Lunar Environments Modeling and Simulation Engineer

Interlune • Seattle, WA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Interlune is a space resources company based in Seattle, WA, seeking an early-career professional to join their engineering team. The role focuses on bridging lunar environment physics and practical hardware development. The goal is to develop lunar charging and environmental effects models, and translate these into actionable design requirements, mitigation strategies, and verification approaches. Applicants from all industries are welcome, with emphasis on complex, multi-disciplinary system development. Familiarity with space, agriculture, construction, or mining industries is valuable but not required. The ideal candidate is agile, willing to learn, and able to take on multiple roles.

Requirements

• B.S. in Physics, Engineering, Planetary Science, or a related technical field.
• 1+ years of experience in spacecraft charging, space environment effects, plasma interactions, ESD/EMC, environmental modeling, or physics-based analysis for aerospace systems (advanced degrees can substitute for years of experience).
• Experience developing or applying physics-based models to support engineering analysis or design.
• Fluent in Python or another relevant programming language used for scientific computing and modeling.
• Proficient at working both independently to drive research and collaboratively to implement engineering solutions.
• Excellent communication skills, with a proven ability to translate complex physics concepts effectively within interdisciplinary engineering and science teams.

Nice To Haves

• M.S. or Ph.D. in a relevant field.
• Strong knowledge of the lunar surface environment, including relevant aspects of dust behavior, plasma interactions, and exosphere effects on surface charging and differential potentials.
• Direct experience developing spacecraft charging models, ideally with a specific emphasis on the lunar surface.
• Experience supporting hardware design for harsh or space environments.
• Familiarity with ESD/EMC, grounding/bonding, or charge mitigation for flight or other high-reliability systems.
• Experience defining environmental effects test objectives or supporting verification planning.

Responsibilities

• Develop, adapt, and maintain physics-based models of the lunar surface charging environment, including relevant contributions from solar radiation, plasma, dust, triboelectric processes, and vehicle/material interactions.
• Predict surface charging, differential potentials, and charging-related hazard cases for rover subsystems and vehicle-level operations.
• Translate environmental and charging analyses into actionable engineering requirements, material/interface guidance, mitigation strategies, and design recommendations.
• Support development of active and passive charge mitigation approaches across structures, mechanisms, avionics, power, and sensor systems.
• Define analysis assumptions, model limits, uncertainty bounds, and recommended design margins appropriate for flight development.
• Partner with mechanical, electrical, systems, and test engineers to define verification strategies and charging-related test objectives.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, short and long-term disability, and other benefits
• Flexible PTO policy with paid company holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level