Design, build, and operate mission-optimized satellite constellations with Muon Space. Backed by Air Street.
About the role
You'll work alongside the team's senior and staff engineers and partner closely with Muon's dedicated structural and thermal analysis groups, with plenty of room to grow your ownership over time. This position is hybrid and requires working on-site in our San Jose, CA office three days per week.
What they're looking for
- 5+ years of experience designing, building, and testing mechanical hardware for complex systems
- Experience taking hardware from concept through build and test
- Structural analysis fundamentals: hand calculations, margin assessment, and familiarity with FEA
- Proficiency in CAD for medium-to-large assembly design and management (SolidWorks preferred)
- Solid command of drawings, GD&T, BOMs, and tolerance/mass budgets
- Excellent communication and cross-functional coordination skills
More about this role
You'll work alongside the team's senior and staff engineers and partner closely with Muon's dedicated structural and thermal analysis groups, with plenty of room to grow your ownership over time.
This position is hybrid and requires working on-site in our San Jose, CA office three days per week.
- Own the mechanical execution of an assigned mission end-to-end — from requirements through design, build, integration, and environmental test — with support from senior engineers
- Create and manage spacecraft-level mechanical assemblies in SolidWorks, including envelopes, interfaces, and configuration control
- Perform first-order structural and thermal sizing to guide your designs, partnering with Muon's dedicated structural and thermal analysis groups for detailed analysis
- Produce and release engineering documentation: drawings, GD&T, BOMs, and tolerance/mass budgets through ECO/DCO processes
- Support environmental test campaigns (vibration, TVAC) and spacecraft integration alongside production and test teams
- Write build procedures and support hardware assembly and integration on the floor
- Present your work in design reviews (PDR, CDR, MRR) and coordinate across systems,...
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