Senior Mission Lead Systems Engineer — Space Missions

ArcTern Ventures; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 216,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401k retirement plan

Paid vacation & holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Muon Space seeks a Staff Mission Lead Systems Engineer to guide mission formulation and drive architecture trades. You will own end-to-end technical success from concept through on-orbit operations for high-reliability missions and interface with customers and cross-functional teams.

You will work in a hybrid role, on-site in San Jose three days a week, leading system modeling, requirements, and CONOPS across disciplines and supporting government and commercial customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level engineering degree required.
• 10+ years in complex systems, mission architecture, or spacecraft design.
• Experience as a technical lead on complex systems for USG/IC or commercial customers.
• Experience with USG/IC acquisition programs and space-system standards.
• Strong understanding of USG/IC contracts and artifacts.
• Experience supporting government proposals (RFI/RFP).
• Extensive modeling, analysis, and simulations experience.
• Proven system integration and delivery of complex systems.
• Formal requirements management for multi-disciplinary projects.
• Project management and cross-discipline collaboration skills.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination abilities.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Mission Architecture during study efforts to develop mission concepts and shape baselines.
• Develop and maintain mission-level system models across architecture, requirements, interfaces, and behavior.
• Serve as the ultimate technical authority for the designated mission and lead cross-functional trades.
• Lead tailoring and implementation of the Muon mission design process for the mission.
• Translate customer objectives into clear, verifiable technical requirements.
• Interface with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders on technical matters.
• Manage requirements traceability, verification, and validation.
• Define mission CONOPS and manage subsystem budgets.
• Identify and mitigate mission risks and coordinate design changes.
• Lead design reviews and monitor on-orbit performance as needed.

Skills

Technical leadership

Systems engineering

Space programs

USG/IC contracts

Proposal development

Systems modeling

Requirements management

Project management

Communication

Presentation

Cross-functional coordination

TS/SCI clearance

RF systems (nice-to-have)

SysML/MBSE tools

Python/Julia (nice-to-have)

Version control (nice-to-have)

Data pipelines in remote sensing

Education

B.S. or higher in engineering

Job description

Muon Space seeks a Staff Mission Lead Systems Engineer to guide mission formulation and drive architecture trades. You will own end-to-end technical success from concept through on-orbit operations for high-reliability missions and interface with customers and cross-functional teams.

You will work in a hybrid role, on-site in San Jose three days a week, leading system modeling, requirements, and CONOPS across disciplines and supporting government and commercial customers.