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Senior Manager, Hardware Reliability & Test

Muon Space· Engineering - Hardware
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San Jose, CA$209k - $233kfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior leadership role building and guiding Muon Space's Hardware Reliability & Test organization, spanning Reliability & Qualification, Spacecraft Acceptance Test & Test Framework Engineering, and Test Support Resources. Hybrid role based in San Jose, CA, onsite three days a week.

Responsibilities

  • Build, lead, and grow the Hardware Reliability & Test organization across its three functions
  • Own vehicle and subsystem qualification: partner with subsystem and bus owners to define test conditions and levels, and ensure consistency across platforms
  • Refine and own quantitative reliability models, identifying gaps in data and proposing additional test to better inform our designs
  • Own Muon's hardware test frameworks, standards, results databases, and tooling, from module-level through spacecraft-level test
  • Deliver standard, shared spacecraft-level tests that can be easily tailored per mission
  • Provide shared hardware, software, and logistical resources supporting qualification, reliability, and lifetime testing across the hardware org
  • Partner with Systems Engineering and Business Development to demonstrate our systems meet customer requirements
  • Communicate reliability posture and test status to leadership and customers

Qualifications

  • Hands-on experience qualifying complex hardware for spaceflight or similarly demanding environments (thermal, vacuum, vibration, EMI/EMC)
  • B.S. in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
  • 10+ years of experience in hardware test, qualification, or reliability engineering, including 3+ years leading engineering teams
  • Proven ability to define processes and drive consistency across multiple engineering teams
  • Working knowledge of reliability analysis methods (e.g., FMEA, fault trees, statistical reliability modeling)
  • Familiarity with software-driven test frameworks and automated test infrastructure
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new challenges each week

Skills

Required:Spaceflight hardware qualificationReliability modeling and analysisTest framework engineeringLeadership and team building

Benefits

  • equity grant
  • 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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