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Salary: USD 197,000 - 218,000 / annual
Muon Space, a LEO satellite constellation provider founded in 2021, seeks a Senior Instrument Integration Lab Specialist to join its San Jose team. This is a hands-on technical role bridging cleanroom facility readiness, equipment lifecycle management, and operational support for flight hardware integration of infrared remote sensing instruments.
You will take primary ownership of facility readiness and daily operations for the San Jose optical instrument cleanroom, with supporting coverage for the Mountain View location. Your responsibilities include:
• Serve as the primary lead for the San Jose cleanroom in collaboration with the Lab Manager, assessing facility layouts, managing electrical/network infrastructure, CDA/GN2 utilities, storage, and equipment needs through installation and commissioning.
• Maintain cleanroom standards (ISO 7 / Class 10K or better) across both facilities, implementing 5S methodologies, access/training protocols, ESD and contamination controls, safety standards, and daily equipment readiness checks.
• Receive, inspect, assemble, calibrate, troubleshoot, and maintain shared optical test equipment; liaise with vendors and cross-functional teams.
• Expand the asset register into a dynamic, centralized database tracking equipment status, ownership, calibration schedules, maintenance, and utilization metrics.
• Identify opportunities to streamline the instrument integration flow and recommend/implement upgrades to tooling, fixtures, and workflows to increase throughput, quality, and efficiency as production scales.
• Provide hands-on support for instrument-level testing, including environmental (vibration, thermal-vacuum/TVAC), system performance, and calibration testing.
This position is fully onsite, five days per week in San Jose. The role requires the ability to routinely lift and move materials weighing 25–50 pounds.
REQUIREMENTS:
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in a multi-disciplinary aerospace hardware environment with direct exposure to imaging systems.
• Deep familiarity with cleanroom operations (ISO 7 / Class 10K or better), including particle count monitoring and contamination control protocols.
• Strong communication and organizational skills with the ability to manage inventory, equipment calibration schedules, and facility status simultaneously.
• Excellent communication skills; able to translate technical floor issues into clear feedback for design engineers and program managers.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with new challenges each week.
• Willingness to obtain a US security clearance strongly preferred.
• ITAR/EAR compliance: Must be a US citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee; or eligible to access export-controlled information without authorization; or eligible and reasonably likely to obtain required export authorization.
NICE-TO-HAVE SKILLS:
• Previous experience setting up a new lab or manufacturing line from scratch.
• Basic software/scripting skills for data analysis or equipment automation (Python, C/C++).
• Proficiency in CAD (SolidWorks preferred) for facility layout optimization and test fixture assessment.
