Head of Spacecraft Structures & Mission Hardware

Muon Space, Inc.; San Jose, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 233,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k retirement plan

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

Muon Space is seeking a Senior Director of Spacecraft Structure & Mission Hardware to lead the Bus Structure and Missions team in San Jose, CA. This role demands high accountability for mechanical, thermal, structural and electrical design across mission platforms and ground support equipment.

You will mentor managers, scale a rapidly growing organization, and collaborate across Product, Systems, and Operations to shape the mission portfolio.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience designing and/or managing the design of complex, high reliability systems that operate in harsh environments (spacecraft, autonomous vehicles, drones, etc).
• 8+ years of people management experience managing engineers and engineering managers.
• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to architect, design, analyze, and qualify a catalog of bus platforms to meet a wide range of mission requirements.
• Collaborate with Product, Business Development, System Engineering, Software Engineering, Operations, and more to ensure buses meet the needs of our growing portfolio of customer missions.
• Collaborate with Mission Management and our customers to understand mission specific and instrument specific needs.
• Implement instances of our bus platforms for these missions. Ensure all mission milestones are met.
• Own Spacecraft level structural and thermal analysis & bus level testing strategies.
• Produce and maintain mission specific hardware-in-the-loop testbeds to enable integrated software and hardware testing on a flight-representative system.
• Support new mission proposals, contribute to cost models, and ensure mission feasibility pre-contract.
• Own design of mechanical and electrical ground support equipment (MGSE & EGSE) required for production of spacecraft platforms.
• Mentor and support multiple levels of team managers and enable scalable growth within the team.

Skills

Leadership

Program management

Mechanical engineering

Electrical engineering

Team management

Communication

Education

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering

M.S. in Electrical Engineering

Ph.D. in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Muon Space is seeking a Senior Director of Spacecraft Structure & Mission Hardware to lead the Bus Structure and Missions team in San Jose, CA. This role demands high accountability for mechanical, thermal, structural and electrical design across mission platforms and ground support equipment.

You will mentor managers, scale a rapidly growing organization, and collaborate across Product, Systems, and Operations to shape the mission portfolio.