Senior Software Engineer, Generalist

Muon Space • San Jose, CA

9d • $184,000 - $208,000

About The Position

Muon seeks a Senior Software Engineer to join our Software Team. The ideal candidate is a brilliant generalist problem-solver with excellent system design and coding skills who can find and deploy simple solutions to complex problems. They are able to quickly understand new technology and systems, and to reason about automation and fault handling in a complex environment. They have significant prior experience and interest in either robotics, autonomy, embedded software, mobile development, simulation or distributed systems.

Requirements

• Proven capability to quickly learn new programming languages and development environments
• 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 programming in C++, Rust or Python

Nice To Haves

• Expertise in embedded software, robotics or autonomy
• Training in physics, statistics, computational mathematics or electrical engineering
• Prior experience in aerospace software

Responsibilities

• Design, lead, implement multi-week complex and cross-team projects
• Estimate forward-looking work
• Measure metrics aligned and highly correlated with company goals
• Manage, publish and update goals for their area of responsibility
• Act as the company expert in their area of ownership
• Mentor new and junior engineers
• Ensure company standards are upheld for code, testing, design and review
• Participate in evaluating and selecting technologies for our software foundation

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees