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Salary: USD 202,000 - 223,000 / annual
Muon Space, a LEO satellite constellation provider founded in 2021, is seeking a Senior Manager to lead and build the Hardware Reliability & Test organization. This role owns the end-to-end hardware qualification and testing strategy across all platforms, from module-level through fully assembled spacecraft.
Key responsibilities include:
- Building and leading teams across three functions: Reliability & Qualification, Spacecraft Acceptance Test & Test Framework Engineering, and Test Support Resources
- Defining and owning vehicle and subsystem qualification strategies, partnering with subsystem owners to ensure consistency across platforms
- Developing and refining quantitative reliability models, identifying data gaps, and proposing additional testing to inform design decisions
- Owning Muon's hardware test frameworks, standards, results databases, and tooling across all integration levels
- Delivering standardized, mission-tailored spacecraft-level tests
- Providing shared hardware, software, and logistical resources supporting qualification and lifetime testing across the hardware organization
- Partnering with Systems Engineering and Business Development to demonstrate systems meet customer requirements
- Communicating reliability posture and test status to leadership and customers
Required qualifications:
- 10+ years in hardware test, qualification, or reliability engineering, with 3+ years leading engineering teams
- Hands-on experience qualifying complex hardware for spaceflight or similarly demanding environments (thermal, vacuum, vibration, EMI/EMC)
- B.S. in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field
- Proven ability to define processes and drive consistency across multiple engineering teams
- Working knowledge of reliability analysis methods (FMEA, fault trees, statistical reliability modeling)
- Familiarity with software-driven test frameworks and automated test infrastructure
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
Nice-to-have: Advanced degree, experience with spacecraft environmental test standards (NASA GEVS, SMC-S-016), experience standing up new teams/processes, test data pipeline expertise, familiarity with industry reliability standards (MIL-HDBK-217, ECSS, ISO 26262, AEC-Q).
The role is hybrid, requiring three days per week on-site in San Jose. Muon offers competitive equity, comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision, 401k, disability/life insurance, three weeks paid vacation, 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time, and paid parental leave.
