Staff Mechanical Engineer - Spacecraft Components at Muon Space
- Company: Muon Space
- Location: San Jose, CA
- Employment type: Full-time
- Posted: 2026-09-04
About the role
About the role . Muon seeks a Staff Mechanical Engineer to be a technical owner for spacecraft mechanisms and components design; own single-point-failure management (margin, redundancy, test coverage); own component qualification (deployment, life, and environmental testing). The ideal candidate can go deep on design while carrying a "systems mindset" — a force multiplier who collaborates across disciplines to arrive at an elegant, well-balanced design. You'll start from Muon's platform building blocks, tailor and design hardware to meet mission needs, and pull in the right stakeholders (structural, thermal, electrical, systems) at the right times to deliver on time. Being an early-stage company with small teams, breadth is essential: you'll have touch points across engineering, production, and program management. As a staff engineer you'll own strategy spanning multiple subsystems.…
Apply on Muon Space's official careers page: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/muonspace/jobs/5231572007