About the role

The Hardware Royalty & Licensing Manager will oversee Roku’s end-to-end management of hardware royalty costs for Roku-branded televisions and other devices. They will read, interpret, and negotiate license agreements—particularly with patent assertion entities—and translate those terms into transparent, operational processes with our Royalty Accounting and Product Management teams to ensure compliance, accurate reporting, and cost optimization.

For California Only - The estimated annual base salary for this position is between $180,000 - $200,000 annually. Compensation packages are based on factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, certifications, and specific geographical location. This role is eligible for health insurance, equity awards, life insurance, disability benefits, parental leave, wellness benefits, and paid time off.

What you'll be doing

• License strategy and negotiations: Lead and support negotiations with patent assertion entities, licensing administrators, and patent pools; develop deal structures, redlines, and negotiation strategies in partnership with Legal and relevant stakeholders.
• Contract interpretation to operations: Translate executed agreements into digestible instructions, product/SKU mappings, and compliance checklists; ensure terms are integrated into procurement processes and reporting processes.
• Royalty operations and compliance: Establish reporting cadences, calendars, and controls with Royalty Accounting; manage audits, information requests, and timely/accurate filings and payments.
• Cost management and analytics: Model royalty exposure across current and roadmap products; build scenarios and sensitivities; partner with FP&A to forecast accruals and with Product to influence design and roadmap decisions that optimize total cost.
• Cross-functional leadership: Partner closely with Legal/IP, Product Management, Engineering, Finance/FP&A, Supply Chain/OEM partners, and Royalty Accounting to align on requirements, timelines, and risk mitigations.
• Market and risk intelligence: Monitor relevant patent landscapes, assertion activity, renewals, and termination windows; maintain a calendar and risk register; recommend proactive strategies to avoid or mitigate exposure.
• Vendor and partner management: Coordinate external counsel and licensing advisors where needed; manage engagement scope, performance, and spend.
• Process and tooling: Maintain a system of record for agreements, obligations, and reports, and drive continuous improvement of templates, playbooks, dashboards, and training materials.

We're excited if you have

• 5–6+ years of experience in procurement, IP licensing, royalty management, or a closely related function in consumer electronics, media/streaming, or adjacent tech industries.
  Proven experience interpreting and negotiating license agreements, including with patent assertion entities and/or patent pools; strong redlining skills and familiarity with key terms (e.g., field-of-use, territory, MFN, caps, rate structures, audit rights, grant-back).
• Ability to connect legal terms to operational compliance and accurate royalty reporting across product lines/SKUs.
• Strong financial and analytical skills (Excel modeling, scenario analysis, forecasting) with the ability to quantify options and communicate tradeoffs succinctly.
• Effective cross-functional communicator who can influence and align Legal/IP, Engineering, Product, Finance, and external counterparties.
• Working understanding of technologies relevant to connected TVs and streaming devices (e.g., wireless standards, video/audio codecs, HDMI/HDCP, DRM) and how they drive licensing obligations.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. An advanced degree (JD, MBA) or technical degree is a plus but not required.
• Experience in a hardware-centric environment with royalty accounting processes and systems; familiarity with CLM and royalty tooling (e.g., contract repositories, reporting systems).
• Background interfacing with Finance/FP&A on accruals, variance analysis, and close processes.
• Exposure to litigation strategy or dispute resolution related to IP/licensing (in partnership with Legal).
• Success Measures:
  • Year-over-year royalty cost savings/avoidance and improved commercial terms.
  • Zero missed reporting deadlines and clean audit outcomes.
  • Forecast accuracy for royalty accruals and timely visibility to variances.
  • Positive stakeholder feedback from Legal, Product, Engineering, and Finance.
• Roku values you’ll embody
  • Pragmatic problem-solving, crisp communication, and strong ownership.
  • Curiosity for the technology behind our products and the business models that monetize them.
  • Respectful, direct negotiation style that represents Roku’s interests professionally.

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About the role

Muon seeks a Software Engineer to join our Information Systems team. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated and versatile software engineer with a strong desire to develop mission-critical internal software and platforms with the primary goal to reduce manual and repetitive tasks.

The Information Systems team owns the comprehensive suite of custom software, vendor software, data platforms and automated tools that will enable various teams to work more rapidly, our factories to build efficiently, and our launch teams to operate flawlessly.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on software development of internal software using modern methodologies and tools.
• Own the end-to-end software development from product concept to delivery and maintenance to our internal customers.
• Participate in designing overall information systems architecture, from technology selection to buy-vs-build decisions.
• Embrace adaptability by taking on meaningful responsibilities as the company’s needs change, and be comfortable changing elevations from low-level coding to higher-level project and initiative needs.
• Assist in the integration and implementation of core systems (e.g., custom ERP, PLM, MES, Supply Chain) to integrate seamlessly and automate handoffs between functions.

Qualifications

• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in computer science or related field, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years full-stack (frontend and backend) software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in common programming languages such as Python and Javascript along with common libraries such as React and Angular.
• Experience selecting and deploying database technology based on specific performance and feature needs (SQL/NoSQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, InfluxDB, etc)
• Proficiency developing, versioning and optimizing REST and GraphQL APIs.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new challenges each week

Nice-to-have Skills

• Modern space systems experience, including software ecosystems.
• Proven success in a high-growth startup environment

Salary

The salary range for this role is $156,000 - $186,000, plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be determined based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process. 

About the role

Muon seeks a Staff Software Engineer to join our Information Systems team. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated and versatile software engineer with a strong desire to develop mission-critical internal software and platforms with the primary goal to reduce manual and repetitive tasks.

The Information Systems team owns the comprehensive suite of custom software, vendor software, data platforms and automated tools that will enable various teams to work more rapidly, our factories to build efficiently, and our launch teams to operate flawlessly.

Responsibilities

• Leading member of the team defining and building various platforms, tools and applications on the Information Systems team.
• Hands-on software development of internal software using modern methodologies and tools.
• Align team roadmaps with product requirements and mission needs.
• Own the end-to-end software development from product concept to delivery and maintenance to our internal customers.
• Lead overall information systems designs, and architecture; from technology selection to buy-vs-build decisions. 
• Embrace adaptability by taking on meaningful responsibilities as the company’s needs change, and be comfortable changing elevations from low-level coding to higher-level project and initiative needs.
• Define metrics aligned with critical company goals and enable the team to achieve aggressive goals.
• Closely collaborate with other internal teams and departments.

Qualifications

• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in computer science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years full-stack (frontend and backend) software engineering experience.
• Deep expertise in programming languages such as Python and Javascript along with common libraries such as React and Angular.
• Deep experience selecting and deploying database technology based on specific performance and feature needs (SQL/NoSQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, InfluxDB, etc)
• Proficiency developing, versioning and optimizing REST and GraphQL APIs.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new challenges each week.

