Principal Software Engineer, Mission Design
About The Position
Muon Space seeks a Principal Software Engineer to join its Software Organization. The engineer will bring a broad understanding of Muon’s software architecture and roadmap together with the distinct needs of individual missions to plan and design software solutions for mission success. The role will guide evolution of the common platform to benefit customers and meet market needs, partnering with Business Development, Product Management, Systems Engineering, and Hardware. The engineer will identify key risks and opportunities early, support customer-focused delivery, and help the Software organization and company fulfill customer missions as partners. The preferred location is three days per week onsite at the San Jose, California office; alternative locations may be considered for the right candidate. The position requires access to export-controlled information, subject to the eligibility conditions described in the posting.
Requirements
- Expertise in whole-system design, holistic testing and deployment strategy, and current software engineering methodology.
- Extensive knowledge of theory and practice across aerospace, robotics, or an adjacent domain.
- Excellent negotiation skills in organizational and technical contexts.
- Expertise in multiple programming languages.
- Expertise in distributed systems theory and practice.
- Must satisfy the stated export-controlled information access eligibility requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Expertise with C++ and Python.
- Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, containers, and related cloud technologies.
- Experience with embedded software, high-performance computing, FPGA, or related domains.
- Experience with statistical analysis and/or machine learning.
Responsibilities
- Work with Business Development to prioritize projects, plan their design and staffing, and guide high-impact early efforts to successful, timely outcomes.
- Ensure major, common customer needs are represented in organizational plans and the company’s Product Roadmap.
- Steward architectural standards and guardrails within the Software organization to promote engineering velocity and system security, reliability, and performance.
- Support Customer Solutions Software Engineers in customer engagements and serve as an escalation point for important customer discussions and design questions.
- Accelerate the work of the Customer Solutions Software Engineering group.
- Ensure Software organizational plans and mission roadmaps align with the company’s strategic framework.
- Help define training plans for software engineering.
Benefits
- Equity compensation.
- Medical insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Three weeks of paid vacation for new employees.
- 12 paid holidays.
- Unlimited sick time.
- Paid parental leave.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Education Level
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