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Muon Space · San Jose, CA · Software · first seen 2026-07-16
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About the role

Muon seeks a Senior Flight Software Engineer to join the satellite flight software team. You will design, develop, integrate, and test the software and firmware that runs on our orbiting satellites. This position is based in San Jose, CA.

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 satellite flight systems and peripherals using ARM Cortex-M CPUs
  • Participate in evaluating and selecting technologies for the software foundation
  • Write application, platform, and driver functionality in the flight software environment
  • Integrate compute and peripheral subsystems in both software and hardware
  • Collaborate with hardware team members on design and bring up of Muon hardware
  • Collaborate with software team members on flight software architecture, infrastructure, tools, and cloud backend communication
  • Participate in developing software and hardware-in-the-loop test strategies

Required 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 practical familiarity of other languages
  • Integration and control of external hardware devices
  • Ability to 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)
  • Embedded systems fundamentals: resource-efficient design, low-level drivers, bit manipulation, responsive software, IRQ handling, RTOS frameworks, I/O and communication buses
  • Familiarity with Linux-based development environment
  • Experience with embedded linux, FPGA, HW design, RF communication systems, cloud/server infrastructure, or network architecture
  • End-to-end development from product concept to delivery

Compensation

Salary range: $213,000 to $237,000, 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 for new employees, 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time, and paid parental leave.