Muon Space

FullTime

<div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><p><strong>Description</p></strong><p style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> About the role </div><p style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> Muon seeks a Flight Software Engineering Manager to join our satellite development team in Mountain View, CA to build the software that runs our orbiting satellites. The ideal candidate is a capable people manager and has experience organizing and directing complex software projects throughout a complete lifecycle from concept to delivery. Previous experience working on interdisciplinary projects is a strong asset, such as robotics, autonomous vehicles, avionics, or aerospace. </p><p style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> This role may be remote or located at our headquarters in Mountain View, California. </p><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> Responsibilities </div><ul style="margin: 15px 0 15px 0; padding: 0 0 0 20px"><li style="margin-bottom: 5px"> Guide a team of software engineers that are developing Muon’s satellite software/firmware and deliver it to orbit </li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px"> Recruit and plan for an organization that will scale to meet the demands of the business as it grows </li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px"> Be the driving force behind having a technically excellent engineering team by mentoring team members and setting high standards </li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px"> Translate high-level mission concepts into the team’s requirements, development strategy, and goals. Communicate these goals inward and outward. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px"> Collaborate closely with our Ground Software, Electrical, Mechanical, Systems and RF teams to resolve design strategy and requirements ambiguity </li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px"> Hire and mentor new team members to build the capabilities and capacity of the team </li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px"> Create an inclusive, collaborative, and team-oriented culture that fosters high productivity and opportunities for growth </li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px"> Identify and implement processes, tools, and infrastructure that help accelerate our design and development effort </li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px"> Own the end-to-end development from product concept to delivery to customer/market </li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px"> Excitement to tackle diverse opportunities week to week </li></ul><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> Qualifications </div><ul style="margin: 15px 0 15px 0; padding: 0 0 0 20px"><li style="margin-bottom: 5px"> 3+ years direct management experience of 5+ people </li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px"> 7+ years experience on high performing software teams </li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px"> Demonstrated ability to drive a high-performing technical team </li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px"> Significant current/previous hands-on technical work on an interdisciplinary project (such as robotics, autonomous vehicles, avionics, or aerospace) </li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px"> Equivalent experience or B.S. in computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, robotics, aerospace, or related field </li></ul><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> Nice-to-have Skills </div><ul style="margin: 15px 0 15px 0; padding: 0 0 0 20px"><li style="margin-bottom: 5px"> Proficiency in common programming languages such as C/C++ and Python </li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px"> Strong embedded systems fundamentals: resource-efficient software design, drivers, real-time responsive software, Linux and RTOS frameworks. </li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px"> Experience building and executing on technical roadmaps </li><li style="margin-bottom: 5px"> Experience with one or more of: embedded RTOS, embedded linux, FPGA, hardware design, RF communication systems, cloud/server infrastructure, network architecture. </li></ul><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> Salary </div><p style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> The salary range for this role is  100K-200K and will depend on a candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience as defined during the interview process. </p><p style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></p><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> About Muon Space </div><p style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> Founded in 2021, Muon Space is an end-to-end Space Systems Provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations delivering mission-critical data. Our revolutionary, integrated technology stack enables customers to optimize every dimension of their missions for faster time-to-orbit and superior constellation remote sensing performance. Our state-of-the-art facility in the heart of Silicon Valley is optimized for manufacturing spacecraft and rapid, flexible payload integration at scale. From climate monitoring to national security, Muon Space is dedicated to delivering Earth Intelligence for a safer and more resilient world. </p><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> Taking Care of Our Team </div><p style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> At Muon salary is only part of our total compensation package. In addition to salary, we provide equity compensation as well as benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401k retirement plan, short  &  long term disability and life insurance. We also offer three weeks paid vacation for new employees, along with 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time and paid parental leave. </p><p style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> Our mission embraces the entire planet and we believe our team should too. Muon is dedicated to creating a diverse and dynamic company and workforce. We believe in equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or gender identity. We value diversity in the workplace, and that starts with our applicants. We encourage you to apply, even if you don't check all the boxes, and we look forward to reviewing your application! In addition, if you need a reasonable accommodation as part of your application for employment or interviews with us, please let us know. </p><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><strong> ITAR/EAR Requirements </strong></div><p style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. The Company may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process. </p><p style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></p><p style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></p></div></p></div></div>

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