Staff Architect, Onboard HPC: FPGA/GPU/CPU Fusion

Muon Space, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 210,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

401k

Disability insurance

Life Insurance

Paid vacation 3 weeks

Holidays 12

Unlimited sick time

Parental leave

Job summary

Muon Space, Inc. seeks a Staff Architect to define and evolve the end-to-end architecture of our onboard High Performance Compute platform.

You will unify FPGA, GPU, CPU and onboard networking concepts into a modular, reusable compute platform for multi-mission spaceflight. You will align mission requirements with payload capabilities and platform architecture, ensuring the compute stack remains configurable and scalable for future missions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field, plus 7+ years of experience in system-level or compute-platform architecture.
• Proven track record architecting heterogeneous compute systems combining FPGA, GPU, and CPU elements, ideally in embedded, aerospace, or high-performance edge environments.
• Deep understanding of onboard networking and data-flow architectures, including Ethernet-based fabrics, DMA, zero-copy, and real-time streaming pipelines.
• Ability to balance architectural purity with mission pragmatism: designing for flexibility and reuse across many missions while shipping what today’s missions need.
• Demonstrated experience driving cross-team architectural consensus across hardware, firmware, and software disciplines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce architecture documents and roadmap material for both technical and executive audiences.
• Ability and willingness to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture process for Onboard High Performance Compute across team disciplines.
• Cluster and unify architectural concepts into a coherent HPC architecture.
• Translate architectural requirements into a forward-looking compute roadmap.
• Own and evolve the technical roadmap for onboard high-performance compute aligned to missions.
• Drive cross-discipline architectural alignment across FPGA, GPU, CPU compute and onboard networking.
• Champion a network-first onboard architecture with modular, configurable compute components.
• Partner with EE team to ensure architectural decisions are executable in silicon, PCB, and harness design.
• Stay ahead of upcoming mission needs and evolve the technical line-up accordingly.
• Communicate architecture broadly through diagrams, docs, white papers, and tech talks.

Skills

FPGA

GPU

CPU compute

Onboard networking

Architecture

Cross-team consensus

Technical writing

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

Ethernet

SpaceWire

HDL design

Job description

Muon Space, Inc. seeks a Staff Architect to define and evolve the end-to-end architecture of our onboard High Performance Compute platform.

You will unify FPGA, GPU, CPU and onboard networking concepts into a modular, reusable compute platform for multi-mission spaceflight. You will align mission requirements with payload capabilities and platform architecture, ensuring the compute stack remains configurable and scalable for future missions.