Muon Space
Senior Electrical Hardware Engineer
$192K–$212K
San Jose, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Apr 3, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, CA
San Jose, California, United States - Experience
- 5–8 years in hardware engineering; relevant internships and academic projects will be considered.
- Education
- B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field preferred, but not required.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be a U.S. person, eligible to access the export-controlled information without 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
Designs, develops, tests, and integrates electrical hardware for spacecraft avionics and satellite systems.
What you'll do
- Design spacecraft electrical systems, capture schematics, and lay out PCBs.
- Bring up, test, and validate hardware and early prototypes; collaborate on hardware-software integration.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams and contribute to documentation, design reviews, and mentoring.
What they ask for
- Familiarity with electronic components, circuits, and test equipment.
- Expert-level knowledge of schematic capture and PCB layout software.
- Understanding of microcontrollers and common communication interfaces.
- Experience with embedded systems and embedded programming concepts; comfortable in a Linux development environment.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with environmental testing considerations or Python for test automation and data analysis.
- Experience with space power electronics, FPGAs, SoC, or embedded Linux platforms.
Pay
$192,000 - $212,000 USD base salary
Tools
Altium, Cadence/Orcad, UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet, Linux
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