# Senior Director, EO/IR Instrument Engineering at Muonspace

- Company: Muonspace
- What the company does: Design, build, and operate mission-optimized satellite constellations with Muon Space. Backed by Air Street.
- Company website: https://muonspace.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Mountain View, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $256K to $293K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-19
- Apply by: 2026-12-03
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/muonspace/jobs/5268959007?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/muonspace-senior-director-eo-ir-instrument-engineering/

## About the role

Muon seeks a Senior Director of EO/IR Instrument Engineering to lead the strategy, development, and delivery of our electro-optical and infrared instrument portfolio, from system architecture through on-orbit calibration. In this role, you will build, mentor, and guide a multidisciplinary engineering organization that is roughly doubling in size, while establishing the technical direction and operational rigor needed to scale across a growing portfolio of flight programs. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- BS in physics, optical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or a related field
- 20+ years developing EO/IR imaging instruments, with at least 10 years leading engineering organizations
- Technical leadership of at least two space flight EO/IR instruments from concept through launch and on-orbit checkout
- Led an organization of 40+ people through multiple layers of management, with accountability for its budget
- Working command of the full instrument chain: optical design, focal plane arrays and readout electronics, thermal and cryogenic design, radiometric calibration and on-orbit performance
- A record of owning instrument cost and schedule commitments, and of representing an instrument or payload portfolio to customers and senior executives

Tags: Engineering - EO/IR Instruments

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