GNC Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)

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 exciting projects related to spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control. Interns will receive direct mentorship, have a real impact on the company's programs, and enjoy a range of benefits including health coverage, generous time off, and a dog-friendly office.

• 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.

• 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
• Interest in spacecraft attitude estimation and control
• 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
• Experience with hardware/software integration, mechatronics projects, etc
• Previous experience on technical project teams (i.e. Rocket club, formula SAE, solar car, etc.)
• Experience with attitude estimation or control