Muon Space is hiring a
Ground Infrastructure Lead

Summary

The Ground Infrastructure Lead role at Muon Space is responsible for maintaining reliable ground communications with Muon satellites and developing roadmaps for ground infrastructure deployment. The position requires a Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or science discipline and 7+ years of experience in designing and implementing communications systems for autonomous systems in harsh environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, math, or science discipline. Or equivalent experience
• 7+ years designing and/or implementing communications systems for autonomous systems in harsh environments
• Some programming experience to mock up interfaces to providers and hardware as needed
• Hands-on experience with RF, network, and compute hardware to support delivering communication systems in the field
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills

Responsibilities

• Maintaining reliable ground communications with Muon satellites through ground and relay communications systems
• Working with hardware and software engineers to conduct trade studies on flight modem / RF hardware to maximize connectivity with ground stations
• Developing roadmaps for ground infrastructure deployment to identify how to meet customer data latency and volume needs using a variety of systems (RF/Optical ground stations, sat-to-sat commercial relay service providers, satellite cross-links between Muon satellites, etc.)
• Ensuring that our cloud strategy is well matched to our ground segment strategy

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing and building ground station hardware (dishes, modems, pointing systems)
• Experience with ground-station-as-a-service provider(s) such as AWS Ground Station, KSAT or similar
• Excellent economic modeling skills to trade systems in terms of both technical capability and value
• Familiarity with RF analysis equipment, e.g. spectrum analyzer
• Experience with Python or other scripting languages to build quick prototypes
• Understanding of TCP/IP networking protocols and cloud based solutions (Google Cloud, AWS, Azure)
• Experience with project management

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401k retirement plan
• Life insurance
• Employee development program
• Three weeks paid vacation for new employees, along with 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time and paid parental leave