Senior Manager, Hardware Reliability & Test
Muon SpaceEarth Observation company
San Jose, United States$202,000 - $223,000Manager
Costanoa Ventures
Radical Ventures
Activate Capital
Acme Capital
ArcTern Ventures
Congruent Ventures
About the role
TL;DR
Lead and build the Hardware Reliability & Test organization, ensuring consistent qualification and reliability of spacecraft hardware.
- •Muon is seeking a Senior Manager to lead and build our Hardware Reliability & Test organization.
- •This team partners with every hardware function to ensure consistent qualification across our platforms, owns a holistic system reliability narrative, and provides the frameworks, tooling, and shared resources for testing Muon hardware from module level through fully assembled spacecraft.
- •You will grow and lead teams spanning Reliability & Qualification, Spacecraft Acceptance Test & Test Framework Engineering, and Test Support Resources.
- •This position is hybrid and requires working on-site in our San Jose, CA office three days per week.
- •Responsibilities Build, lead, and grow the Hardware Reliability & Test organization across its three functions Own vehicle and subsystem qualification: partner with subsystem and bus owners to define test conditions and levels, and ensure consistency across platforms Refine and own quantitative reliability models, identifying gaps in data and proposing additional test to better inform our designs Own Muon's hardware test frameworks, standards, results databases, and tooling, from module-level through spacecraft-level test Deliver standard, shared spacecraft-level tests that can be easily tailored per mission Provide shared hardware, software, and logistical resources supporting qualification, reliability, and lifetime testing across the hardware org Partner with Systems Engineering and Business Development to demonstrate our systems meet customer requirements Communicate reliability posture and test status to leadership and customers Qualifications Hands-on experience qualifying complex hardware for spaceflight or similarly demanding environments (thermal, vacuum, vibration, EMI/EMC) B.S. in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field 10+ years of experience in hardware test, qualification, or reliability engineering, including 3+ years leading engineering teams Proven ability to define processes and drive consistency across multiple engineering teams Working knowledge of reliability analysis methods (e.g., FMEA, fault trees, statistical reliability modeling) Familiarity with software-driven test frameworks and automated test infrastructure Excellent communication and presentation skills Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new challenges each week
Required skills
Presentation Skills
Domain expertise
aerospace
Benefits & perks
equity, medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401k retirement plan, short term disability, long term disability, life insurance, paid vacation, paid holidays, unlimited sick time, paid parental leave
Tech stack
PythonJavaScriptBashGitLinuxJiraConfluenceExcelPowerPointAWSGoogle CloudAzureTerraformDockerKubernetesCI/CDGitHub ActionsJenkinsArgoCDHelmGitLab CICircleCIAnsibleChefPuppetPrometheusGrafanaDatadogNew RelicPagerDuty