Avionics Engineering Manager — Lead Spaceflight Hardware

Doist; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k retirement plan

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Unlimited sick time

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Muon Space in Silicon Valley seeks an Engineering Manager to lead the avionics team responsible for flight computers, power systems, batteries, and ADCS controllers used across Muon spacecraft. This is a hands-on leadership role focusing on architecture, reviews, and ensuring high-quality hardware across platforms.

The role combines team leadership with deep technical engagement—driving design quality, qualification strategies, and cross-team collaboration to ensure reliable, manufacturable

Qualifications

• Experience designing high-reliability electronics for harsh environments.
• 2+ years leading engineering teams.
• Hands-on electronic design: architecture, schematic capture, PCB layout.
• Strong hardware/software integration knowledge.
• B.S. or higher in Electrical/Computer Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Lead avionics design team and plan resourcing.
• Own delivery of core avionics from architecture to production.
• Drive avionics roadmap for performance, reliability, cost.
• Stay hands-on with architecture reviews and bring-up.
• Set electrical design standards and documentation.
• Coordinate with HW, SW, ME, and production teams.
• Mentor engineers and develop growth plans.

Skills

Electrical design

Schematic capture

PCB layout

System architecture

Team leadership

Embedded systems

UART/SPI/I2C

Python automation

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

SPICE

Python

LabVIEW

Job description

Muon Space in Silicon Valley seeks an Engineering Manager to lead the avionics team responsible for flight computers, power systems, batteries, and ADCS controllers used across Muon spacecraft. This is a hands-on leadership role focusing on architecture, reviews, and ensuring high-quality hardware across platforms.

The role combines team leadership with deep technical engagement—driving design quality, qualification strategies, and cross-team collaboration to ensure reliable, manufacturable