Mission Architecture Intern (Summer 2027)
About The Position
Summer internships will range between the months of May and September depending on university schedules. Internship is full-time and on-site in Woodbridge, VA. The Mission Architecture team designs and validates constellation architectures that meet customer needs, and carries them through proposal to contract award using Muon's technical roadmap and building blocks. The team’s primary responsibilities include constellation modeling, trade studies, authoring technical responses, and shaping internal and external requirements. Come work with the team and help design the future constellations! Muon is a small and fast growing startup which offers interns the experience to get direct mentorship and have real impact on our programs. As an intern, you'll collaborate with a dynamic team in a startup environment and have the chance to learn from some of the most accomplished and experienced aerospace professionals in the industry. We're committed to offering an experience where your decisions and contributions play a pivotal role in driving Muon's success.
Requirements
- Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills
- Dedication to drawing conclusions based on the most important factors and data available
- Software skills in one or more of Python, Julia, Matlab, C, C++
- Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new challenges each week
- Willingness to travel to Muon and customer facilities to support in-person meetings and presentations (<20%)
Nice To Haves
- Previous internship or co-op experience
- Previous experience on technical project teams (i.e. Rocket club, formula SAE, solar car, etc.)
- Experience with proposal writing or working with customers
- Experience supporting science teams to develop missions
- Spacecraft and/or constellation design, build or operations experience
Responsibilities
- Take ownership of or contribute to the constellation solutions or simulation tool development.
- Conduct analysis and writing technical reports to support both roadmap development and responses to customers RFI’s and RFP’s
- Leverage software tools and/or writing code to explore engineering trade studies and answer system design questions.
Benefits
- equity compensation
- medical insurance
- dental insurance
- vision insurance
- 401k retirement plan
- short term disability
- long term disability
- life insurance
- three weeks paid vacation
- 12 paid holidays
- unlimited sick time
- paid parental leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
