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Engineering Manager, Avionics

Muon Space· Engineering - Hardware
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Hybrid (San Jose, CA)$192k - $212kfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Engineering Manager to lead the avionics design team responsible for Muon spacecraft core avionics (flight computers, power systems and batteries, ADCS controller, and related electronics). Hands-on management with active technical involvement in architecture, schematics/layout reviews, and design quality. Hybrid role requiring on-site presence in San Jose, CA three days per week.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and grow the avionics design team along with planning resourcing across concurrent development efforts and hire as the team scales
  • Own delivery of Muon's core avionics - flight computers, power systems and batteries, ADCS controllers, and related electronics - from architecture through design, qualification, and production support
  • Drive the avionics roadmap: improve performance, reliability, cost, and manufacturability, and maximize standardization and reuse across satellite platforms
  • Stay hands-on: contribute to architecture definition, review schematics and layouts, and support bring-up and debug alongside the team
  • Set and uphold electrical design standards — design reviews, derating and worst-case analysis, documentation, and ECO/DCO discipline
  • Own avionics qualification and test strategies, partnering with Hardware Reliability & Test to ensure consistent qualification across products
  • Partner with embedded software, mechanical, thermal, systems, and production teams to ensure successful hardware/software integration and manufacturability
  • Invest in developing engineers through coaching, design feedback, and growth planning

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience designing complex, high-reliability electronics that operate in harsh environments (spacecraft, aviation, automotive, robotics, or similar)
  • 2+ years managing or technically leading engineering teams
  • Extensive hands-on electrical design experience: architecture, schematic capture, PCB layout, and board bring-up for complex mixed-signal systems
  • Deep understanding across avionics domains: embedded processing, power conversion and distribution, battery systems, and control electronics
  • Experience taking boards from concept through qualification and production
  • Strong grasp of hardware/software integration: microcontrollers and common interfaces (UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet)
  • Excellent leadership, communication, and presentation skills; ability to move fluidly between team leadership and hands-on engineering
  • B.S. or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Skills

Required:Electrical designSystem integration

Benefits

  • equity compensation
  • medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401k retirement plan
  • short & long term disability and life insurance
  • three weeks paid vacation for new employees
  • 12 paid holidays
  • unlimited sick time
  • paid parental leave
Last updated Sep 19, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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