Nice-to-have Skills

• Modern space systems experience, including software ecosystems.
• Proven success in a high-growth startup environment.
• End-to-end development from product concept to delivery to customer/market.

Salary

The salary range for this role is $210,000 - $234,000, plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be determined based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process. 

About the Role

Muon seeks a talented Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate can go both deep and broad across the control system analysis and design process. They would use a “systems mindset” to be a multiplier when collaborating with other disciplines to arrive at an elegant, best-fit spacecraft design.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement guidance, navigation & control architectures and algorithms in an embedded C++ environment
• Define requirements for ADCS algorithms, hardware, and related systems - both for existing missions as well as roadmap development that unlock new customer opportunities
• Perform analysis and simulation of mission-specific GNC performance
• Collaborate on the development of ground-processing algorithms for sensor calibration
• Collaborate on the development of an offline geolocation processing pipeline
• Support anomaly resolution of on-orbit systems, including oncall duties
• Support software- and hardware-in-the-loop test planning, execution, and validation
• Lead technical efforts and provide mentorship of more junior engineers

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering or equivalent plus 5+ years of professional experience, OR several years of experience hands-on with GNC analysis and design
• Software skills in C++
• Knowledge of control and optimization theory
• Expertise in common numerical programming environments (Python, Julia, MATLAB)
• Experience designing, analyzing, and implementing ADCS/GNC subsystems for spacecraft
• Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills
• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new opportunities each week

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with control stability analysis of flexible bodies
• Experience with ADCS of precision pointing platforms
• Experience with spacecraft flight operations

Salary

The salary range for this role is $138,000 - $208,000 plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process.

About the Role

Muon seeks a talented Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate can go both deep and broad across the control system analysis and design process. They would use a “systems mindset” to be a multiplier when collaborating with other disciplines to arrive at an elegant, best-fit spacecraft design.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement guidance, navigation & control architectures and algorithms in an embedded C++ environment
• Define requirements for ADCS algorithms, hardware, and related systems - both for existing missions as well as roadmap development that unlock new customer opportunities
• Perform analysis and simulation of mission-specific GNC performance
• Collaborate on the development of ground-processing algorithms for sensor calibration
• Collaborate on the development of an offline geolocation processing pipeline
• Support anomaly resolution of on-orbit systems, including oncall duties
• Support software- and hardware-in-the-loop test planning, execution, and validation

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering or equivalent plus at least 2-3 years of professional experience, OR several years of experience hands-on with GNC analysis and design
• Software skills in C++
• Knowledge of control and optimization theory
• Expertise in common numerical programming environments (Python, Julia, MATLAB)
• Experience designing, analyzing, and implementing ADCS/GNC subsystems for spacecraft
• Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills
• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new opportunities each week

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with control stability analysis of flexible bodies
• Experience with ADCS of precision pointing platforms
• Experience with spacecraft flight operations

Salary

The salary range for this role is $124,000 - $189,000 plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process.

About the role

Muon seeks a Harness Technician to join our Assembly, Integration, and Test team. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated technician who will help both the Electrical Engineering team with prototype projects, as well as the Production team to prepare flight hardware as a part of building the satellites.

Responsibilities

• Fabricate, assemble, and integrate high quality, high reliability wire harness and electro-mechanical assemblies
• Read, interpret and work from drawing as well as controlled documentation and processes
• Perform work according to procedures, specifications, and test instructions
• Use various mechanical and precision calibrated tools and equipment
• Perform electrical checkouts using custom setups combined with off the shelf equipment/components
• Collaborate with engineers to develop and document future processes
• Ensure all production services are performed on time, safely, and in a professional manner

Qualifications 

• 2-4 years of experience in a production assembly environment
• Experience working with engineers in development and production environments
• Able to work independently and problem solve efficiently with minimal supervision
• Willingness to provide constructive feedback to the engineering and management teams to improve tooling designs, processes and parts
• Able to stay organized with strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new challenges each week
• Must be able to work all shifts and available for overtime and weekends as needed

Nice-to-have Skills

• Experience inspecting wire harness and cable assemblies
• Experience in the aerospace industry, aviation, military, or other high-reliability operating environment
• Knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems
• Skill in operating and manipulating machinery and various hand and power tools requiring manual dexterity
• Ability to use precision measuring instruments
• Proficient with computers
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Ability to rapidly change roles/responsibilities while working in a high-paced, challenging work environment

Salary Range

This role is non-exempt. The hourly range for this role is $45-$48/hour plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process.

About the role

Muon seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead Muon Space’s Programs efforts, responsible for successfully delivering solutions, products, and technology while managing cost and schedule baselines contracts with the U.S. Government and Commercial Organizations. The Program Manager will be a key member of the Mission Engineering team and collaborate closely with Muon Space’s engineering, business, legal, finance, and operations departments. You will also support the portfolio's growth by fostering organic growth on existing contracts and supporting captures of new contracts. 

As a Technical Program Manager at Muon Space, you delight our customers and users with high-quality products and solutions delivered on time and on budget, meeting our contractual obligations. You are cognizant of how all the pieces need to come together for successful program execution and can turn that into well-organized roadmaps, schedules, and budgets that you then track throughout the program lifecycle. You will be responsible for monitoring and ensuring successful execution of Muon’s contracts that you manage. You will support business development through proposals, RFI responses, customer engagement, and organic growth.

This role is based in San Jose with a hybrid schedule (3 days per week in-office).

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary aerospace development effort, driving day-to-day execution of the program
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to plan and coordinate the resources necessary to execute the program
• Synchronize a diverse technical team by establishing tools, practices, and process
• Participate in technical discussions, ask probing questions, and work with the team to pull together scoping, schedules, and solutions to issues
• Track and report program metrics on schedule, resource, cost, risk, and technical performance
• Serve as the face of the company to customers, subcontractors and suppliers

Qualifications

• 5+ years relevant experience in program management
• B.S. in an engineering discipline, M.S. or Ph.D. preferred
• Track record of successfully delivering complete systems (hardware, firmware, software, algorithms) on time, to scope, with high quality.
• Experience in development and/or program management of satellite based systems. Ability to instantiate and manage integrated master schedules.
• Expertise in modern, cloud-based productivity tools
• Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills, with ability to work successfully across all engineering disciplines.
• Experience in vendor and contract management

Nice-to-have Skills

• System engineering and experience with inter-discipline technical trade study
• Experience working with scripting languages (e.g. Python, Julia) and database queries (e..g SQL, BigQuery)  for data integration, analysis, and dashboarding.
• Experience in a fast-paced, startup environment
• Experience managing and growing teams

Salary

The salary range for this role is $175,000 - $208,000 plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process.

