Engineering Manager, Mission Mechanical
Muon Space· Engineering - Hardware
Hybrid (San Jose, CA)$186k - $202kfull-timePosted 2mo ago
About the role
Engineering Manager leading a mechanical engineering team to tailor Muon’s spacecraft platforms for specific missions, from requirements through design, build, integration, and environmental test. Hybrid on-site in San Jose, CA three days per week; role combines management with hands-on technical contribution.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of mechanical engineers customizing Muon's spacecraft platforms for specific missions; plan resourcing across concurrent missions and hire as the team scales
- Invest in developing early-career engineers through coaching, design feedback, and growth planning
- Own the mechanical deliverables for assigned missions — from requirements through design, build, integration, and environmental test — ensuring on-time, high-reliability delivery
- Stay hands-on: contribute designs, drawings, and analyses alongside the team, setting the standard you expect
- Work with mission formulation and systems teams to translate customer needs into robust flight hardware, reusing common platform components where possible and developing new ones where needed
- Set and uphold engineering standards for the team — factors of safety, make vs. buy, materials, PLM process, and documentation
- Run design reviews and test readiness reviews; collaborate on test plans consistent with each mission's risk posture and own the outcome of test campaigns
- Partner with avionics, systems, thermal, structural, and production teams to optimize designs for performance, reliability, and manufacturability
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience designing complex, integrated systems that operate in harsh environments (spacecraft, aviation, automotive, robotics, or similar)
- 2+ years managing or technically leading engineering teams
- Track record of delivering hardware products to the field
- Ability to move fluidly between hands-on engineering and team leadership in a fast-paced environment
- Proficiency in CAD for medium-to-large assembly design and management (SolidWorks preferred)
- Mastery of drawings, GD&T, BOMs, FAIs, tolerance budgets, and mass budgets; diligence with ECO/DCO processes
- Experience managing analysis products (structural, thermal) and incorporating results into design
- Excellent leadership, communication, and presentation skills
- B.S. or higher in Mechanical Engineering or related field
Skills
Required:Leadership and people managementMechanical designCAD (SolidWorks)
Benefits
- equity grant
- medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401k retirement plan
- short & long term disability and life insurance
- three weeks paid vacation, 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time, paid parental leave
Last updated Sep 19, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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