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Salary: USD 175,000 - 208,000 / annual
Muon Space is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to lead cross-functional planning and execution for the IR Data Product Team. This role focuses on managing the delivery of improvements and new capabilities for data processing pipelines, coordinating efforts across software, hardware, science, and product teams from concept through launch.
Key responsibilities include:
- Program Planning & Roadmapping: Define objectives, scope, milestones, and success criteria in collaboration with engineering and product stakeholders
- Scheduling & Execution Management: Build and maintain project timelines, track dependencies, monitor progress, and adjust plans as priorities shift
- Risk & Issue Management: Identify risks early, coordinate mitigation plans, surface blockers, and drive timely resolution
- Cross-Functional Coordination: Facilitate collaboration across software, hardware, science, and product teams, ensuring aligned deliverables and clear handoffs
- Communication & Reporting: Provide concise, actionable updates to stakeholders and leadership on progress, changes, risks, and decisions
- Process & Continuous Improvement: Identify inefficiencies in workflows, propose improvements, and help implement better practices and tools
- Resource & Capacity Planning: Assist in forecasting resource needs, tracking capacity, and supporting prioritization and staffing decisions
- Release Planning & Readiness: Coordinate software releases, track readiness criteria, and communicate expectations to impacted teams
Required qualifications:
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years as a software engineer or similar technical role
- 3+ years managing or coordinating software development projects
- Demonstrated ability to establish and optimize software project management processes
- Strong technical background managing or implementing teams/projects in cloud computing, data pipeline processing, and/or data science
- Knowledge of software development methods, tools, and infrastructure
- Proven ability to communicate effectively with diverse technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience leading cross-functional planning, scheduling, and risk management across multiple teams
- Results-oriented mindset with bias toward clarity, accountability, and continuous improvement
Nice-to-have experience includes aerospace, robotics, logistics, or high-reliability software development; technical documentation and architecture review; Jira/Confluence; OKR frameworks; and distributed team environments.
The position is hybrid, requiring three days per week on-site in San Jose, CA. Muon Space, founded in 2021, is an end-to-end space systems provider designing, building, and operating LEO satellite constellations for mission-critical data delivery across climate monitoring and national security applications.