About the role

Muon seeks a Mechanical Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate can go deep on design and analysis but also has a "systems mindset" and will be a force multiplier collaborating with other disciplines to arrive at an elegant, well-balanced design. Being an early-stage startup with a small team, breadth is extremely important and we expect this person to dive into structural analysis, dynamics, thermal design, supplier management, and everything else associated with the full lifecycle of an electromechanical product.

This is an individual contributor role focused on hands-on design, analysis, build support, and test execution for spacecraft mechanical hardware.

Due to the hands-on nature of this role, it requires onsite work at our Mountain View and San Jose locations.

Responsibilities

Mechanical Design

• Create, review, and refine spacecraft component and subsystem mechanical designs in a modern CAD package (SolidWorks), managing small-to-medium assemblies
• Develop clean-sheet mechanical and structural designs through detailed design, consistent with the risk posture, development velocity, and deployment schedules at Muon
• Create quick concepts to drive early-phase discussions and inspire the team
• Influence flight designs to ensure hardware is optimized for manufacturability, assembly, and testability
• Make economically sound make vs. buy decisions, balancing the need to quickly demonstrate capability while understanding the path to scaled-up constellations

Analysis

• Perform stress and dynamic analyses (hand calculations, simple FEM) to support and inform structural designs, including joint design, fastener sizing, and stiffness analyses
• Collaborate with structural and thermal analysts to iterate designs for performance and manufacturability
• Conduct trade studies to evaluate design alternatives and document recommendations
• Support mass budget tracking and tolerance stack-up analyses for mechanical assemblies

Build & Integration

• Create and maintain build procedures, assembly instructions, and work orders for mechanical hardware
• Support and oversee technicians during assembly and integration of mechanical components and subsystems
• Identify and resolve fit, form, and function issues during hardware builds
• Drive designs toward producibility, considering prototype through production quantity needs
• Conduct first article inspections (FAIs) and document non-conformances; participate in MRB as needed

Test & Verification

• Design test fixtures and GSE to support development, qualification, and acceptance testing
• Develop component and subsystem-level test plans and procedures for environmental testing (vibration, shock, TVAC)
• Specify and integrate test instrumentation (accelerometers, strain gauges, thermocouples, etc.)
• Execute and support environmental test campaigns; collect, reduce, and analyze test data
• Document test results and correlate with analysis predictions; recommend design updates as needed

Documentation & Configuration Management

• Create and maintain engineering drawings with proper GD&T, BOMs, and revision control
• Author and maintain design documentation including trade studies, interface control documents (ICDs), and design rationale
• Execute ECOs/DCOs and maintain configuration control through PLM systems
• Document lessons learned from builds and tests to inform future designs

Collaboration & Coordination

• Own delivery of mechanical items and subsystems, coordinating with analysts, avionics, program, thermal, optical, and RF engineers
• Manage development of mechanical/structural architectures through detailed design in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders
• Coordinate with external vendors for part prototyping and development; review vendor deliverables for compliance with requirements
• Present design status, trade studies, and test results at design reviews

Required Qualifications

• 5 years of experience designing, building, and testing flight hardware in the space industry (or similar: aerospace, autonomous vehicles, robotics, etc.)
• B.S. or higher degree in Mechanical Engineering
• Proficiency in CAD (SolidWorks preferred) for component and assembly design
• Experience with engineering drawings, GD&T, BOMs, and ECO processes
• Demonstrated experience executing structural or environmental tests and documenting results
• Hands-on experience supporting hardware builds and integration activities
• Strong documentation skills: ability to author clear build procedures, test plans, and technical reports
• Excellent communication, presentation, and cross-functional coordination skills
• A desire to change the way the world understands and reacts to climate and environmental data
• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new opportunities each week

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with deployable structures (solar arrays, antennas, mechanisms) or SADA mechanisms
• Experience running structural analyses for spacecraft (FEMAP, ANSYS, Nastran)
• Experience with thermal management systems for spacecraft
• Experience designing and executing qualification-level environmental tests (vibration, TVAC, shock)
• Large assembly management in SolidWorks PDM; experience with PLM systems (Duro or similar)
• Optomechanical instrument or payload design
• Experience with composite materials and bonded assemblies
• Experience managing external vendors for part prototyping and development
• Software skills in Python, MATLAB, or similar for data analysis and automation
• Familiarity with FAI processes, non-conformance reporting, and MRB activities
• Google Workspace proficiency (Sheets, Slides, Docs); Slack

Salary

The salary range for this role is  $144,000 - $177,000 plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process.

About the role

Muon seeks a Spacecraft Test Technician to join our team. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated technician that will play a hands-on role in testing our PCBAs and spacecraft to prepare flight hardware as a part of building the satellites.

Responsibilities

• Performs operational tests on a wide variety of subassemblies and systems using schematics, wiring diagrams, test specifications and test procedures.
• Works with engineering instructions and standard test procedures to operationally test developmental products as required.
• Sets up and operates in accordance with prescribed procedures using standard test equipment such as pulse generators, amplifiers, oscilloscopes, voltmeters, etc.
• Interprets test data and checks results against specifications and test procedures and data sheets to determine proper functioning and quality of product.
• Operate Vacuum Chambers: Safely setup, operate and monitor thermal vacuum chambers, ensuring test environments meet mission requirements for pressure, cleanliness, and thermal stability.
• Troubleshoot Issues: Diagnose and resolve problems with test hardware, instrumentation, and vacuum chambers in real time during test operations.
• Assembly & Fabrication: Assemble mechanical and electrical test setups from engineering drawings and schematics.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Work closely with test engineers and AIT technicians to ensure smooth and safe test operations.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalency certificate
• 2+ years of experience in avionics, propulsion, electrical or mechanical test environment OR a certificate from an accredited trade school/program
• Experience with Linux command line tools
• Experience working with engineers in development and production environments
• Willingness to provide constructive feedback to the engineering and management teams to improve tooling designs, processes and procedures
• Able to stay organized with strong attention to detail
• Able to read and interpret wiring schematics and assembly drawings
• Excellent communication skills
• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new challenges each week

Nice-to-have Skills

• 2+ years of hands-on electro-mechanical assembly experience in the aerospace industry, aviation, military or other high-volume operating environment preferred
• Experience with CAD such as Solidworks or similar software
• Experience with MES and ERP systems
• Experience working in a Class 10k (ISO 7) cleanroom
• Able to lift 25 lbs unassisted
• A&P Certified

Salary

This role is non-exempt. The hourly range for this role is $46-$53/hour ($98,000 - $111,000/annually) plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process.

