# Senior Instrument Scientist, Calibration Design at Muonspace

- Company: Muonspace
- What the company does: Design, build, and operate mission-optimized satellite constellations with Muon Space. Backed by Air Street.
- Company website: https://muonspace.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $158K to $207K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-24
- Apply by: 2026-11-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/muonspace/jobs/5248816007
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/muonspace-senior-instrument-scientist-calibration-design/

## About the role

Muon's Instrument Science team, part of our broader Electro-Optical/Infrared Instruments organization, defines the science, models and calibrates the instrument, and validates its performance, translating physics into orbital capability from concept through end of life.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's, Master's, or doctoral degree in engineering, physics, or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of experience developing radiometric or geometric calibration methodology for imaging systems, remote sensing instruments, or comparable electro-optical hardware
- Familiarity with calibration equipment such as integrating spheres, blackbodies, collimators, or autocollimators
- Experience turning radiometric or geometric calibration methodology into data processing algorithms that produce calibration products
- Strong communication skills, comfortable translating calibration methodology into requirements and test procedures across Instrument Systems, Instrument Assembly, Integration and Test, and Instrument Design
- Familiarity with ground calibration test infrastructure and procedures

Tags: Engineering - EO/IR Instruments