Design, build, and operate mission-optimized satellite constellations with Muon Space. Backed by Air Street.
About the role
Muon is seeking a Sr. Manager of Production Test Engineering to lead our Production Test Engineering organization and scale test capabilities to support increasing spacecraft production. This role manages Spacecraft Test Engineers and Environmental Test Engineers while owning spacecraft test strategy, customer payload integration testing, environmental test engineering, and the infrastructure and processes required for high-rate production. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Must be a U.S. Citizen or permanent resident
- 8+ years of experience in spacecraft, aerospace, defense, or complex hardware test engineering
- 3+ years of experience leading or managing test engineers
- Demonstrated experience developing and executing spacecraft or system-level test programs
- Experience with spacecraft AIT and integrated system testing
- Experience with environmental testing such as vibration, thermal vacuum, thermal cycling, or EMI/EMC
More about this role
Muon is seeking a Sr. Manager of Production Test Engineering to lead our Production Test Engineering organization and scale test capabilities to support increasing spacecraft production. This role manages Spacecraft Test Engineers and Environmental Test Engineers while owning spacecraft test strategy, customer payload integration testing, environmental test engineering, and the infrastructure and processes required for high-rate production.
The ideal candidate combines strong spacecraft test engineering experience with proven technical leadership and the ability to build scalable teams, processes, and test infrastructure. You will work closely with AIT, Systems Engineering, Mission Engineering, Flight Software, Manufacturing, Quality, and customers to translate spacecraft and mission requirements into robust, repeatable, and production-ready test processes.
This position is fully onsite and requires working in our San Jose, CA office five days a week.
- Lead, mentor, and develop Spacecraft Test Engineers and Environmental Test Engineers.
- Own the spacecraft production test strategy, including test requirements, procedures, scripts, configurations, limits, and acceptance...
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