About the role

Muon seeks a Spacecraft Test Engineer to join our Assembly, Integration, and Test team.  The ideal candidate is a self-motivated engineer and is responsible for understanding every system on the satellite. Engineers on this team must have a working knowledge of design schematics, operations, manufacturing, testing, and flight. A successful Spacecraft Test Engineer demonstrates engineering intuition and critical thinking and is comfortable working under ambiguous requirements. They will interface with other engineers, subject matter experts, and technicians to solve production challenges, support with prototype projects, and to prepare flight hardware as a part of building the satellites.

Responsibilities

• Enable day-to-day execution of spacecraft integration and test flow
• Support non-conformance investigation to determine root cause
• Support AIT in the setup and activation of production lines and development and qualification of hardware test setups
• Support the development of flight hardware, ground support equipment and qualification test assets
• Support electrical engineering during development and pre-production phases of hardware life-cycles, as required
• Perform bring-up and acceptance tests of PCBAs, as required

Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science or Computer, Electrical, or related engineering discipline
• 5+ years experience in aerospace or similar industry
• Familiarity with programming and scripting languages or ability to quickly learn them (i.e. Python, Tcl, C++, SQL)
• Hands-on experience using electrical test equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes, power supplies, etc.)
• Understanding and experience in environmental testing such as vibration, shock, thermal, burn-in, and TVAC
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated capability to jump into ill-defined problems and drive positive outcomes
• RF Experience

Nice-to-have Skills

• Experience working in a Class 10k (ISO 7) cleanroom environment
• Documentation and configuration management experience
• Experience writing test plans, procedures and providing go/no-go judgment and rationale
• Experience troubleshooting electronics hardware 
• Proficiency in understanding PCB schematics and layout tools

Salary

The salary range for this role is $123,000 - $139,000 plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process.

About the role

Muon Space is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Early Career Electrical Hardware Engineer to join our growing team in San Jose, CA. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the design, development, and testing of cutting-edge electrical hardware for our next-generation spacecraft. You will work closely with experienced engineers across various disciplines to bring innovative satellite systems to life. 

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and development of electrical systems for spacecraft avionics, including areas such as flight computers, power distribution, guidance and navigation, sensors, actuators, and communication systems.
• Participate in schematic capture and PCB layout with the guidance of senior engineers.
• Assist in the bring-up, testing, and validation of newly designed hardware.
• Collaborate with software engineers on the integration and testing of hardware and software components.
• Build and test early hardware prototypes to evaluate design concepts and mitigate risks.
• Work cross-functionally with mechanical, software, systems, and production teams to ensure successful integration and manufacturability of hardware.
• Contribute to the creation of design documentation, test procedures, and reports.
• Participate in design reviews and provide constructive feedback.

Qualifications

• Prefer, but don’t require B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 0-3 years of experience in hardware engineering, preferably with exposure to electronic systems (relevant internships and academic projects will be considered).
• Familiarity with basic electronic components, circuits, and test equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies).
• Exposure to schematic capture and PCB layout software (e.g., Altium, Cadence/Orcad).
• Understanding of microcontroller basics and common communication interfaces (e.g., UART, SPI, I2C).
• Strong problem-solving skills and a hands-on approach to engineering challenges.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• A strong desire to learn and contribute in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Nice-to-have Skills

• Experience with embedded systems or basic embedded programming concepts.
• Familiarity with environmental testing considerations (e.g., vibration, thermal, EMI).
• Exposure to scripting languages like Python for test automation or data analysis.
• Participation in relevant student projects or clubs (e.g., robotics, aerospace).

About the role

Muon Space is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Senior Electrical Hardware Engineer to join our growing team in San Jose, CA. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the design, development, and testing of cutting-edge electrical hardware for our next-generation spacecraft. You will work closely with experienced engineers across various disciplines to bring innovative satellite systems to life. 

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and development of electrical systems for spacecraft avionics, including areas such as flight computers, power distribution, guidance and navigation, sensors, actuators, and communication systems.
• Schematic capture and PCB layout
• Bring-up, testing, and validation of newly designed hardware.
• Collaborate with software engineers on the integration and testing of hardware and software components.
• Build and test early hardware prototypes to evaluate design concepts and mitigate risks.
• Work cross-functionally with mechanical, software, systems, and production teams to ensure successful integration and manufacturability of hardware.
• Contribute to the creation of design documentation, test procedures, and reports.
• Participate in design reviews and provide constructive feedback.
• Mentor other engineers and push the team to new heights in your respective domain

Qualifications

• Prefer, but don’t require B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 3-8 years of experience in hardware engineering, preferably with exposure to electronic systems (relevant internships and academic projects will be considered).
• Familiarity with electronic components, circuits, and test equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies).
• Expert level knowledge in schematic capture and PCB layout software (e.g., Altium, Cadence/Orcad).
• Understanding of microcontrollers and common communication interfaces (e.g., UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet).
• Experience with embedded systems, embedded programming concepts and comfortable in a Linux development environment
• Strong problem-solving skills and a hands-on approach to engineering challenges.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• A strong desire to learn and contribute in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Nice-to-have Skills

• Familiarity with environmental testing considerations (e.g., vibration, thermal, EMI).
• Exposure to scripting languages like Python for test automation or data analysis.
• Experience with power electronics for space applications (e.g., batteries, GaN switching converters, load switch design)
• Experience with FPGAs, SoC, or embedded linux platforms
• Leadership experience in clubs or on small teams
• Previous startup experience or experience working in a fast paced environment

About the role

Muon Space is leveraging our proprietary constellation of Earth-observation satellites to monitor and address climate change and growing customer needs, and we need a Software Platform Engineer to build the infrastructure that powers all of our engineering teams. As a key member of our Software Platform team, you will design, implement, and maintain the reliable, scalable platform that enables our entire organization to deliver software efficiently and securely. You'll be the force multiplier for our science and engineering teams, empowering them with modern cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices. By creating world-class infrastructure and developer tools, you will directly accelerate our ability to deliver satellite systems and climate solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and Terragrunt across different cloud platforms
• Design and deploy Bazel build infrastructure such as network caches and remote execution clusters to accelerate developer productivity
• Develop cloud cost visibility dashboards and self-serve budgeting tools for engineering teams
• Architect and operate AWS EKS clusters for production workloads
• Implement monitoring and observability solutions using Grafana, Prometheus, and InfluxDB
• Expand a growing private network infrastructure using Cloudflare Zero Trust and AWS transit gateway

Qualifications

• 5+ years of DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering experience
• Deep expertise in AWS services (EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM) and Terraform
• Production experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration

Nice-to-have Skills

• Experience with Bazel build systems and remote caching
• GitHub Enterprise and Okta/SSO integration experience
• Experience with Artifactory or similar artifact management systems
• Backstage or similar developer portal platforms
• AWS GovCloud and multi-account AWS organizations
• Experience in aerospace or satellite systems

Salary

The salary range for this role is $184,000 - $208,000 plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process.

