Engineering Manager, HPC Compute & FPGA/GPU

Muon Space, Inc.; San Jose, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 210,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k retirement plan

Paid vacation and holidays

Paid sick time

Parental leave

Job summary

Muon Space is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Compute Components team within the HPC group. This hybrid role centers on people management, coaching, and scaling the team in San Jose, CA, with three on-site days.

You’ll partner with the Staff Architect and Platform Engineer to translate architecture into reliable, high-quality deliveries and advocate for your engineers’ growth and success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 3+ years of engineering management experience with IC background in FPGA, embedded, GPU, or hardware-adjacent software engineering.
• Hands-on implementation experience in FPGA, GPU or general software development.
• Track record of shipping complex hardware-integrated systems on time and to quality.
• Demonstrated ability to grow and retain engineering talent including hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development.
• Strong training in modern engineering delivery practices: design reviews, unit and integration testing, delivery pipelines, incident review, and continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication skills to represent the team's work to executives and partners.

Responsibilities

• Be an empathetic, hands-on people manager: coach engineers, run 1:1s, own performance and career growth, and create a healthy team culture.
• Agree on deliveries with your team and ensure they land on time and to quality.
• Clear the path for engineers by removing blockers and shielding the team from overhead.
• Own the team's design-flow robustness: strengthen test practices to reduce rework.
• Maintain and improve technical environments (build systems, simulation, lab benches, delivery pipelines).
• Support with hiring (sourcing, interviewing, and closing) to scale the team responsibly.
• Partner with the Staff Architect on technical direction and with the Platform Engineer on planning and roadmap tracking.
• Support long-term scaling of the team: structure, mentorships, knowledge sharing.

Skills

Engineering management

FPGA

GPU

Hardware–software integration

Team leadership

Delivery practices

Communication

Mentorship

Hiring & performance mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE

Tools

FPGA design

Embedded compute

Job description

Muon Space is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Compute Components team within the HPC group. This hybrid role centers on people management, coaching, and scaling the team in San Jose, CA, with three on-site days.

You’ll partner with the Staff Architect and Platform Engineer to translate architecture into reliable, high-quality deliveries and advocate for your engineers’ growth and success.