Dept:Mission-Management

About the role

Muon seeks an experienced Mission Manager to join our team. At Muon, the Mission Manager serves as the primary point of contact with our customers and leads the program from the start of proposal development and contract negotiation through launch, operations and data delivery. They are the final decision maker for both programmatic and technical decisions on the program. They can communicate effectively with both a customer and an internal team and have the technical background to support decision making. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who has a passion for doing work that matters.

Being an early-stage startup with a small team, both breadth and depth are critical. We expect this person to be able to develop and manage the program-level schedule, support and drive technical requirements development and documentation, drive program trades, manage program risks, and collaborate with engineering and production to execute the program, all while ensuring we meet or exceed all of our contractual customer requirements.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for end-to-end mission success

• Work with internal and external stakeholders to develop and execute missions

• Collaborate with other subsystem representatives across team boundaries to consider all necessary trades and ensure end-to-end mission success

• Develop and present technical content on complex designs, trade studies, risks, and issues.

• Collaborate with engineering and production groups to understand vehicle readiness and how changes impact requirements, vehicle risks, and launch dates

• Coordinate and chair customer reviews and ensure that contract deliverables are on time and per customer’s expectations, including taking responsibility for payment milestones

• Responsible for ensuring regulator coordination is on schedule and facility generation of materials required (e.g. FCC license and NOAA earth remote sensing license)

• Manage execution of sub-contracts, collaboration activities, and task agreements on the program

Qualifications

• B.S. or higher degree in an engineering field

• 5+ years of experience in a related field, with exposure to spacecraft systems, orbital mechanics, and simulation techniques

• 5+ years of technical project management experience

• Experience with at least one end-to-end project that includes hardware and/or software delivery

• Excellent communication and presentation skills

• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new challenges each week

Nice-to-have Skills

• Professional experience working with launch vehicles, spacecraft, or other aerospace systems especially in requirements management and customer mission execution

• Experience with spacecraft or related flight operations

• Highly detail oriented, diligent, hard working with excellent customer interface skills

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, autonomous, and demanding start-up atmosphere

• Direct experience negotiating technical deliverables and scope

About Muon Space

Muon Space is working at the forefront of satellites, advanced sensors, business intelligence, and climate science to allow humanity to close the loop on climate change. From satellite missions to modeling to data analytics and actionable insights, we believe measuring, understanding and predicting Earth’s complex, coupled systems is both a great business opportunity and key to leaving future generations a livable, productive and healthy planet.

We are a geographically diverse company with teams in the San Francisco bay area, Los Angeles, and Boulder, Colorado. We seek great talent wherever it may be.

Equal Opportunity

At Muon, 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. If you need a reasonable accommodation as part of your application for employment or interviews with us, please let us know.

At Muon Space salary is only part of our total compensation package. In addition to salary, Muon Space provides equity compensation as well as benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401k retirement plan, life insurance, and an employee development program.

The salary range for this role is $100K and $190K and will depend on a candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience as defined during the interview process.

ITAR/EAR Requirements:

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S. protected person as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.