Staff PM, Spacecraft & Data Systems (Hybrid)

Muon Space, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 243,000 - 274,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive equity grant

Comprehensive benefits package

Three weeks paid vacation

12 paid holidays

Unlimited sick time

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Muon Space, Inc. is seeking a Staff Product Manager to own one to two product areas end-to-end, potentially spanning spacecraft platform, bits-to-ground data path, on-board compute, or instruments. You will own roadmaps, architecture, pricing, and packaging to scale Muon’s offerings for years to come.

Reporting to the VP of Product, this on-site role requires senior leadership to drive cross-functional decisions across hardware, software, and operations in a hybrid Mountain View, CA setting.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of Product Management experience spanning hardware, software, and data systems.
• Experience owning a large product area end-to-end including architectural, productization, and commercial decisions.
• Strong fluency working with platform, infrastructure, and systems engineering leadership.
• Comfort operating as a Staff-level IC: making load-bearing decisions without a team to delegate to.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the strategy and multi-quarter roadmap for one to two large Muon product areas.
• Define reusable platform capability versus customization and shape architectural choices.
• Sequence the roadmap to win near-term deals while building reusable value for future ones.
• Define how success is measured for the area and ensure accountability.
• Own productization decisions and shift from bespoke to standardized, tiered offerings.
• Spacecraft platform: define variants, interfaces, and options for missions.
• Bits-to-ground: define latency, availability, throughput tiers end-to-end.
• On-board compute: define compute roadmap and SDK surface for payloads.
• Instruments: shape portfolio strategy, standardization vs bespoke.

Skills

Product Management

Architectural decisions

Cross-functional leadership

Staff-level IC

Engineering collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, CS, Physics or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

Muon Space, Inc. is seeking a Staff Product Manager to own one to two product areas end-to-end, potentially spanning spacecraft platform, bits-to-ground data path, on-board compute, or instruments. You will own roadmaps, architecture, pricing, and packaging to scale Muon’s offerings for years to come.

Reporting to the VP of Product, this on-site role requires senior leadership to drive cross-functional decisions across hardware, software, and operations in a hybrid Mountain View, CA setting.