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Senior Systems Engineer, Mission Platforms

Muon Space· Engineering - Systems and GNC
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San Jose, CA$201k - $220kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Lead systems engineer for the end-to-end mission capability baseline of Muon’s scalable mission platforms, coordinating across hardware, flight software, ground software, and operations to deliver standardized baselines and enable families of missions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the definition and integration of the holistic mission platform baseline, ensuring the system meets all operational requirements across hardware, software, payloads, and mission operations.
  • Partner directly with Business Development and Product Management to define the end-to-end technical roadmaps for our spacecraft platform families.
  • Establish, document, and release standardized capability baselines for the platforms, packaging these integrated solutions (HW + SW + Ops) so MLSEs can seamlessly inherit them.
  • Act as the strategic integration peer to key domain leads - including the Spacecraft Platform team FSW Architect, GSW Architect, and Operations Managers. You will manage the integrated, end-to-end mission system requirements, while partnering with these domain experts as the definitive authorities on their respective areas.
  • Execute system-level simulation and analysis - often integrated into V&V campaigns - to ensure resource budgets close and that the rolled-up system performance strictly meets overarching platform specifications.
  • Maintain deep situational awareness across all avionics and subsystem roadmaps, ensuring capabilities are delivered on the timelines required to meet the operational platform baseline.
  • Own the platform level requirements, V&V, and performance baselines that serve as the foundational starting point for every mission, maximizing commonality across the fleet and partnering with MLSEs to determine where mission-unique tailoring is genuinely warranted versus inheritance from the platform.
  • Shape robust fault management architectures and operational concepts designed to drastically reduce operator toil, ensuring SLA requirements are met at scale.
  • Ensure the platform baseline closes the loop end-to-end across the space-to-ground data pipeline, from onboard CDH, storage, and downlink prioritization, through ground ingest, processing, and delivery, so that data latency and data integrity requirements are met as a system.
  • Champion a platform/ product line first mindset across the organization, driving trades on what belongs in the baseline versus what should live as a mission-specific option.
  • Drive systems standardization across the Muon Foundry by creating reusable requirements, specifications, and standardized documentation to be leveraged across the entire spacecraft fleet.

Qualifications

  • M.S. or higher degree in an engineering field plus 6+ years of experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment, preferably with exposure to spacecraft systems, payload integration, and mission operations.
  • Prior experience moving organizations from custom, one-off engineering projects toward standardized, product-line engineering and reusable architectures.
  • Extensive experience in AI&T workflows and V&V strategies, balancing technical risk with agile business constraints.
  • Proven ability to drive alignment across highly senior, cross-functional stakeholders without direct reporting lines.
  • Deep understanding of space vehicle dynamic behavior, fault management, and what it takes to actually fly and operate a spacecraft to meet strict SLAs.
  • Proven history of system integration and delivery of complex, software-intensive systems.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills.
  • Ability to rapidly change roles/responsibilities while working in a high-paced, rewarding work environment.

Skills

Required:Systems engineering leadershipSystems integrationV&V / AI&T workflowsSpacecraft domain knowledgeCommunication & stakeholder management

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 Oct 17, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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