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RF Test Engineer I, Testbeds & EGSE Verified today

Muon Space · San Jose, CA · RF & Comms · first seen 2026-10-16
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About the role

Muon seeks an early-career RF Hardware Test Engineer to join the Testbeds & EGSE team. This group builds the Hardware-In-The-Loop (HITL) testbeds behind every Muon mission and the electrical ground support equipment (EGSE) used to interface with satellites during assembly, integration, and test.

You will help build and design this infrastructure alongside senior engineers: assembling and bringing up testbeds for each mission, and contributing to the design of next-generation EGSE.

This role requires onsite work at the San Jose location, 5 days per week.

Responsibilities

  • Build, integrate, and bring up HITL testbed hardware: racks, avionics modules, harnessing, and external interfaces for each mission
  • Assist in the design of testbed hardware and next-generation EGSE used to power, command, and monitor satellites during integration and test
  • Work with the electrical missions team to translate flight hardware designs (block diagrams, schematics, drawings) into each mission's testbed configuration
  • Debug hardware and interface issues across testbeds, working alongside electrical, software, and systems engineers
  • Maintain testbed support infrastructure: power, network, and lab resources, and help respond when systems go down
  • Create and maintain documentation: testbed architecture diagrams, build records, and checkout procedures
  • Coordinate with supply chain and production teams on testbed inventory and module builds

Required Qualifications

  • 2+ years of hands-on experience building, testing, or debugging hardware in a complex electromechanical system (internships and substantial project work considered)
  • Background in electrical engineering, embedded software, mechanical engineering, or industrial controls
  • Hands-on hardware skills: assembly, wiring, and basic troubleshooting with tools like multimeters and oscilloscopes
  • Understanding of electronics fundamentals and common communication interfaces (UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet)
  • Basic scripting or programming ability (Python or Bash)
  • Strong problem-solving skills and a hands-on approach to engineering challenges
  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with a strong desire to learn in a fast-paced environment
  • B.S. in an engineering discipline or equivalent hands-on experience
  • Comfort in a Linux heavy development environment

Nice-to-have Skills

  • Experience with HITL testbeds, test labs, or lab automation
  • Experience using RF testing equipment
  • Harness design and assembly experience, or familiarity with electrical CAD (Altium) or mechanical CAD (SolidWorks)
  • PCBA assembly and rework experience
  • Experience with industrial automation or rack-based electronics and networking
  • Aerospace or other high-reliability industry experience

Compensation

Salary range: $143,000 - $162,000, plus equity grant and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401k retirement plan, short and long-term disability and life insurance, three weeks paid vacation, 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time, and paid parental leave.

ITAR/EAR Requirements

This position requires access to export controlled information. Applicant must be a U.S. person (U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee), eligible to access export controlled information without authorization, or eligible and reasonably likely to obtain required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency.