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Muon Space is building and operating a growing portfolio of infrared (IR) space missions—starting with the FireSat constellation—that generate mission-critical imagery and analytics for the US Defense and Intelligence (D&I) communities. The IR Missions and Data team develops software systems that process, package, and deliver data from these missions to government end-users, including the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and other Intelligence Community (IC) members.
This role is the technical lead for building software pipelines that process and deliver data from Muon's IR missions to government programs. The engineer will design, build, and operate production software infrastructure connecting Muon's spacecraft and data platform to government-facing systems, including developing data processing pipelines and integrating data delivery with government software architectures in classified environments.
Key responsibilities include:
• Design, implement, and run production pipelines in Muon's cloud infrastructure that process IR mission data and deliver it to NRO and other government customers, with ownership of adapting processing pipelines to operate in classified environments.
• Own software integration between Muon's data platform and US Government software architectures, including NRO systems and IC data infrastructure. This includes designing interfaces, meeting security and compliance requirements, and shepherding data flows into classified environments.
• Serve as engineering owner for National Imagery Transmission Format (NITF) formatting of Muon's IR imagery products, including metadata design, validation, and iteration with government customers.
• Work closely with Muon's Business Development team and D&I community end-users to clarify customer needs and shape the technical roadmap for government-facing software.
• Interact with Muon's software, data platform, instrument, and mission operations teams to ensure government-program pipelines are cleanly integrated with mission-agnostic software architectures.
• Interact with government stakeholders and program offices to align on requirements, security posture, and delivery.
• Write production-ready code for product processing and delivery pipelines.
• Ensure product quality, quantitative validation, and integrity of Muon's government-facing data products and services.
The ideal candidate has deep experience with US Government software architectures—particularly at or with the NRO—and hands-on experience deploying and operating software infrastructure in classified environments. Strong geospatial domain knowledge (geospatial processing, packages, and infrastructure) combined with software engineering rigor, including experience with NITF and other government imagery formats, is essential.
