Jobs at Muon Space

Develop and own software components for ground and space systems; design, implement, test, and monitor code; perform analysis; learn new technologies quickly; communicate clearly and deliver work on time.

Design, build, and operate scalable, reliable platform systems (CI/CD, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS). Work cross-functionally to deliver end-to-end platform capabilities, resolve production issues, influence architecture, participate in reviews, mentor engineers, and own features from design through deployment and ongoing operation.

Develop and maintain in-house simulation services, integrate numerical models with production software, collaborate with domain experts and stakeholders, apply simulation tools to testing, and contribute to planning and performance metrics.

Coordinate and schedule interviews across time zones, manage candidate communications, maintain the Greenhouse ATS, support recruiters and hiring managers with logistics, greet on-site candidates, track headcount and reporting, help run recruiting events, and identify process improvements to enhance candidate experience.

Own the product roadmap for spacecraft subsystems (power, propulsion, GNC). Define and prioritize features, author PRDs, coordinate cross-functional teams (engineering, production, supply chain), conduct customer research, and drive strategy and make/buy decisions to meet mission requirements.

Lead managers, data scientists, and engineers to deliver ultra-low latency, high-volume image processing pipelines for satellite imagery. Define technical strategy, metrics, roadmaps, and operational practices while ensuring predictable delivery, mentoring teams, and communicating with customers and partners.

Provide on-site IT help desk support in San Jose: triage and resolve hardware, software, and network issues; provision workstations; administer Okta and Google Workspace; maintain asset inventory and documentation; support conference room A/V; collaborate on endpoint security, patching, and access control.

Lead architecture and development of Python-based hardware test frameworks, instrument drivers, test result databases, and UIs. Integrate frameworks with CI/CD and hardware-in-the-loop systems, build shared spacecraft-level tests, partner with subsystem teams for adoption, and mentor engineers to ensure code quality across hardware test software.

Lead and grow the Hardware Reliability & Test organization, define and execute vehicle and subsystem qualification, refine quantitative reliability models, own test frameworks and databases, provide shared test resources, and communicate reliability and test status to leadership and customers.

Lead stray light analysis and mitigation for multispectral infrared instruments using non-sequential ray tracing (FRED). Specify and validate custom optical coatings and filters, manage vendor technical delivery, develop R&D for coating/filter survivability, define metrology test plans, and partner with optical/mechanical teams to optimize baffles, finishes, and optomechanical layouts.

Lead cross-functional planning and execution for the IR Data Product team, managing schedules, risks, dependencies, releases, and resource planning for data processing pipelines. Coordinate software, hardware, science, and product teams; provide reporting, process improvements, and ensure delivery readiness in a hybrid San Jose environment.

Lead mission formulation and execution as the technical authority for assigned spacecraft missions: develop concepts, run architecture trades, define and manage requirements/ICDs, maintain system models and budgets, lead reviews, mitigate risk, coordinate cross-disciplinary teams, support proposal efforts, and monitor on-orbit performance. Serve as primary technical interface to customers and ensure mission delivery to high-reliability government and commercial standards. Requires active TS/SCI.

Own design, architecture, and scaling of automated test infrastructure for satellite avionics PCBA. Define validation strategy and test plans, design test racks and custom fixtures/PCBs, implement DFT/DFM with hardware teams, write and maintain Python test scripts, create rack self-test/maintenance, mentor junior engineers, and lead test infrastructure reviews.

Senior software engineer responsible for designing and delivering complex cross-team projects, estimating work, measuring goal-aligned metrics, owning area goals, mentoring engineers, upholding coding and testing standards, and selecting core technologies. Ideal candidate quickly learns new systems and solves automation and fault-handling problems across robotics, embedded, mobile, simulation, or distributed systems domains.

Lead mission formulation and architecture for EO/IR and persistent infrared/MW missions. Perform mission-level analyses, define requirements and top-level budgets, design payloads and constellations, run trade studies using software/code, and coordinate with instrument, engineering, and science teams to deliver cost-effective space mission solutions.

Design, develop, and test spacecraft electrical hardware including flight computers, power distribution, sensors, actuators, and communications. Perform schematic capture and PCB layout, prototype bring-up and validation, hardware/software integration, create design documentation and test procedures, participate in design reviews, and mentor junior engineers.

Own commercial strategy and pricing for Muon's data products and lead productization and roadmap for the Muon Sim platform. Define SLAs, packaging, and tiering; partner cross-functionally with engineering, mission operations, sales, and marketing; run customer research, pricing experiments, and drive transition to standardized, tiered data offerings.

Lead mission readiness and performance across the Mission Foundry lifecycle: define V&V campaigns, streamline AI&T workflows, analyze on-orbit telemetry, improve autonomy and fault management, feed performance data into design iterations, and support internal tooling roadmaps to scale spacecraft production and operations.

Lead and build internal information systems platforms and tools. Hands-on full‑stack development, own end-to-end delivery, define architecture and technology choices, align roadmaps with mission needs, define metrics, and collaborate across teams to automate manual tasks and improve operations.

Lead spacecraft mechanical design from requirements through launch integration: tailor platform components, design/build/test mission-specific hardware, produce SolidWorks assemblies and documentation, coordinate cross-functional engineering (structures, thermal, electrical), run analyses and environmental testing, manage vendors, and lead mechanical reviews and build procedures.