Senior Systems Engineer (Mission Platforms)

• Muon is a lean and agile team, so keys to success in this role are your ability to “right-size” analysis and processes for differing levels of system maturity and risk, your flexibility to work with changing demands and schedules, and your effective communication of technical content to a diverse audience
• Lead the definition and integration of the holistic mission platform baseline, ensuring the system meets all operational requirements across hardware, software, payloads, and mission operations
• Partner directly with Business Development and Product Management to define the end-to-end technical roadmaps for our spacecraft platform families
• Establish, document, and release standardized capability baselines for the platforms, packaging these integrated solutions (HW + SW + Ops) so MLSEs can seamlessly inherit them
• Act as the strategic integration peer to key domain leads - including the Spacecraft Platform team FSW Architect, GSW Architect, and Operations Managers. You will manage the integrated, end-to-end mission system requirements, while partnering with these domain experts as the definitive authorities on their respective areas
• Execute system-level simulation and analysis - often integrated into V&V campaigns - to ensure resource budgets close and that the rolled-up system performance strictly meets overarching platform specifications
• Maintain deep situational awareness across all avionics and subsystem roadmaps, ensuring capabilities are delivered on the timelines required to meet the operational platform baseline
• Own the platform level requirements, V&V, and performance baselines that serve as the foundational starting point for every mission, maximizing commonality across the fleet and partnering with MLSEs to determine where mission-unique tailoring is genuinely warranted versus where inheritance from the platform should hold
• Shape robust fault management architectures and operational concepts designed to drastically reduce operator toil, ensuring SLA requirements are met at scale
• Ensure the platform baseline closes the loop end-to-end across the space-to-ground data pipeline, from onboard command & data handling (CDH), storage, and downlink prioritization, through ground ingest, processing, and delivery, so that data latency and data integrity requirements are met as a system
• Champion a platform/ product line first mindset across the organization, driving trades on what belongs in the baseline versus what should live as a mission-specific option
• Drive systems standardization across the Muon Foundry by creating reusable requirements, specifications, and standardized documentation to be leveraged across the entire spacecraft fleet

Benefits

• 100% health, dental, and vision coverage for employees; 50% coverage for dependents (Concierge Medical offered through One Medical where available)
• Parental leave for primary and secondary caregivers
• Generous time off policy
• 401(k) plan through Betterment and equity management through Carta
• Fully stocked kitchen at our HQ and we cater lunch 3 days per week
• Dog-friendly office- Extensive experience in AI&T workflows and V&V strategies, balancing technical risk with agile business constraints
• Proven history of system integration and delivery of complex, software-intensive systems
• Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills
• Prior experience moving organizations from custom, one-off engineering projects toward standardized, product-line engineering and reusable architectures
• Proven ability to drive alignment across highly senior, cross-functional stakeholders without direct reporting lines
• Ability to rapidly change roles/responsibilities while working in a high-paced, rewarding work environment
• Deep understanding of space vehicle dynamic behavior, fault management, and what it takes to actually fly and operate a spacecraft to meet strict SLAs
• We encourage you to apply, even if you don’t check all the boxes, and we look forward to reviewing your application! In addition, if you need a reasonable accommodation as part of your application for employment or interviews with us, please let us know
• Experience as a lead systems engineer or technical stakeholder in an agile environment
• Software skills in Python or Julia
• Remote sensing instrument experience across multiple modalities (e.g., optical, multispectral, RF), and their associated data pipelines
• Familiarity with requirements management, systems modeling tools, and software engineering processes
• M.S. or higher degree in an engineering field plus 6+ years of experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment, preferably with exposure to spacecraft systems, payload integration, and mission operations