Microwave Instrument Engineer

Muon Space · San Jose, CA · Sep 2, 2026

About the role Muon seeks a Microwave Instrument Systems Engineer to support the development of new microwave instruments for Muon’s growing satellite fleet. This is a foundational position on a new team where you will be responsible for the development of microwave instruments for remote sensing applications. A key element of this role will be taking existing instrument implementations and making them compatible with Muon hardware and effective to produce at scale. Prior experience and a deep understanding of microwave instrumentation design and calibration is critical, and experience in microwave sounding of the atmosphere and earth-surface imaging is ideal. San Jose Location: This position is hybrid and requires working on-site in our San Jose, CA office three days per week.

Responsibilities:

• Build world class instruments: build and fly cutting edge microwave instruments

• Own the instrument: understand, design, and refine core components of the systems

• Design for scale: make existing solutions and techniques affordable to build in volume

Requirements:

• PhD or Master’s degree in relevant field plus 3+ years of professional experience, OR several years of experience hands-on with microwave instrumentation

• Background in DSP implementation for microwave instruments

• Experience with ground-based and/or on-orbit calibration of microwave instruments

• Excited to work in a fast-paced environment

• Experience with designing/testing of microwave frontend and antenna/reflector hardware

• Background in sounding of the atmosphere and/or imaging of Earth surfaces

• Experience with common programming environments (Python) cloud services (AWS)

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Company: Muon Space
Location: San Jose, CA
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Job Type: Full-time
Category: RF / Microwave
Posted: Sep 2, 2026
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