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Software Engineer, Entry-Level

Muon Space · San Jose, CA

Posted Aug 5, 2026

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About the role

Software Engineers at Muon work on embedded software on satellites and test equipment, physics simulations, customer-facing APIs and services, user interfaces, scheduling algorithms, data pipelines, computer vision, signal processing, cloud systems and more. They make it possible to build, test, launch, and run constellations of satellites for a wide variety of missions.

Entry-level software engineers are expected to bring significant skills and training, and then to quickly develop into experts in their domains to accelerate Muon's Mission with high quality software and systems. They must be a high performer ready to work in an exciting, fast-paced environment that values continuous improvement, embraces taking risks, and crafts the right solutions to delight our customers.

This position is hybrid and requires working on-site in our San Jose, CA office three days per week.

Responsibilities

Take ownership of the code for a new software capability on ground or in space

Propose and iterate on the design for software components

Write tests and monitoring to validate correctness of one's own code

Conduct analysis to support both development and testing

Quickly learn new skills, technology and techniques

Communicate clearly and accurately

Complete work in a timely manner

Required Qualifications

A bachelor's degree in computer science, aerospace engineering, computational mathematics or a related field …

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