Senior Mission Lead Systems Engineer

Muon Space

Senior Mission Lead Systems Engineer at Muon Space leading mission execution and design for climate intelligence solutions. Overseeing technical success from concept through on-orbit operations.

Posted 6/5/2026full-timeSan Jose • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $142,000 - $208,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the ultimate technical authority for your designated mission, leading the conceptualization, design, and development of the mission.
Lead the tailoring and implementation of the Muon mission design process for your designated mission, ensuring alignment with program needs, while contributing to process refinement across all missions.
Own the translation of customer objectives and stakeholder needs into clear, verifiable, and actionable technical requirements for your designated mission.
Serve as the primary technical point of contact for your designated mission, interfacing with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders on all technical matters.
Manage requirements traceability, verification, and validation
Define mission CONOPS and manage subsystem budgets (e.g., power, data, mass, pointing/stability).
Identify and mitigate internal and external mission risks, communicating impacts effectively.
Assess and coordinate design changes across disciplines throughout the program lifecycle.
Lead design, test readiness, and flight readiness reviews.
Monitor on-orbit spacecraft and data pipelines to ensure mission success and that customer requirements are met.
Foster deep collaboration with and provide technical direction to systems, hardware, software, data, ground segment, and operations teams for your designated mission, and support these interactions across other missions.
Effectively serve as the Mission Lead Systems Engineer for one mission while contributing general systems engineering expertise and support to other Muon missions, potentially deputizing for other Mission Lead Systems Engineers as needed.
Contribute to the continuous improvement of engineering processes, tools, and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in mission development and operations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

B.S. or higher degree in an engineering field and 10+ years of experience in complex system, mission architecture, and/or spacecraft design, with a focus on high-rigor development for government and/or demanding commercial customers.
Demonstrated experience as a technical lead (e.g., Chief Engineer, Lead Systems Engineer) on at least one complex system design for a USG, DoD, IC customer, and/or commercial customer.
Experience directly interfacing with and managing expectations for external customers.
Extensive experience in system modeling, systems analysis, and running simulations.
Proven history of system integration and delivery of complex systems.
Experience in formal requirements management for a multi-disciplinary project.
Demonstrated project management skills and ability to collaborate with other engineering disciplines.
Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills.
Ability to rapidly change roles/responsibilities while working in a high-paced, rewarding work environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, dental, and vision insurance
401k retirement plan
short & long term disability and life insurance
three weeks paid vacation for new employees
12 paid holidays
unlimited sick time
paid parental leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

system modelingsystems analysisrequirements managementsystem integrationmission architecturespacecraft designsimulationtechnical requirementsdesign reviewsCONOPS

Soft Skills

technical leadershipcommunicationpresentationcoordinationcollaborationproject managementrisk managementcustomer interfacingadaptabilityprocess improvement

Certifications

B.S. in engineering