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GNC Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)

Muon Space

Join Muon, a fast-growing startup in the aerospace industry, as a GNC Software Engineering Intern for the summer of 2027. This full-time, on-site internship in Mountain View, CA, offers the opportunity to work on spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control systems. Interns will own a project from start to finish, collaborate with a dynamic team, and receive mentorship from experienced aerospace professionals. Benefits include health coverage, parental leave, generous time off, a 401(k) plan, and a dog-friendly office.

Experience with attitude estimation or control

We encourage you to apply, even if you don't check all the boxes, and we look forward to reviewing your application! In addition

This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency

Responsibilities

  • Conduct system-level GNC analysis to support both development and on-orbit operations.
  • Develop or improve a GNC software feature or capability, and build new tools to analyze, calibrate, and operate on-orbit GNC subsystems.
  • Write, improve, and automate GNC performance and regression software tests.
  • Interest in spacecraft attitude estimation and control

Requirements

  • Classwork in software engineering, as well as mechanical/aerospace engineering, applied physics, and/or EE/filtering/estimation
  • Programming skills in C++ and/or python. Julia is a plus!
  • Previous internship or co-op experience
  • Previous experience on technical project teams (i.e. Rocket club, formula SAE, solar car, etc.)

Preferred

  • Experience with hardware/software integration, mechatronics projects, etc

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