About the role

Muon seeks a Senior Software Engineer to join our Software Team. The ideal candidate is a brilliant generalist problem-solver with excellent system design and coding skills who can find and deploy simple solutions to complex problems. They are able to quickly understand new technology and systems, and to reason about automation and fault handling in a complex environment. They have significant prior experience and interest in either robotics, autonomy, embedded software, mobile development, simulation or distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, lead, implement multi-week complex and cross-team projects
• Estimate forward-looking work
• Measure metrics aligned and highly correlated with company goals
• Manage, publish and update goals for their area of responsibility
• Act as the company expert in their area of ownership
• Mentor new and junior engineers
• Ensure company standards are upheld for code, testing, design and review
• Participate in evaluating and selecting technologies for our software foundation

Qualifications 

• Proven capability to quickly learn new programming languages and development environments
• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field
• 8+ years experience as a software engineer in a team environment
• Strong programming in C++, Rust or Python

Nice-to-have Skills

• Expertise in embedded software, robotics or autonomy
• Training in physics, statistics, computational mathematics or electrical engineering
• Prior experience in aerospace software

Salary

The salary range for this role is $184,000 - $208,000, plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be determined based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process. 

About the role

Muon seeks a Staff Software Engineer to join our flight software team. The ideal candidate is an expert software developer with significant previous experience architecting and building robust bare-metal / RTOS embedded devices or appliances. In this role, you will both set architectural direction for, and lead design, development, integration, and testing of much of the software and firmware that runs on our orbiting satellites. This position is based at our San Jose, CA office.

Responsibilities

• Leading member of the team defining and building Muon’s satellite bus platform
• Define and architect design and execution against the basic concepts and requirements of our missions to get the right software and firmware on orbit
• Design, bring up, and support the embedded software environment that runs in our satellite flight systems and peripherals using ARM Cortex-M CPUs.
• Guide evaluation and selection of technologies for our software foundation
• Write application, platform, and driver functionality in our flight software environment and set the standards for how others use it
• Build the architectural patterns, shared libraries, services and technical strategy documents that enable high-quality and high-velocity development of flight software
• Integrate compute and peripheral subsystems in both software and hardware
• Collaborate with hardware team members on the design and bring up of Muon hardware
• Align team roadmaps with product requirements and mission needs
• Define metrics aligned with critical company goals and enable the team to achieve aggressive goals
• Ensure effective software and hardware-in-the-loop test strategies
• Mentor senior engineers

Qualifications 

• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field
• 10+ years experience as a software engineer in a team environment
• Strong C/C++ programming, with practical familiarity of other languages
• Great embedded systems fundamentals: distributed system architecture, resource-efficient design, low-level drivers, bit manipulation, responsive software and IRQ handling, RTOS frameworks, I/O and communication buses.
• Integration and control of external hardware devices
• Read and understand hardware data sheets
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Nice-to-have Skills

• Experience working in flight software or some closely related domain
• Rust and Python experience
• Knowledge of industry-standard data formats and schemas (ProtoBuf, YAML, JSON, etc)
• Familiarity with a Linux-based development environment
• Experience with one or more of: embedded linux, FPGA, HW design, RF communication systems, cloud/server infrastructure, network architecture.
• End-to-end development from product concept to delivery to customer/market.

Salary

The salary range for this role is $210,000 - $234,000, plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be determined based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process. 

About the role

Muon seeks a Senior Mission Lead Systems Engineer to join our Mission Engineering team. At Muon, we are developing multiple missions to help understand and act on climate impacts. As a Senior Mission Lead Systems Engineer, you will serve as the technical lead for a specific Muon mission, owning the end-to-end technical success from concept through on-orbit operations. You will be the primary technical interface with customers for your mission. In this role you will have a “big-picture” view of mission execution, spanning the full lifecycle of mission design - from initial formulation with the Business Development team, through execution with the space vehicle hardware and software teams, to on-orbit validation and mission performance monitoring with the Operations team. You will be responsible for interacting with customers and cross functional team leads to develop requirements and ICDs, work with other Systems Engineers to perform system modeling, develop test plans with AI&T teams, and identify and reduce risk across the program with Program Managers. 

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.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the ultimate technical authority for your designated mission, leading the conceptualization, design, and development of the mission. Drive critical cross-functional technical trades and decisions to ensure mission success.
• Lead the tailoring and implementation of the Muon mission design process for your designated mission, ensuring alignment with program needs, while contributing to process refinement across all missions.
• Own the translation of customer objectives and stakeholder needs into clear, verifiable, and actionable technical requirements for your designated mission.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for your designated mission, interfacing with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders on all technical matters.
• Manage requirements traceability, verification, and validation
• Define mission CONOPS and manage subsystem budgets (e.g., power, data, mass, pointing/stability)
• Identify and mitigate internal and external mission risks, communicating impacts effectively
• Assess and coordinate design changes across disciplines throughout the program lifecycle
• Lead design, test readiness, and flight readiness reviews
• Monitor on-orbit spacecraft and data pipelines to ensure mission success and that customer requirements are met
• Foster deep collaboration with and provide technical direction to systems, hardware, software, data, ground segment, and operations teams for your designated mission, and support these interactions across other missions.
• Effectively serve as the Mission Lead Systems Engineer for one mission while contributing general systems engineering expertise and support to other Muon missions, potentially deputizing for other Mission Lead Systems Engineers as needed.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of engineering processes, tools, and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in mission development and operations

Qualifications 

• M.S. or higher degree in an engineering field plus 8 years of experience working in a multi-disciplinary environment, preferably with exposure to mission design, spacecraft systems, and remote sensing instruments/pipelines
• Prior experience as a Mission Lead Systems Engineer or in a similar senior technical leadership role for a significant portion of a satellite mission.
• Extensive experience system modeling, systems analysis, and running simulations
• Proven history of system integration and delivery of complex systems
• Experience managing requirements for a multi-disciplinary project
• Demonstrated project management skills and ability to collaborate with other engineering disciplines
• Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills
• Ability to rapidly change roles/responsibilities while working in a high-paced, rewarding work environment 
• Willingness and ability to obtain/maintain a U.S. Government security clearance

Nice-to-have Skills

• Experience directly interfacing with and managing expectations for external customers (e.g., government, commercial).
• Software skills in Python or Julia
• Remote sensing instrument experience across multiple modalities (e.g. optical, multispectral, RF), and their associated data pipelines
• Knowledge of industry standards for electrical and/or software quality practices
• Familiarity with software engineering tools and processes (version control, code review)

Salary

The salary range for this role is $138,000 - $195,000 plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process.

