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Muon Space is an aerospace and defense company building next-generation Earth observation satellites. The company sponsors skilled international talent across engineering and technical roles. While not the highest-volume sponsor in the industry, Muon Space does have a track record of supporting H-1B and other visa types for qualified candidates.
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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 $160,000 - $184,000 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 Muon Space
Founded in 2021, Muon Space is an end-to-end Space Systems Provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations delivering mission-critical data. Our revolutionary, integrated technology stack enables customers to optimize every dimension of their missions for faster time-to-orbit and superior constellation remote sensing performance. Our state-of-the-art facility in the heart of Silicon Valley is optimized for manufacturing spacecraft and rapid, flexible payload integration at scale. From climate monitoring to national security, Muon Space is dedicated to delivering Earth Intelligence for a safer and more resilient world.
Taking Care of Our Team
At Muon salary is only part of our total compensation package. In addition to salary, full-time employees receive equity compensation as well as benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401k retirement plan, short & long term disability and life insurance. We also offer three weeks paid vacation for new employees, along with 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time and paid parental leave. Our mission embraces the entire planet and we believe our team should too. Muon is dedicated to creating a diverse and dynamic company and workforce. We believe in equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or gender identity. We value diversity in the workplace, and that starts with our applicants. 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.
ITAR/EAR Requirements
This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. * 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. * 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. The Company may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing 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 $160,000 - $184,000 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 Muon Space
Founded in 2021, Muon Space is an end-to-end Space Systems Provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations delivering mission-critical data. Our revolutionary, integrated technology stack enables customers to optimize every dimension of their missions for faster time-to-orbit and superior constellation remote sensing performance. Our state-of-the-art facility in the heart of Silicon Valley is optimized for manufacturing spacecraft and rapid, flexible payload integration at scale. From climate monitoring to national security, Muon Space is dedicated to delivering Earth Intelligence for a safer and more resilient world.
Taking Care of Our Team
At Muon salary is only part of our total compensation package. In addition to salary, full-time employees receive equity compensation as well as benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401k retirement plan, short & long term disability and life insurance. We also offer three weeks paid vacation for new employees, along with 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time and paid parental leave. Our mission embraces the entire planet and we believe our team should too. Muon is dedicated to creating a diverse and dynamic company and workforce. We believe in equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or gender identity. We value diversity in the workplace, and that starts with our applicants. 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.
ITAR/EAR Requirements
This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. * 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. * 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. The Company may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process.
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How to Get Visa Sponsorship in Muon Space Visa Sponsorship USA
Target engineering and technical roles first
Muon Space's core work in satellite design and Earth observation systems sits squarely in aerospace engineering. International applicants with backgrounds in RF systems, software, or satellite payloads are best positioned to receive visa sponsorship consideration.
Apply directly and early in hiring cycles
As a smaller aerospace company, Muon Space makes hiring decisions thoughtfully. Applying early in a hiring cycle, before headcount is locked, gives you the best chance of being considered for a role with sponsorship flexibility built in.
Emphasize rare, mission-critical skills in your application
Aerospace and defense employers sponsor visas when the skillset is genuinely hard to source domestically. Highlight specialized experience in areas like space systems, remote sensing, or embedded software to strengthen the business case for your sponsorship.
Use Migrate Mate to confirm current sponsorship activity
Sponsorship practices at smaller aerospace firms can shift with hiring cycles. Migrate Mate surfaces verified sponsors so you can filter by real sponsorship history and confirm Muon Space is actively sponsoring before investing time in an application.
Prepare for a technical-first interview process
Muon Space is a defense and aerospace company that hires for deep technical competence. Come prepared with specifics about your engineering work. A strong technical showing makes the sponsorship conversation easier, as the employer already sees clear value in hiring you.
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Does Muon Space sponsor H-1B visas?
Yes, Muon Space sponsors H-1B visas. The company has filed H-1B petitions for skilled technical workers, consistent with its focus on aerospace and satellite engineering. Sponsorship is more likely for roles requiring specialized expertise that is difficult to source domestically. If you're targeting Muon Space, prioritize applying to engineering and technical positions where your background is a close match.
Which visa types does Muon Space sponsor?
Muon Space supports several visa categories, including H-1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 CPT, TN, and J-1. This makes the company accessible to a range of international candidates, from recent STEM graduates on OPT to experienced professionals seeking H-1B sponsorship. The breadth of supported visa types reflects a genuine openness to hiring international talent across career stages.
Which roles or departments at Muon Space are most likely to receive visa sponsorship?
Visa sponsorship at Muon Space is concentrated in technical and engineering disciplines. Roles in satellite systems engineering, RF and antenna design, software development, and Earth observation data processing are the most likely candidates. The company's aerospace and defense focus means roles requiring niche technical credentials carry the strongest case for sponsorship approval.
How do I find open visa-sponsored jobs at Muon Space?
Migrate Mate is the most reliable way to find current openings at Muon Space that include visa sponsorship. The platform verifies sponsorship history so you're not guessing from vague job descriptions. Filter by company and visa type to see which roles at Muon Space are open to international candidates right now, saving you time in your job search.
How do I approach the application timeline when targeting Muon Space for H-1B sponsorship?
Timing matters significantly. If you're on F-1 OPT, apply to Muon Space well before your OPT expires to allow time for the employer to commit to an H-1B petition ahead of the April filing window. Muon Space, like most aerospace employers, needs several months to complete the LCA and internal approvals. Starting early gives both sides the best chance of a smooth transition to H-1B status.
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