Muon Space
Senior GNC Engineer
$155K–$231K
San Jose, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 1, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, CA
Mountain View, California, United States - Experience
- PhD or Master’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering or equivalent plus 5+ years of professional experience, OR 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 the required U.S. government export authorization. The company may decline to pursue export licensing for legitimate business reasons.
About the job
Designs, implements, and analyzes spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control systems, supporting mission performance, testing, and on-orbit operations.
What you'll do
- Design and implement GNC architectures and algorithms in embedded C++; define ADCS requirements for current and future missions.
- Analyze and simulate mission-specific GNC performance; support sensor-calibration and geolocation processing algorithms.
- Support on-orbit anomaly resolution and software- and hardware-in-the-loop testing; lead technical efforts and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- C++ software skills and knowledge of control and optimization theory.
- Expertise in Python, Julia, or MATLAB.
- Experience designing, analyzing, and implementing spacecraft ADCS/GNC subsystems.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills.
Nice to have
- Control stability analysis of flexible bodies or ADCS for precision-pointing platforms.
- Spacecraft flight operations experience.
Pay
$155,000 - $231,000 USD base salary
Tools
C++, Python, Julia, MATLAB
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