Staff Software Engineer, Muon Space
Simulation Infrastructure
$210-234k
+ Equity grant
Office located in San Jose, CA
End-to-end space systems provider
Open for applications
End-to-end space systems provider
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$210-234k
+ Equity grant
Office located in San Jose, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make Earth Intelligence accessible to help protect our planet's people, climate and ecosystem.
Role
Who you are
- An ideal candidate is an expert generalist software engineer who is as comfortable architecting and building reliable web services as they are delivering high-performance compute jobs
- Proven ability to collaborate with specialized experts to deliver complex, cross-functional products
- B.S. or equivalent experience in Computer Science or a related field
- 10+ years' experience as a software engineer in a team environment
- Strong programming experience in both a high-level scripting language and a compiled systems language
- Willingness to operate in novel technical domains
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency
- We value diversity in the workplace, and that starts with our applicants. We encourage you to apply, even if you don't check all the boxes, and we look forward to reviewing your application!
Desirable
- Experience with numerical simulation techniques
- Fluency in statistical analysis
- Knowledge of the Julia language
- Familiarity with Linux systems administration and Docker containers
- Familiarity with cloud deployment environments, like Kubernetes and virtual instances
- Experience with Software-in-the-Loop simulation
- Knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps best practices
- General familiarity with orbital satellite operations
What the job involves
- Muon seeks a Staff Software Engineer to join our Simulation team
- In this role, you will shape the architectural direction of our Simulation tools. You will work with your Simulation Engineer teammates to integrate our simulation models into complete products, and you'll lead the design, development, and delivery of these products to stakeholders across the company
- Be the leading team member for Muon's in-house simulation product team
- Work closely with engineering management to design and deliver simulation services which meet the needs of stakeholder teams like business development, mission design, operations, and ground and flight software engineering
- Align technical roadmaps with product requirements and mission needs
- Collaborate with the team's physical-modeling experts to develop simulation performance specifications and integrate those simulation models into complete products
- Integrate feedback from client teams to drive iterative improvements to our simulation products
- Work closely with the Software Test team to integrate simulation tools into automated testing campaigns
- Collaborate with management to improve team estimation and planning
- Define success metrics to drive team alignment with company goals
- Mentor Simulation and Test team engineers
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. It is supported by considerable funding that is being invested into scaling operations across satellite production, the deployment of its automated constellation operations platform, and expansion of its global ground station network.
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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
- 100% health, dental, and vision coverage for employees; 50% coverage for dependents (Concierge Medical offered through One Medical where available)
- Parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers
- Generous time off policy
- 401(k) plan through Betterment and equity management through Carta
- Fully stocked kitchen at our HQ and we cater lunch 3 days per week
- Dog-friendly office
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Pascal Stang
(CTO & Co-founder)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 & Co-founder)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 Spacecraft Production & Co-founder)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 & Co-founder)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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