Electrical Engineering Technician (Contract)

Number of employees

72

United States, California, Mountain View, United States

Posted on: 2025-02-03

Category: climate

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Muon Space is ushering in a revolution in our ability to understand, predict and model a changing planet through large scale networks of sensors in space.  

About the role

Muon seeks an Electronics Technician (Contract) to join our Assembly, Integration, and Test team. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated technician that will help both the Electrical Engineering team with prototype projects, as well as the Assembly, Integration, and Test (AIT) team to prepare flight hardware as a part of building the satellites. 

This role requires 5 days onsite at the mountain view office. 

This contract role is 3-6 months with option to extend.

 

Responsibilities

  • Advanced rework of prototype and flight printed circuit boards including soldering of fine pitch components
  • Assist engineers in assembly simple printed circuit boards for prototype use
  • Acceptance test and rework of flight harnesses
  • Visual inspection of flight electronics for soldering and mechanical defects
  • Assist in building test fixtures and test harnesses
  • Provide targeted surge support for company critical production or qualification test efforts

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience with soldering & rework of high reliability electronics
  • Strong experience with and/or certification in IPC J-STD-001, IPC-A-610, and similar standards
  • Ability to rigorously follow written procedures and document results
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Excited to work in a fast-paced environment with new challenges each week

Nice-to-have Skills

  • Experience manufacturing harnesses with high reliability requirements & familiarity with NASA-STD-8739.4 and IPC-A-620
  • Experience with proper techniques of application of conformal coat & staking epoxy
  • History with using electrical test equipment, such as power supplies and electric loads

Salary

The salary range for this role is [$40-$45 per hour] and will depend on a candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience as defined during the interview process.

About Muon Space

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. Our state-of-the-art facility in the heart of Silicon Valley is optimized for manufacturing spacecraft and rapid, flexible payload integration at scale. From climate monitoring to national security, Muon Space is dedicated to delivering Earth Intelligence for a safer and more resilient world.

Taking Care of Our Team

At Muon salary is only part of our total compensation package. In addition to salary, we provide equity compensation as well as benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401k retirement plan, short & long term disability and life insurance. We also offer three weeks paid vacation for new employees, along with 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time and paid parental leave.

Our mission embraces the entire planet and we believe our team should too.  Muon is dedicated to creating a diverse and dynamic company and workforce. 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. We value diversity in the workplace, and that starts with our applicants. We encourage you to apply, even if you don't check all the boxes, and we look forward to reviewing your application! In addition, if you need a reasonable accommodation as part of your application for employment or interviews with us, please let us know.

ITAR/EAR Requirements

This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. The Company may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process.

 

 

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