Muon Space
Senior Systems Engineer, Mission Platforms
$201K–$220K
San Jose, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 6, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, CA
San Jose, California, United States - Experience
- 6+ years; preferably with exposure to spacecraft systems, payload integration, and mission operations.
- Education
- M.S. or higher degree in an engineering field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicant must be a U.S. person, eligible to access 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
Lead systems engineering for Muon’s reusable mission-platform baselines, integrating spacecraft hardware, software, ground interfaces, and operations across mission families.
What you'll do
- Define, integrate, document, and release platform capability, requirements, verification, and performance baselines.
- Coordinate with business, product, spacecraft, software, and operations teams to develop roadmaps and ensure end-to-end requirements are met.
- Conduct system-level simulation and analysis, support V&V, and shape fault-management architectures and operational concepts.
What they ask for
- M.S. or higher degree in an engineering field.
- 6+ years of experience working in a multidisciplinary environment.
- Experience moving organizations from custom engineering projects toward standardized product-line engineering and reusable architectures.
- Extensive experience in AI&T workflows and V&V strategies; proven system integration and delivery of complex, software-intensive systems.
Nice to have
- Lead systems engineer or technical stakeholder experience in an agile environment.
- Software skills in Python or Julia.
Pay
$201,000 - $220,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, Julia, CDH, FSW, GSW
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