Engineering Manager, Mission Electrical
Required skills
- electrical engineering
- spacecraft
- avionics
- power distribution
- harnessing
- hardware/software integration
- schematic capture
- PCB design
- Altium
- Cadence/OrCAD
Nice to have
- satellite industry
- high-reliability domains
- radiation-tolerant electronics
- COTS components
- customers
- mission requirements
Role summary
Muon Space is seeking an Engineering Manager for their Mission Electrical team in San Jose, CA. This hybrid role involves leading a team of electrical engineers responsible for customizing spacecraft platforms for specific missions. The focus is on adapting existing avionics, power, and payload-interface hardware to meet mission requirements, requiring a hands-on approach to design review, debugging, and team development. The role reports to the Senior Director of Spacecraft Structures & Missions and requires 3 days onsite per week. Responsibilities include team management, resource planning, owning electrical deliverables, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. A B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field, 8+ years of electrical systems design experience, and 2+ years of team leadership are required.
About the role
Muon seeks an Engineering Manager to lead a team of electrical engineers who tailor Muon's spacecraft platforms to specific missions. This team owns all electrical customization a mission requires. This includes adapting our flight-proven avionics, power, and payload-interface hardware to mission requirements. As a result this team and role is more customer facing than other engineering roles. The work is closer to application engineering than new-product development: design work is focused and targeted, and the ability to deeply understand and debug existing designs is essential. This is a hands-on management role weighted toward leadership. You'll spend most of your time managing and developing your team, while staying technically engaged - reviewing designs, debugging hardware, and unblocking the team. The role reports to the Senior Director of Spacecraft Structures & Missions.
This position is hybrid and requires working on-site in our San Jose, CA office three days per week.
Responsibilities
Required Qualifications
Nice-to-have Skills
Salary
The salary range for this role is $192,000 - $212,000, plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be determined based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process.
About Muon Space
Founded in 2021, Muon Space is an end-to-end Space Systems Provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations delivering mission-critical data. Our revolutionary, integrated technology stack enables customers to optimize every dimension of their missions for faster time-to-orbit and superior constellation remote sensing performance. Our state-of-the-art facility in the heart of Silicon Valley is optimized for manufacturing spacecraft and rapid, flexible payload integration at scale. From climate monitoring to national security, Muon Space is dedicated to delivering Earth Intelligence for a safer and more resilient world.
Taking Care of Our Team
At Muon salary is only part of our total compensation package. In addition to salary, full-time employees receive equity compensation as well as benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401k retirement plan, short & long term disability and life insurance. We also offer three weeks paid vacation for new employees, along with 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time and paid parental leave.
Our mission embraces the entire planet and we believe our team should too. Muon is dedicated to creating a diverse and dynamic company and workforce. We believe in equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or gender identity. We value diversity in the workplace, and that starts with our applicants. We encourage you to apply, even if you don't check all the boxes, and we look forward to reviewing your application! In addition, if you need a reasonable accommodation as part of your application for employment or interviews with us, please let us know.
Muon is currently registered and able to hire in the following states:AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, IA, ID, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA
ITAR/EAR Requirements
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. The Company may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process.
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