About the role

Muon is looking for a Software Engineer (Back-end) to join our Ground Software team. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated and versatile software engineer who is excited to build our cloud infrastructure, web services and applications like mission planning & control software, ground station integrations, and tools to gain insight into Earth’s complex systems. Our team broadly owns all the software that enables us to communicate with the satellite, as well as customer APIs that enable multi-satellite planning and scheduling. We are fully responsible for the software we build through its full lifecycle; from implementing deployable applications, managing the infrastructure they run on, and supporting them running in production.

Responsibilities

• Build a world class Mission Planning & Control System in the cloud, using tools like Docker and FastAPI
• Participate in designing our cloud architecture: choosing which technologies we will use, how we will organize the system, and when we should build systems in-house vs buy them off the shelf, to maximize the impact of our team
• Manage the infrastructure we will use to deploy our cloud applications, using tools like Kubernetes, Helm, and AWS Lambda
• Build the spacecraft-to-cloud data integration: processing and archiving the command history and telemetry, using tools like Kafka, InfluxDB, and Grafana
• Build the APIs and tooling to integrate our cloud with remote antenna ground station networks
• Architect systems to achieve low latency and fault tolerance
• Deploy infrastructure and tools to workstations, on-premises data centers, and cloud environments

Qualifications

• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in computer science or related field, or equivalent experience
• 4+ years experience as a software engineer in a team environment
• Strong programming experience in Python for web development
• Experience with cloud-native software development in at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure) using containers
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new opportunities each week

Nice-to-have Skills

• Experience with the AWS / Govcloud ecosystem
• Experience managing CI/CD in cloud-based development, staging, and production environments
• Have a passion for simple architectures and clean APIs
• Strong Linux fundamentals and comfortable with Linux development and deployment environment
• IT and Information security (authentication, encryption)
• Experience smoothly deploying continuously evolving data services to customers

Salary

The salary range for this role is $156,000 - $186,000 plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Develop and execute the overall ecosystem growth strategy for the public blockchain, driving sustained expansion across developers, project teams, and users.
• Build and scale a global developer growth framework, including but not limited to hackathons, grant programs, accelerators, and community operations.
• Attract high-quality applications and leading projects in key verticals to establish a diversified and robust ecosystem.
• Design and optimize ecosystem incentive mechanisms, including developer incentives, liquidity incentives, and on-chain campaigns.
• Increase on-chain activity and user retention, and lead the creation of flagship ecosystem growth initiatives.
• Establish a comprehensive ecosystem data analytics framework to continuously refine and optimize growth strategies based on insights.
• Lead and manage Ecosystem BD, DevRel, and Growth Operations teams to enhance organizational efficiency and execution.
• Represent the public blockchain externally in industry partnerships and branding initiatives to strengthen market presence and industry influence.

What We Look For In You

• 8+ years of experience in the internet or Web3 industry, with at least 3 years focused on Public Chain or Layer 2 ecosystem growth.
• Deep involvement in the early-stage or high-growth phase of a public chain or protocol ecosystem.
• Strong understanding of public blockchain ecosystem structures and token incentive design.
• Excellent business development capabilities and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Global mindset with experience expanding into international markets preferred.
• Proven experience managing teams of 20+ members; results-driven with strong execution capabilities.
• Fluent in English; candidates with established international industry networks are preferred.

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package
• L&D programs and Education subsidy for employees' growth and development
• Various team building programs and company events
• Wellness and meal allowances
• Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants 
• More that we love to tell you along the process!

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• The salary range for this position is $250,444 to $350,533.
• The salary offered depends on a variety of factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. In addition to the salary, a performance bonus and long-term incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, as well as a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered. Applicants should apply via OKX internal or external careers site.
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About the role

Muon seeks a Test Automation Software Engineer to join our satellite development team in San Jose, CA. You will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the software test infrastructure used to test both the hardware components such as avionics computers and other electronics, and the software that forms the backbone of Muon's spacecraft. You will contribute to an ecosystem of test and development tooling used by a large swath of the company for hardware and software testing across Muon’s Halo platform. The ideal candidate has experience developing test automation frameworks, hardware-in-the-loop systems, device simulation, and manufacturing testing. Previous experience working on interdisciplinary projects, such as robotics, autonomous vehicles, avionics, or aerospace, is a strong asset.

Responsibilities 

• Design, develop, and maintain robust and scalable software test frameworks and infrastructure for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and component-level testing.
• Create and automate tests for avionics computers and other electronic hardware components used in Muon's spacecraft.
• Collaborate closely with hardware, avionics, and software engineers to define test requirements, develop comprehensive test plans, and troubleshoot issues identified during testing.
• Integrate test infrastructure with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) systems to streamline the testing process.
• Develop tools, utilities, and processes to improve test efficiency, test coverage, and the reliability of test results.
• Analyze test data, identify failures or anomalies, and work collaboratively with relevant engineering teams to investigate and resolve hardware and software issues.
• Maintain documentation for test infrastructure, procedures, and equipment.
• Contribute to an inclusive, collaborative, and team-oriented culture that fosters high productivity and opportunities for growth.

Qualifications 

• B.S. or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in software development, with a significant focus on test automation or test infrastructure development.
• Strong programming skills, particularly in Python.
• Proven experience with testing embedded systems or hardware components.
• Experience developing or working with software for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testbeds.
• Familiarity with common electronics test equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, logic analyzers).
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines (e.g. Github Actions)
• Strong sense of accountability, integrity, and team focus with extensive multi-tasking and organizational experience.

Nice-to-have Skills

• Experience specifically testing avionics or aerospace hardware systems.
• Experience with real-time operating systems (RTOS).
• Knowledge of communication protocols common in aerospace (e.g., CAN, Ethernet, RS-422/485).
• Experience with data acquisition (DAQ) systems and sensor integration.
• Programming experience in C/C++ or Rust.
• Track record of scrappiness and getting it done.

Salary

The salary range for this role is $156,000 - $208,000 plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process.

About the role

Muon seeks a Flight Software Engineer to join our satellite flight software team. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated versatile software developer with significant previous experience developing robust bare-metal / RTOS embedded devices or appliances. In this role, you will design, develop, integrate, and test the software and firmware that runs on our orbiting satellites. This position is based at our San Jose, CA office.

