Harness Designer - Electrical at Muon Space

San Jose, California, United States

Muon Space Logo
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Junior (1 to 2 years), Mid-level (3 to 4 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Aerospace, SpacecraftIndustries

Requirements

  • Attention to detail, strong reading comprehension and a desire for ownership
  • Familiarity with creating harness drawings in any software
  • Familiarity with PLM systems (Duro preferred, or Arena or others acceptable)
  • Ability to build harnesses from scratch (not required daily but helps inform strip lengths, crimper positioners and settings, splicing techniques, heatshrink selection, torque values etc.)
  • Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new challenges each week

Responsibilities

  • Create harness drawings, BOMs and maintain system diagrams
  • Specify connector and crimp part numbers in accordance with system design
  • Gather feedback from AIT, EE and Mechanical for initial designs and improvements
  • Work with electrical engineering to ensure compliance with signal integrity, grounding, and shielding requirements
  • Release documentation into PLM with ECO/DCO
  • Define electrical test criteria (e.g., continuity, insulation resistance, hipot) for flight and test harnesses. Support or oversee test execution and documentation
  • Answer vendor questions on harness builds and feedback quality issues
  • As required assist in house technicians with harness builds and questions

Skills

Key technologies and capabilities for this role

harness designelectrical drawingsBOMconnectorscrimpsPLMDuroArenasignal integritygroundingshieldingECODCOcontinuity testinginsulation resistancehipot testing

Questions & Answers

Common questions about this position

What is the salary range for the Harness Designer role?

The salary range is $149,000 - $171,000, plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation depends on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.

Is this Harness Designer position remote or onsite?

This information is not specified in the job description.

What are the key qualifications for the Harness Designer role?

Key qualifications include attention to detail, strong reading comprehension, desire for ownership, familiarity with creating harness drawings in any software, familiarity with PLM systems (Duro preferred), and ability to build harnesses from scratch.

What is the work environment like at Muon Space for this role?

The role involves working in a fast-paced environment with new challenges each week, on the electrical engineering team helping the Hardware Department, with simultaneous work on multiple missions partnering with engineers, designers, and technicians.

What makes a strong candidate for the Harness Designer position?

Strong candidates are self-motivated, flexible, detail-oriented with strong ownership, experienced in harness design software and PLM, able to build harnesses, and excited about fast-paced work; nice-to-haves include high-reliability harness experience, NASA/IPC standards, and RF or test skills.

Muon Space

Designs and operates satellite constellations

About Muon Space

Muon Space designs, deploys, and operates satellite constellations to provide Earth Intelligence that helps protect people, the climate, and ecosystems. Their services include creating mission strategies, building satellite systems, and managing these systems using their own AI automation technology. This approach allows them to deliver high performance and reliability while keeping costs low and speeding up satellite launches. Unlike many competitors, Muon Space focuses on understanding and solving their clients' specific needs rather than just selling satellite products. They operate on a pay-as-you-go model, which includes the development and operation of satellite constellations and the data generated from them. The team at Muon Space has significant experience from leading organizations like NASA, Google, and SpaceX, which enhances their capability to deliver valuable insights to clients in areas such as climate change, security, and resource management.

Mountain View, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2021Year Founded
$98.9MTotal Funding
SERIES_BCompany Stage
Consulting, AI & Machine Learning, AerospaceIndustries
51-200Employees

Benefits

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Company Equity
Paid Vacation
Paid Holidays
Paid Sick Leave
Parental Leave

Risks

Competition from tech giants like Google may challenge Muon Space's market share.
Reliance on partnerships, like with Earth Fire Alliance, poses strategic alignment risks.
Ambitious FireSat Constellation timeline by 2026 could strain operations and finances.

Differentiation

Muon Space offers end-to-end space systems with mission-tailored LEO satellite constellations.
Their technology stack optimizes missions for faster time-to-orbit and remote sensing performance.
Muon Space's team has expertise from NASA, Google, and SpaceX, enhancing their innovative capabilities.

Upsides

Muon Space secured $56.7 million in Series B funding, boosting financial stability.
Partnership with SNC enhances RF technology, expanding commercial possibilities for Muon Space.
FireSat Constellation addresses rising demand for wildfire monitoring due to climate change.

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