Muon Space
Engineering Manager, Avionics
$192K–$212K
San Jose, CA +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 17, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, CA
San Jose, California, United States - Experience
- 8+ years designing complex, high-reliability electronics; 2+ years managing or technically leading engineering teams.
- Education
- B.S. or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must meet one of the stated export-control access conditions: be a U.S. person (as defined in the posting), be eligible to access the information without export authorization, or be eligible and reasonably likely to obtain required export authorization.
About the job
Leads a hands-on team designing, qualifying, and supporting reusable avionics products for Muon spacecraft, including flight computers, power systems, batteries, and ADCS controllers.
What you'll do
- Lead, mentor, hire, and plan resources for the avionics design team.
- Own avionics delivery and roadmap from architecture through qualification and production support; set electrical design standards and qualification strategies.
- Contribute technically through architecture, schematic and layout reviews, bring-up, and cross-functional hardware/software integration.
What they ask for
- 8+ years designing complex, high-reliability electronics for harsh environments.
- 2+ years managing or technically leading engineering teams.
- Hands-on electrical design experience including architecture, schematic capture, PCB layout, and board bring-up; experience taking boards from concept through qualification and production.
- Deep knowledge of embedded processing, power conversion and distribution, battery systems, and control electronics; B.S. or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
Nice to have
- Flight heritage; radiation-tolerant electronics using COTS components; or space power electronics experience.
- Experience with FPGAs, SoCs, embedded Linux, EMI/EMC, or test automation and data analysis using Python or similar.
Pay
$192,000 - $212,000 USD base salary
Tools
UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet, COTS, FPGAs, Python
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