Design, build, and operate mission-optimized satellite constellations with Muon Space. Backed by Air Street.
About the role
Muon seeks a Mechanical Quality Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate is a hands-on, seasoned professional passionate about aerospace manufacturing, with a strong commitment to production and quality assurance for high-reliability spaceflight hardware. You will play a key role in developing, implementing, and maintaining our quality programs, ensuring our satellites meet the highest standards of accuracy, reliability, quality, and safety. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Physics, or a related field
- 5+ years experience in Quality Engineering, Quality Assurance, or manufacturing
- Willingness to travel up to 40% to supplier sites as needed for audits, FAIs, and corrective action support
- Strong working knowledge of GD&T (ASME Y14.5) and the ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings and specifications
- Experience with dimensional inspection methods and equipment (calipers, micrometers, go/no-go gauges, optical/laser scanning)
- Deep knowledge of quality assurance terminology, methods, and tools
More about this role
Muon seeks a Mechanical Quality Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate is a hands-on, seasoned professional passionate about aerospace manufacturing, with a strong commitment to production and quality assurance for high-reliability spaceflight hardware. You will play a key role in developing, implementing, and maintaining our quality programs, ensuring our satellites meet the highest standards of accuracy, reliability, quality, and safety. This is a mechanical-based role: you will own quality across machined parts and mechanical assemblies from incoming inspection through integration and test.
This position is fully onsite and requires working in our San Jose, CA office five days a week.
- Inspection and Testing: Plan, execute, and oversee the inspection, integration, and testing of satellites and their sub-assemblies down to component-level hardware. Verify conformance to internal specifications, engineering drawings, and GD&T per ASME Y14.5. Perform dimensional inspection and mechanical fit checks, apply working knowledge of thread inserts, and support necessary testing.
- Nonconformance & Corrective Action Management: Lead nonconformance root-cause analysis and...
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