, magnetorquers, gyros, star trackers, and magnetometers.
- Expertise in Python, Julia, or MATLAB, and experience designing, analyzing, and implementing spacecraft ADCS/GNC subsystems.
- Experience with control stability analysis of flexible bodies; excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills.
Nice to have
- Experience with ADCS for low-jitter precision-pointing platforms, control moment gyros, and vibration isolation.
- Experience with spacecraft flight operations.
Pay
$140,000 - $206,000 USD base salary
Tools
C++, Python, Julia, MATLAB
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