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Senior Director, EO/IR Instrument Engineering

Muon Space· Engineering - EO/IR Instruments
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Hybrid (Mountain View, CA)$256k - $293kFull-timePosted yesterday

About the role

Senior technical and organizational leader responsible for strategy, development, and delivery of Muon's EO/IR instrument portfolio, from system architecture through on-orbit calibration. Leads a growing, multidisciplinary engineering organization to ensure instrument performance, cost, schedule, and alignment with mission objectives. Hybrid role based in Mountain View, CA with on-site 3 days/week.

Responsibilities

  • Set EO/IR strategy for the company
  • Own instrument delivery
  • Set the technical direction
  • Build the organization
  • Lead across Muon

Qualifications

  • BS in physics, optical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or related field
  • 20+ years developing EO/IR imaging instruments, with at least 10 years leading engineering organizations
  • Technical leadership of at least two space flight EO/IR instruments from concept through launch and on-orbit checkout
  • Led an organization of 40+ people through multiple layers of management, with accountability for its budget
  • Working command of the full instrument chain: optical design, focal plane arrays and readout electronics, thermal and cryogenic design, radiometric calibration and on-orbit performance
  • Record of owning instrument cost and schedule commitments, and of representing an instrument or payload portfolio to customers and senior executives
  • Ability to work onsite at our Bay Area facilities
  • U.S. person status as required by ITAR/EAR

Skills

Required:EO/IR instrument strategy and governanceProgram management and cost/schedule ownership

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 24, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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