Senior Mission Lead, Systems Engineer - Commercial Payloads

Muon Space; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Muon Space is seeking a Senior Mission Lead Systems Engineer in San Jose, CA to act as the technical lead for a mission from concept through on-orbit operations. This hybrid role requires on-site work three days per week in the San Jose, CA office and close collaboration with hardware, software, and operations teams.

You will own end-to-end mission success, develop requirements and ICDs, perform system modeling, and coordinate with Programs, BD, and customers to reduce risk while delivering

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex system designs for government or demanding commercial customers.
• Strong modeling, systems analysis and simulation capabilities.
• Excellent communication, presentation and coordination skills.
• Ability to manage external customers and multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the ultimate technical authority for the mission, guiding design and development.
• Lead the mission design process tailoring to program needs and refine processes.
• Translate customer objectives into verifiable technical requirements.
• 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).
• Coordinate design changes across disciplines throughout the lifecycle.
• Lead design, test readiness, and flight readiness reviews.
• Monitor on-orbit spacecraft and data pipelines to ensure mission success.

Skills

Technical leadership

Systems engineering

Customer interfacing

Requirements management

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

Muon Space is seeking a Senior Mission Lead Systems Engineer in San Jose, CA to act as the technical lead for a mission from concept through on-orbit operations. This hybrid role requires on-site work three days per week in the San Jose, CA office and close collaboration with hardware, software, and operations teams.

You will own end-to-end mission success, develop requirements and ICDs, perform system modeling, and coordinate with Programs, BD, and customers to reduce risk while delivering