Space Payload Solutions Engineer (Hybrid; San Jose)

Muon Space, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 212,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Medical insurance

Dental

Vision

401k

Disability

Life insurance

Vacation

Paid holidays

Sick time

Parental leave

Job summary

Muon Space, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer, Customer Solutions to join our Software team. You will help customers integrate payloads and software, guide them through the SDK, and ensure deployments align with best practices for constellation missions.

You will work as a technical expert through early mission phases, setting up simulations and tests to validate code and payload long before launch, enabling faster access to real spacecraft data.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent experience.
• Strong fluency in modern C++ and Python.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including shipping software that external customers depend on.
• Excellent coding and design skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the engineering experience for external payload partners integrating with Muon's software platform, including how they can handle commanding, telemetry, payload management, fault detection and recovery, and data downlink.
• Partner with Flight Software, Mission Engineering, and Systems Engineering to influence design and evolution of our payload interfaces.
• Run customer‑facing technical exchanges, design reviews, and integration test campaigns. Serve as the named software technical point of contact for payload partners.
• Author and maintain the customer‑facing developer guide, sample code, and reference applications for the customer‑facing Payload Software Development Kit; contribute to the Payload Accommodation Guide.
• Maintain up‑to‑date epics, estimate forward‑looking work, and escalated roadmap changes or delays early.
• Define and track metrics that matter for the customer payload‑integration experience (e.g., integration cycle time, customer‑blocking issue lead time) and manage OKRs for your area of responsibility.

Skills

C++

Python

Software engineering

Excellent coding and design

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field

Job description

Muon Space, Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer, Customer Solutions to join our Software team. You will help customers integrate payloads and software, guide them through the SDK, and ensure deployments align with best practices for constellation missions.

You will work as a technical expert through early mission phases, setting up simulations and tests to validate code and payload long before launch, enabling faster access to real spacecraft data.