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Director, Real Estate & Facilities

Muon Space· Production - Manufacturing
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San Jose, CA$216k - $231kfull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Executive leader responsible for Muon’s facilities strategy, capital plan, and day-to-day operations to support spacecraft production. Fully onsite in San Jose, CA, five days a week.

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain multi-year facilities and site strategy aligned to production targets and program roadmaps.
  • Build, lead, and develop the facilities organization (engineers, maintenance technicians, contract staff) and establish on-call/escalation structures.
  • Partner with Manufacturing, AIT, Test, Quality, Growth, IT/Security, and People Operations to support production flow, cleanliness, and safety.
  • Own facilities capital and operating budget end-to-end, including forecasting, business case/ROI, and spend accountability.
  • Serve as executive sponsor for major capital projects (cleanroom builds, environmental test installations, utility expansions, site activations) with tradeoff decisions on scope, schedule, and cost.
  • Define and own reliability strategy for facility infrastructure, including maintenance programs, asset criticality, spares, and redundancy.
  • Establish and report facilities KPIs (uptime, deferred maintenance, project delivery, operating cost per square foot).
  • Lead procurement and contract management for architects, GCs, MEP, commissioning agents, and service vendors; ensure adherence to Muon standards and terms.
  • Develop code compliance posture, permitting strategy, occupancy/inspections, hazardous materials management, and environmental compliance.
  • Develop business continuity and emergency response plans for facilities (seismic, power loss, environmental threats).

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or technical discipline or equivalent experience
  • 10+ years in facilities engineering, infrastructure, or plant operations (5+ years leading teams)
  • Proven ownership of large capital expansion projects with multi-million dollar budgets and schedules
  • Experience setting infrastructure strategy for a manufacturing organization scaling production
  • Strong familiarity with MEP/HVAC systems, electrical/power distribution, critical power, chillers, plumbing, process water systems
  • Proven vendor/contract management including bids, scope negotiation, and accountability to terms
  • Experience with physical security requirements for critical industries
  • Familiarity with Federal/State Environmental Health and Safety requirements
  • Ability to troubleshoot under time pressure and make decisive calls
  • Attention to detail and systems-thinking to prevent production impact

Skills

Required:Facilities leadershipCapital project managementBudgeting and financial forecastingMEP/HVAC systemsVendor and contract managementRegulatory and safety compliance

Benefits

  • 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 10, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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