Muon Space
Staff Software Engineer, Onboard Compute Architecture
$240K–$267K
San Jose, CA +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 7, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, CA
San Jose, California, United States - Experience
- 7+ years of professional experience in system-level or compute-platform architecture and implementation.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. person, eligible to access export-controlled information without export authorization, or eligible and reasonably likely to obtain required export authorization. Must be able and willing to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
About the job
Defines and evolves the onboard high-performance compute architecture for Muon spacecraft, aligning software, data flows, and computing hardware across missions.
What you'll do
- Own the software, data-flow, and computation architecture and design process for onboard high-performance compute.
- Coordinate requirements and architectural alignment across engineering, product, mission, and program teams.
- Create and communicate a modular, reusable compute roadmap and documented architecture.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- 7+ years of professional experience in system-level or compute-platform architecture and implementation.
- Hands-on implementation experience across software, API design, FPGA programming, GPU programming, or low-level networking software.
- Experience architecting heterogeneous FPGA, GPU, and CPU systems; understanding of onboard networking and data-flow architectures including Ethernet, DMA, zero-copy, and real-time streaming pipelines.
Nice to have
- Direct experience with spacecraft avionics, payload compute, or space-grade FPGA/GPU platforms.
- Familiarity with space-relevant onboard networking standards such as Ethernet or SpaceWire.
Pay
$240,000 - $267,000 USD base salary
Tools
FPGA, GPU, CPU, Ethernet, DMA, zero-copy, SpaceWire
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