Senior Mission Lead, Space Systems Engineer (On-Orbit & Gov)

Muon Space, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401k plan

Paid vacation

Job summary

Muon Space, Inc. is seeking a Senior Mission Lead Systems Engineer to own end-to-end mission success from concept to on-orbit operations for demanding government and commercial programs.

You will lead the technical direction, coordinate cross-functional teams, and ensure requirements are traceable and validated while maintaining strong customer interfaces. The role is hybrid with on-site work in San Jose, CA.

Qualifications

• B.S. or higher in engineering with 10+ years in complex system design or spacecraft programs.
• Experience as a technical lead on a complex system for USG/DoD/IC or commercial customers.
• Strong experience in system modeling, analysis, and simulations.
• Proven delivery of multi-disciplinary system integration.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the ultimate technical authority for the mission, leading conceptualization, design, and development.
• Tailor and implement the Muon mission design process per program needs and drive process refinement.
• Translate customer objectives into verifiable technical requirements for the mission.
• Interface with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders on all technical matters.
• Manage requirements traceability, verification, and validation.
• Define CONOPS and manage subsystem budgets (power, data, mass, pointing).
• Identify and mitigate mission risks and coordinate design changes.
• Lead design, test readiness, and flight readiness reviews.
• Monitor on-orbit performance and data pipelines to ensure mission success.
• Collaborate with systems, hardware, software, data, and operations teams.

Skills

Technical lead experience

System modeling

Requirements management

Excellent communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Customer interfacing

Program management

Education

B.S. in engineering

Tools

Python

Job description

Muon Space, Inc. is seeking a Senior Mission Lead Systems Engineer to own end-to-end mission success from concept to on-orbit operations for demanding government and commercial programs.

You will lead the technical direction, coordinate cross-functional teams, and ensure requirements are traceable and validated while maintaining strong customer interfaces. The role is hybrid with on-site work in San Jose, CA.