Senior Mission Lead Systems Engineer, Commercial Payloads is open at Muon Space in San Jose, CA. The posting gives a salary of $190K - $219K. Posted on Sep 4, 2026, and still on Muon Space’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
Muon seeks a Senior Mission Lead Systems Engineer to join our Mission Engineering team. At Muon, we are developing multiple missions to help understand and act on Earth and climate intelligence. As a Senior Mission Lead Systems Engineer, you will serve as the technical lead for a specific Muon mission, owning the end-to-end technical success from concept through on-orbit operations for our most demanding missions…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Muon Space’s careers page.
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Muon Space has 143 open roles right now, 20 of them remote. Most are in Engineering, Security and Sales & Business Development. The median advertised salary across its roles with a published range is $202K. See all its roles
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