Responsibilities

• Integral member of the team defining and building Muon’s satellite bus platform
• Translate concepts and requirements into design and working implementations, supporting through to on-orbit operations
• Design, bring up, and support the embedded software environment that runs in our satellite flight systems and peripherals using ARM Cortex-M CPUs.
• Participate in evaluating and selecting technologies for our software foundation
• Write application, platform, and driver functionality in our flight software environment and teach others how to use it
• Integrate compute and peripheral subsystems in both software and hardware
• Collaborate with hardware team members on the design and bring up of Muon hardware
• Collaborate with software team members to set flight software architecture, select infrastructure and tools, and communicate with cloud backends.
• Participate in developing software and hardware-in-the-loop test strategies

Qualifications 

• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field
• 5+ years experience as a software engineer in a team environment
• Strong C/C++ programming, with some practical familiarity of other languages
• Great embedded systems fundamentals: resource-efficient design, low-level drivers, bit manipulation, responsive software and IRQ handling, RTOS frameworks, I/O and communication buses.
• Integration and control of external hardware devices
• Read and understand hardware data sheets
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Nice-to-have Skills

• Knowledge of industry-standard data formats and schemas (ProtoBuf, YAML, JSON, etc)
• Familiarity with a Linux-based development environment
• Experience with one or more of: embedded linux, FPGA, HW design, RF communication systems, cloud/server infrastructure, network architecture.
• End-to-end development from product concept to delivery to customer/market.

Salary

The salary range for this role is $156,000 - $186,000, plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be determined based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process. 

About the role

Muon seeks a Flight Software Engineer to join our satellite flight software team. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated versatile software developer with significant previous experience developing robust bare-metal / RTOS embedded devices or appliances. In this role, you will design, develop, integrate, and test the software and firmware that runs on our orbiting satellites. This position is based at our San Jose, CA office.

Responsibilities

• Integral member of the team defining and building Muon’s satellite bus platform
• Translate concepts and requirements into design and working implementations, supporting through to on-orbit operations
• Design, bring up, and support the embedded software environment that runs in our satellite flight systems and peripherals using ARM Cortex-M CPUs.
• Participate in evaluating and selecting technologies for our software foundation
• Write application, platform, and driver functionality in our flight software environment and teach others how to use it
• Integrate compute and peripheral subsystems in both software and hardware
• Collaborate with hardware team members on the design and bring up of Muon hardware
• Collaborate with software team members to set flight software architecture, select infrastructure and tools, and communicate with cloud backends.
• Participate in developing software and hardware-in-the-loop test strategies

Qualifications 

• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field
• 8+ years experience as a software engineer in a team environment
• Strong C/C++ programming, with some practical familiarity of other languages
• Great embedded systems fundamentals: resource-efficient design, low-level drivers, bit manipulation, responsive software and IRQ handling, RTOS frameworks, I/O and communication buses.
• Integration and control of external hardware devices
• Read and understand hardware data sheets
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Nice-to-have Skills

• Knowledge of industry-standard data formats and schemas (ProtoBuf, YAML, JSON, etc)
• Familiarity with a Linux-based development environment
• Experience with one or more of: embedded linux, FPGA, HW design, RF communication systems, cloud/server infrastructure, network architecture.
• End-to-end development from product concept to delivery to customer/market.

Salary

The salary range for this role is $184,000 - $208,000, plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be determined based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process. 

About the role

Muon seeks a Senior Mechanical Engineer to serve as a Mission Mechanical Lead on upcoming missions.  In this role, you’ll be working with our customers and system engineers to design a solution that meets mission requirements by re-using existing platform components & designing new components that are unique to the mission.   

You’ll own the mechanical direction of the mission from requirements definition to installation on the launch vehicle.  This will include direct collaboration with the customer, as well as Muon’s systems engineering team to understand requirements, then an execution focus internally, pulling in relevant stakeholders (such as structural, thermal, electrical, etc) at the appropriate times to deliver a robust satellite on-time.

This role requires onsite work at our Mountain View and San Jose locations.

Responsibilities

• Have a deep understanding of Muon’s spacecraft platforms & capabilities, and tailor these platforms to meet mission needs.
• Design, build, and test mission specific components and payloads.
• Create, analyze, and refine the full spacecraft mechanical designs in SolidWorks.
• Design & document new, reusable components to be included in Muon’s common platform.
• Lead mechanical portion of both internal and external design reviews.
• Interface with structural and thermal engineers to define and run analysis.
• Lead environmental testing campaigns (vibration, TVAC, etc)
• Write new documentation and build procedures unique to the mission.

Required Qualifications 

• 8+ years of experience designing, building, and testing high reliability hardware
• Demonstrated proficiency leading mechanical design for spacecraft or complex electromechanical systems
• Experience technically leading or managing a small team of engineers and/or technicians
• Proficiency in CAD (SolidWorks preferred) for medium-to-large assembly design and management
• Mastery of drawings, GD&T, BOMs, FAIs, tolerance budgets, and mass budgets
• Experience with ECO/DCO processes and PLM systems
• Extensive documentation capabilities: build procedures, test plans, design trades, DOEs
• Experience managing external vendors for part prototyping and development
• Excellent communication, presentation, and cross-functional coordination skills
• B.S. or higher in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Nice-to-have Skills

• Flight heritage—hardware you designed that has successfully operated in space
• Experience optimizing and maturing existing designs (not only clean-sheet development)
• Familiarity with satellite payloads and mission-level mechanical integration
• Experience with deployable hardware (solar arrays, antennas, mechanisms)
• Experience with ADCS components: reaction wheels, torque rods, star trackers
• Experience running structural analyses (FEMAP, ANSYS) & environmental testing
• Experience with thermal management systems for spacecraft
• Software skills in Python, MATLAB, or similar
• Project management experience: customer reviews, Gantt charts, risk tracking
• Experience qualifying external vendors and contract manufacturers

Salary

The salary range for this role is  $183,000 - $198,000 plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process.

About the role

Muon seeks a Harness Designer to join our electrical engineering team. The ideal candidate is self-motivated and will help the entire Hardware Department. You will be working on the electrical team and will specify connectors, crimps, wire type and harness build instructions. This role will work in tandem with the mechanical harness counterpart who will specify routes, lengths, branch points and spacecraft integration instructions. This designer should be flexible and incorporate feedback from the AIT team to help with improving designs for spacecraft integration or test. This role is based in our Mountain View, CA office with a hybrid schedule requiring three days on-site per week.

The role will entail simultaneous work on multiple missions and projects, partnering with several engineers, designers, and technicians.

