Design, build, and operate mission-optimized satellite constellations with Muon Space. Backed by Air Street.
About the role
Muon seeks a Director of Facilities to lead the team responsible for the infrastructure that our spacecraft are designed, built, and tested on. You will own the strategy, capital plan, and day-to-day performance of every facility Muon operates — from cleanroom and AIT space to environmental test infrastructure, critical power and process utilities. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, other technical discipline or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of professional experience in facilities engineering, infrastructure, or plant operations, including 5+ years leading and developing teams
- Demonstrated ownership of large capital expansion projects from business case through commissioning and close-out, with accountability for multi-million dollar budgets and schedule commitments
- Experience setting infrastructure strategy for a manufacturing organization scaling production rate, and communicating that strategy and its tradeoffs to an executive audience
- Proven vendor and contract management capability, including competitive bid processes, scope negotiation, and holding contractors accountable to technical and commercial terms
- Experience with heightened physical security requirements for critical industries
More about this role
Muon seeks a Director of Facilities to lead the team responsible for the infrastructure that our spacecraft are designed, built, and tested on. You will own the strategy, capital plan, and day-to-day performance of every facility Muon operates — from cleanroom and AIT space to environmental test infrastructure, critical power and process utilities. This is a hands-on executive role: you will set multi-year site and capacity strategy with the leadership team, defend and manage a capital and operating budget, and then personally drive the projects and vendor relationships that deliver it. You will build and develop the facilities engineering and maintenance organization and act as the single accountable owner for facility uptime against an aggressive spacecraft production ramp. Success in this role looks like spacecraft production never waiting on the building.
This position is fully onsite and requires working in our San Jose, CA office five days a week.
- Build and maintain the multi-year facilities and site strategy for Muon, translating spacecraft production rate targets and program roadmaps into infrastructure and real estate requirements, and presenting those plans and their...
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