Muon Space
Director, Manufacturing Architecture
$261K–$292K
San Jose, CA +1 · Director · Full-time · Posted Aug 27, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, CA
San Jose, California, United States - Experience
- 8+ years; relevant experience in manufacturing/production, production engineering, and/or technical program management, with significant time spent building up and driving production operations.
- Education
- B.S. in an engineering discipline, or equivalent technical experience; M.S. preferred.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. person, eligible to access export-controlled information without required export authorization, or eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization. The company may decline to pursue export licensing for legitimate business reasons.
About the job
Owns and evolves Muon Space’s production infrastructure—including PLM, MES, scheduling, and integrations—to support serial production, NPI, and rapid prototyping.
What you'll do
- Define and scale production systems, workflows, data models, standards, and reusable artifacts across production modes.
- Build integrations and dashboards for visibility into build status, capacity, and constraints; manage system roadmaps and migrations.
- Drive documentation, training, onboarding, and cross-functional coordination with production, quality, supply chain, and Information Systems.
What they ask for
- B.S. in an engineering discipline or equivalent technical experience; genuine technical background required.
- 8+ years of relevant manufacturing/production, production engineering, and/or technical program management experience, including significant time building production operations.
- Demonstrated experience standing up, scaling, or overhauling production infrastructure, including PLM, MES, scheduling/ERP, and integrations.
- Hands-on experience across high-rate/serial production, NPI, and prototype/development builds.
Nice to have
- M.S.
- Spacecraft or aerospace/high-reliability hardware production experience; experience scaling from prototype to rate production.
Pay
$261,000 - $292,000 USD base salary
Tools
PLM, MES, scheduling/ERP, MRP
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