Responsibilities

• Create harness drawings, BOMs and maintain system diagrams
• Specify connector and crimp part numbers in accordance with system design
• Gather feedback from AIT, EE and Mechanical for initial designs and improvements
• Work with electrical engineering to ensure compliance with signal integrity, grounding, and shielding requirements
• Release documentation into PLM with ECO/DCO
• Define electrical test criteria (e.g., continuity, insulation resistance, hipot) for flight and test harnesses. Support or oversee test execution and documentation
• Answer vendor questions on harness builds and feedback quality issues
• As required assist in house technicians with harness builds and questions

Qualifications 

• Attention to detail, strong reading comprehension and a desire for ownership
• Familiarity with creating harness drawings in any software
• Familiarity with PLM systems (Duro preferred, or Arena or others acceptable)
• Ability to build harnesses from scratch - not required daily but helps inform strip lengths, crimper positioners and settings, splicing techniques, heatshrink selection, torque values etc.
• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new challenges each week

Nice-to-have Skills

• Experience designing harnesses with high reliability requirements
• Familiarity with NASA-STD-8739.4 and IPC-A-620
• Experience with RF cable build and characterization
• Basic scripting skills in Python, Bash, etc.
• History with using electrical test equipment, such as power supplies and electric loads
• Experience with harness test either at the vendor level or in house
• Certification in relevant build/rework standards
• Experience with low outgassing material selection

Salary

• The salary range for this role is $159,000 - $184,000, plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be determined based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process. 

Figure is an AI robotics company developing autonomous general-purpose humanoid robots. The goal of the company is to ship humanoid robots with human-level intelligence. Our robots are engineered to perform a variety of tasks in the home and commercial markets. Figure is headquartered in San Jose, CA and requires 5 days/week of in-office collaboration

Figure’s vision is to deploy autonomous humanoids at a global scale. We are looking for a highly motivated Legal Operations Analyst to join our team. This individual will be the architect of our legal infrastructure, responsible for building the systems that allow our Legal department to scale alongside our engineering breakthroughs.

The ideal candidate is detail oriented who can operationalize our legal department and excel at transforming manual processes into automated, reliable systems that support Figure’s mission.

Responsibilities

• Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM): Act as the primary administrator for Ironclad. Design, build, and maintain automated workflows and operationalize legal playbooks for the efficient review, negotiation, and execution of all NDAs, vendor, and commercial agreements.
• Legal Intake & Process Optimization: Act as the primary gatekeeper for the legal department, utilizing Jira to organize and triage incoming requests from all teams, and identifying and eliminating bottlenecks in the legal lifecycle. 
• Legal Document Architecture: Operationalize the organization and retention of all legal documents, ensuring the corporate repository is structured, searchable, and audit-ready. 
• Signature & Execution Oversight: Manage the DocuSign environment, including template creation, user permissions, and integration with the broader legal tech stack.
• Equity Management System (Carta): Administer and maintain the company's equity management platform (Carta) to ensure accurate cap table management, grant issuance, and compliance with equity-related protocols.
• Legal Compliance & Reporting: Assist with internal and external compliance matters, including monitoring regulatory changes, developing internal controls, and supporting necessary legal filings and reporting.
• Vendor & Financial Management: Assist with onboarding outside counsel and tracking legal spend against budgets, ensuring high visibility into department resources.
• Cross-Functional Systems Integration: Partner with Finance, IT, and Supply Chain to ensure the legal tech stack integrates effectively with company-wide ERP and CRM tools.

Requirements

• Experience: 3+ years of experience in legal operations, contracts management, or project management at a law firm or start-up.
• Legal Technology & Systems: Advanced proficiency as an Ironclad administrator (Workflow Designer) and DocuSign power user, with experience managing equity platforms (Carta) and ensuring tech stack integration with ERP/CRM tools. Confidence using modern tools and systems (e.g., Generative AI, CLM tools, Asana, Slack, Notion) to amplify impact. 
• Process & Document Management: Proven rigor in managing, organizing, and operationalizing complex legal documentation (repository architecture) and legal intake processes (Jira) with extreme attention to detail.
• Agility: Ability to manage multiple high-priority tasks in a fast-moving, rapidly evolving robotics environment.
• Communication: Strong verbal and written skills with the ability to work collaboratively and professionally with diverse teams.
• Collaboration: A commitment to 5 days/week in-office collaboration, inclusivity, respect, and ethical decision-making.

Bonus Qualifications

• Paralegal certifications and experience
• Prior experience in a start-up or a manufacturing/hardware-focused environment.
• Background in managing commercial contract and corporate governance workflows.

Compensation

The US annual salary range for this position is between $120,000 - $160,000

The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits (including equity) depending on the specific role. This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended.

About the role

Muon seeks a Principal Mechanical Engineer to join our Mechanical Engineering team, reporting to the Director of Mechanical Engineering.  This role will be deeply technical with a focus on solving the most demanding design, analysis, test, reliability, and manufacturing challenges across multiple spacecraft platforms.  This role will also have the opportunity to frequently be hands-on with both prototype and production hardware.

You will serve as a technical leader, mentor, and advisor to others on the mechanical team, leveraging previous experience in designing & building spacecraft to push boundaries and design industry leading “new space” satellites for many different commercial and national security applications.  Additionally, you will help define product roadmaps & use a breadth of knowledge to make system level tradeoffs and optimizations.

This hybrid role requires onsite work at our Mountain View and San Jose locations three days a week.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical advisor and domain expert, leading the team to optimal designs of spacecraft structures and components
• Identify opportunities and lead efforts to improve performance, reduce mass, lower cost, improve manufacturability of current spacecraft platforms.
• Interface directly with Muon’s product & business teams to understand market needs define multi-year roadmaps for mechanical subsystems
• Act as a force multiplier by providing strong, hands-on mentorship to mechanical engineers at all levels, developing their technical skills and systems-level thinking
• Define mechanical team standards and best practices
• Contribute broadly to hiring, onboarding, and training of mechanical engineering talent, helping build a culture of technical excellence

Required Qualifications 

• 12+ years of experience designing, building, and testing flight hardware in the space industry, with multiple programs through on-orbit operations.
• Strong mentorship experience with demonstrated success in developing junior and mid-level engineers & directly or indirectly leading a team of engineers.
• Proven track record of optimizing and maturing existing designs and proven approach to clean-sheet development
• Expert technical knowledge of structural mechanics and analysis, thermal management and modeling, environmental testing (TVAC, vibration)
• Experience with a variety of manufacturing methods and techniques for space applications, including machining, composites, molding, 3D printing, etc
• Mastery of standard tools: CAD (SolidWorks preferred), PLM, ERP, FEA, test hardware and equipment
• Expert-level skills with drawings, GD&T, BOMs, FAIs, tolerance budgets, and mass budgets
• Experience managing external vendors for part development and manufacturing
• Excellent communication, presentation, and coordination skills
• B.S. or higher in Mechanical Engineering or related field

Nice-to-have Skills

• Experience with deployable structures (solar arrays, antennas, mechanisms)
• Optomechanical instrument or payload design experience
• Software skills in Python, MATLAB, or similar
• Experience with reaction wheels, torque rods, star trackers, or other ADCS components
• Large assembly management in SolidWorks PDM, Duro, or similar PLM
• Experience running structural analyses (FEMAP, ANSYS)
• Track record of establishing engineering standards at an organizational level

Salary

The salary range for this role is $222,000 - $250,000, plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be determined based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process.