Muon Space

Software Engineering Director, Infrared Data Products

San Jose, CA · Director · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$231k-$260kDetected 13 days ago

C++DevOpsData EngineeringData ScienceComputer VisionNegotiationElectrical EngineeringRemote Sensing

About the role

Muon seeks a Software Engineering Director to join our Team.
The ideal candidate is passionate about low-latency computer vision pipelines and products.
This position is ideally hybrid at our San Jose, CA office three days per week.

Manage an organization of managers, data scientists, and software engineers.
Create long-term technical strategy and roadmaps to drive new capabilities and new products from infrared and visual imagery.
Founded in 2021, Muon Space is an end-to-end Space Systems Provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations delivering mission-critical data.
Our revolutionary, integrated technology stack enables customers to optimize every dimension of their missions for faster time-to-orbit and superior constellation remote sensing performance.

5 years of prior software management experience
Experience with geospatial data engineering principles and tooling.
Expertise in negotiation and managing technical decision-making.
Experience writing high-performance data processing in C++ or Python.
Experience delivering imagery products to government organizations.
Experience with image processing pipelines from remotely sensed data.
BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science, Computational Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, Data Science or a related area.
Experience building and deploying high volume, ultra-low latency data processing pipelines, ideally with computer vision algorithms.
Expert understanding of software engineering processes such as software estimation, DevOps, testing, etc.
Excitement about working in a fast-paced, innovation-focused startup environment.
Nice-to-have Skills
Expertise with both classical and modern neural-network-based computer vision techniques.
The salary range for this role is $231,000 - $260,000, plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be determined based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process.
About Muon Space

The salary range for this role is $231,000 - $260,000, plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package.
Final compensation will be determined based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed during the interview process.
At Muon 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.

Drive the vision and mission of the team, in harmony with Muon's broader mission and values.
Our state-of-the-art facility in the heart of Silicon Valley is optimized for manufacturing spacecraft and rapid, flexible payload integration at scale.
We also offer three weeks paid vacation for new employees, along with 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time and paid parental leave.
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.

Lead the team in delivering an ultra-low latency, high-reliability, massive volume data processing pipeline for data from our FireSat constellation for timely updates to customers around the world.
Identify, ensure measurement of, and drive improvement of the right metrics to deliver the performance our customers need from our image processing pipelines.
Communicate clearly and effectively to customers, partner teams and the company as a whole, driving clarity on the team's current and future capabilities.

In addition, if you need a reasonable accommodation as part of your application for employment or interviews with us, please let us know.

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

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