Principal Mission Architect - International

About the role

Muon seeks a Principal Mission Architect and mission formulation lead to join our mission development team to help direct the development of new mission architectures, with a focus on opportunities outside the United States.  The ideal candidate is a self-motivated versatile engineer who can work with international customers to identify their true needs, manage a team of engineers to develop a cost-effective solution, and perform a range of mission-level analyses, develop requirements, and design a practical and cost-effective space mission.

This position can be performed remotely from an approved location.

Responsibilities

• Develop a complete mission concept based on customer needs
• Perform mission-level analysis and own all top-level mission budgets
• Requirements definition and design for the mission and a variety of mission payloads 
• Leverage software tools and/or writing code to explore engineering trade studies and answer system design questions
• Understands key metrics and spacecraft and payload design trades, and can work effectively with Muon’s instrument design team
• Perform spacecraft performance and c