Senior Spacecraft Platform Architect

Climactic; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 202,000 - 223,000; Full time

Job summary

Muon Space is seeking a Staff Spacecraft Platform Engineer to own the platform architecture across the mission portfolio. You will guide trades across mechanical, electrical, solar/power, thermal, avionics, and software, acting as the technical authority bridging subsystems and leading platform-level design reviews.

You will mentor engineers, promote reuse and standardization, and help grow the platform team. This role is hybrid with on-site work in San Jose, CA three days per week.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in spacecraft or complex-system engineering, including system- or platform-level ownership.

Responsibilities

• Own spacecraft platform architecture and its evolution across the mission portfolio.
• Partner with BD, Product, and Engineering to ensure platform architectures align with product roadmaps and near-term customer missions
• Lead cross-disciplinary system trades (mass, power, thermal, data, cost) and platform requirements development and flow-down.
• Understand the architecture levers that map the spacecraft HW architecture to system / mission performance.
• Serve as the technical authority bridging mechanical, electrical, avionics, thermal, and software.
• Drive reuse, modularity, and standardization so new missions configure quickly and reliably.
• Set platform-engineering standards and lead platform-level design reviews, resolving cross-subsystem interface issues.
• Mentor engineers, raise the technical bar, and help hire and grow the platform team.

Job description

Muon Space is seeking a Staff Spacecraft Platform Engineer to own the platform architecture across the mission portfolio. You will guide trades across mechanical, electrical, solar/power, thermal, avionics, and software, acting as the technical authority bridging subsystems and leading platform-level design reviews.

You will mentor engineers, promote reuse and standardization, and help grow the platform team. This role is hybrid with on-site work in San Jose, CA three days per week.