Principal Mission Architect
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Principal Mission Architect leading mission development team to develop new mission architectures for space missions. Engaging with customers and managing engineers for practical cost-effective solutions.
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 RF and optical instruments
- Leverage software tools and/or writing code to explore engineering trade studies and answer system design questions
- Understands key metrics and design trades for optical and RF instruments, and can work effectively with Muon’s instrument design team
- Perform spacecraft performance and constellation configuration evaluation
- Collaborate with other discipline engineers and scientists to ensure the product meets objectives
Requirements:
- B.S. or higher degree in a related engineering field plus 12 years of experience working with space missions. Higher-level degrees count for 2 years experience each if they are in relevant topics.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills
- Dedication to drawing conclusions based on the most important factors and data available
- Spacecraft design experience
- Space mission design experience
- Software skills in one or more of Python, Julia, Matlab, C, C++
- Travel to the Mountain View facility to support in-person meetings, build, and test
- Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new challenges each week
Benefits:
- medical, dental, and vision insurance
- a 401k retirement plan
- short & long term disability and life insurance
- three weeks paid vacation for new employees
- 12 paid holidays
- unlimited sick time
- paid parental leave



















