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Salary: USD 130,000 - 148,000 / annual
Muon Space, a LEO satellite constellation provider founded in 2021, seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to join its San Jose, CA team. You will play a key role in developing satellite designs and ensuring products can be manufactured, tested, and integrated quickly and reliably.
In this fully onsite role (5 days/week), you will collaborate with design engineers early in the development cycle to influence satellite designs for manufacturability, testability, and ease of integration. You will plan and document detailed assembly and test sequences for satellite components and systems, including electro-mechanical elements such as wire harnesses. You will write, update, and manage comprehensive assembly procedures and work instructions in accordance with engineering drawings, specifications, and quality standards.
You will identify and specify requirements for assembly aids such as jigs, fixtures, and custom tooling, and support their design, procurement, and validation. Working closely with technicians and production teams during hands-on assembly and test operations, you will ensure process compliance, troubleshoot issues, and implement improvements. You will participate in root cause analysis and corrective action efforts for process-related anomalies or non-conformances, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing process efficiency, quality, and safety. You will maintain documentation and records of procedures, tools, and lessons learned to support future builds and knowledge transfer.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Physics, or related field
- 5+ years of experience in aerospace or high-reliability manufacturing environments
- Proficient in reading and interpreting engineering drawings, schematics, and wiring diagrams
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Experience with software tools for design & production management such as PLM and MES
Nice-to-have skills: cleanroom manufacturing experience, familiarity with aerospace industry standards (AS9100, ISO 9001), experience with satellite or spacecraft integration and test, CAD tools for mechanical/electrical/wire harness design.
