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Senior Director of Spacecraft Components

Muon Space· Engineering - Hardware
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Hybrid (San Jose, CA and Mountain View, CA)$223k - $259kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Leader to build and guide Muon Space’s Spacecraft Components organization, overseeing Electronics & Embedded, Modules & Mechanisms, and Solar & Deployables to design, qualify, and deliver spacecraft components across missions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a multidisciplinary organization to architect, design, qualify, and deliver a catalog of spacecraft components — electronics, RF, integrated modules and mechanisms, and solar and deployable systems — serving a wide range of missions
  • Own component roadmaps that balance the needs of concurrent missions and platform evolution, driving standardization and reuse across spacecraft platforms
  • Own component-level design, analysis, qualification, and electrical test strategies, partnering with Hardware Reliability & Test to ensure consistent qualification across the catalog
  • Provide engineering design support to instrument and propulsion teams through the Modules & Mechanisms team
  • Collaborate with Product, Business Development, Systems Engineering, Software, and Operations to ensure components meet the needs of our growing mission portfolio; support proposals and cost models
  • Partner with Production and Supply Chain to scale components from prototype builds to constellation quantities, designing for manufacturability and test
  • Own budgets, schedules, and delivery milestones for component development programs
  • Mentor and support multiple levels of team managers and enable scalable growth within the organization

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of experience designing and/or managing the design of complex, high-reliability systems that operate in harsh environments (spacecraft, autonomous vehicles, drones, etc.)
  • 8+ years of people management experience, including managing engineers and engineering managers
  • Strong technical foundation spanning electrical, embedded, and mechanical design and analysis
  • Experience designing and manufacturing low-volume, high-mix products efficiently
  • Proven experience managing complex engineering projects from concept to deployment, including budget and schedule management
  • Excellent leadership, program management, communication, and problem-solving skills; excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new challenges each week
  • B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Skills

Required:Spacecraft components design and deliveryProgram managementCross-functional collaboration

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.

About Muon Space

The Mission Foundry — designing, building, and operating high-performance satellite constellations for National Security, civil, and commercial customers.

Design, build, and operate mission-optimized satellite constellations with Muon Space.

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