Ground Software Engineer, Muon Space
$129-192k
+ Equity
Office located in San Jose, CA
End-to-end space systems provider
Open for applications
End-to-end space systems provider
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$129-192k
+ Equity
Office located in San Jose, CA
21-100 employees
Company mission
To make Earth Intelligence accessible to help protect our planet's people, climate and ecosystem.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is a self-motivated and versatile software engineer who is excited to build our cloud infrastructure, web services and applications like mission planning & control software, ground station integrations, and tools to gain insight into Earth’s complex systems
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in computer science or related field, or equivalent experience
- 4+ years experience as a software engineer in a team environment
- Strong programming experience in Python for web development
- Experience with cloud-native software development in at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) using containers
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new opportunities each week
Desirable
- Experience with the AWS / Govcloud ecosystem
- Experience managing CI/CD in cloud-based development, staging, and production environments
- Have a passion for simple architectures and clean APIs
- Strong Linux fundamentals and comfortable with Linux development and deployment environment
- IT and Information security (authentication, encryption)
- Experience smoothly deploying continuously evolving data services to customers
What the job involves
- Muon is looking for a Software Engineer (Back-end) to join our Ground Software team
- Our team broadly owns all the software that enables us to communicate with the satellite, as well as customer APIs that enable multi-satellite planning and scheduling
- We are fully responsible for the software we build through its full lifecycle; from implementing deployable applications, managing the infrastructure they run on, and supporting them running in production
- Build a world class Mission Planning & Control System in the cloud, using tools like Docker and FastAPI
- Participate in designing our cloud architecture: choosing which technologies we will use, how we will organize the system, and when we should build systems in-house vs buy them off the shelf, to maximize the impact of our team
- Manage the infrastructure we will use to deploy our cloud applications, using tools like Kubernetes, Helm, and AWS Lambda
- Build the spacecraft-to-cloud data integration: processing and archiving the command history and telemetry, using tools like Kafka, InfluxDB, and Grafana
- Build the APIs and tooling to integrate our cloud with remote antenna ground station networks
- Architect systems to achieve low latency and fault tolerance
- Deploy infrastructure and tools to workstations, on-premises data centers, and cloud environments
Our take
Developing and operating satellites represents a significant challenge. Many organizations need accurate, space-based data but lack the resources or expertise to build their own spacecraft or manage the necessary ground systems and data processing.
To tackle this issue, Muon Space provides a service called Muon Halo. This allows customers to access satellite data without having to handle the technical details of satellite construction or operation. Muon offers end-to-end solutions, including building and launching satellites, managing operations, and processing collected data.
Muon has contracts with major customers like the US Air Force and US Space Force, and it is set to launch ten satellites between 2025 and 2026. With financial backing, the company is ready to expand its services and meet the growing demand for space-based solutions.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jun 2025
$44.5m
SERIES B
Aug 2024
$56.7m
SERIES B
Total funding: $146.2m
Company benefits
- Healthy Humans: 100% health, dental, and vision coverage for employees. 50% coverage for dependents. Concierge medical offered through One Medical in areas where available
- Family Matters: Our parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers have you covered when you welcome a new child into your family
- Finding Balance: Generous time off policy to incorporate ample recharge time
- Save for the Future: 401(k) plan through Betterment and equity management through Carta
- There's Always Time to Eat: We offer a fully stocked kitchen at our HQ and we cater lunch 3 days per week
- Bring your Furry Friend: Our dog-friendly office means you don’t have to leave Fido behind to come to work
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Pascal Stang
(CTO)Previously a Director of the Autonomous Vehicle Division at Lyft. Prior to that, they were a Flight Vehicle Area Tech Lead at Google and a Satellite Systems Architect at Terra Bella.
Dan McCleese
(Chief Scientist)Previously worked at NASA for over 23 years in a number of roles including Mars Climate Sounder/MRO, Principal Investigator and Chief Scientist. They also worked at Calltech as a Climate Modelling Alliance Project Manager.
Paul Day
(VP of Engineering)Previously the CPO at Loft Orbital. They also worked as an Engineering Program Manager at Apple and as a Technical Program Manager at Google.
Reuben Rohrschneider
(Chief Mission Architect)Graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a PhD in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering. Previously worked at Ball Aerospace for over 14 years as a Mission Systems Engineer then Principal Mission Systems and Architect Engineer.
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