Software Engineering Manager, Muon Space
Data Platform
$175-225k
+ Equity
End-to-end space systems provider
Job no longer available
End-to-end space systems provider
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$175-225k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make Earth Intelligence accessible to help protect our planet's people, climate and ecosystem.
Role
Who you are
- This is an ideal role for a candidate who would like to build a new ground up Geospatial Data Platform
- 7+ years of software engineering experience
- 3+ years direct management experience of 3+ people
- Experience owning large (i.e. PB) geospatial data processing systems from design through to production
- Experience building and executing on technical roadmaps
- Excellent communication and presentation skills to interact with Business Development and Customers
- Experience smoothly deploying continuously evolving data products to customers
- Current US Federal Secret Clearance holder or eligible & willing to achieve a Secret Clearance with sponsorship
- This position requires access to export controlled information. 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
Desirable
- Experience with adhering to Government, Contractual and Industry Security and Access controls
- Experience working with SaaS providers of core infrastructure services
- Experience with Machine Learning Development and Operations
- Experience coaching and mentoring data engineering skills with Science teams
What the job involves
- Our Data Platform Software Engineering Manager will be overseeing the design, execution, and management of a Data Platform and supporting Team to support the timely delivery of 100’s of PB of geospatial data per year
- The data types range from minimally processed Level 1 data to more complex Level 3 & 4 products derived using both signal processing and ML-based scientific models
- This role will collaborate closely with geospatial, scientific, and machine learning product developers to incorporate scalable cloud resources and modern software engineering practices into Muon’s Data Platform in order to meet our goals in monitoring and addressing climate change
- Form and implement a technical vision & design for Muon’s Data Platform which meets the diverse Mission needs in monitoring and addressing climate change
- Partner closely with our Ground Software, Science, Business Development, and Instrument teams to translate high-level mission concepts into team requirements, strategy and goals. Communicate these goals inward and outward
- Guide a team of software data engineers to build Muon’s Data Platform towards continuously evolving requirements
- Recruit and plan for an organization that will scale to meet the demands of the business as it grows
- Cultivate a technically excellent engineering team by mentoring team members and setting high standards
- Create an inclusive, collaborative, and team-oriented culture that fosters high productivity and opportunities for growth
- Support continuous improvement of software engineering processes for building, deploying, and monitoring data and machine learning pipelines
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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