EHS Specialist

EHS Specialist

San Jose, CA

About the Role

Muon seeks an EHS Specialist to take full ownership of environmental, health, and safety operations across our company facilities. In this role, you will be responsible for driving end to end EHS programs, ensuring multi site regulatory compliance, and establishing proactive safety practices to keep our teams safe and the company compliant. We are seeking a self motivated professional who can independently start and complete critical safety initiatives from scratch with minimal oversight.

Important: This role requires full-time, on-site presence Monday through Friday across our Bay Area facilities.

Responsibilities

• Multi-Site Safety Ownership: Serve as the primary EHS lead and point of contact supporting all of our office locations.
• End to End Safety Plan Ownership: Develop, execute, and maintain core company safety plans, emergency action plans, and site specific evacuation maps across all facility locations.
• Hazardous Materials & Waste Disposal: Establish and manage the Hazardous Materials Communication (HazCom) and chemical disposal programs overseeing SDS databases, chemical inventories, waste profiling, labeling, safe storage, and vendor pickups.
• Regulatory & State Compliance: Manage and maintain company regulatory accounts and credentials, including environmental reporting platforms (such as CERS) and federal/state EPA identification numbers.
• Onsite Inspections & Floor Presence: Walk the floor regularly across all buildings to spot hazards, perform risk assessments, inspect chemical storage areas, and implement practical solutions to maintain continuous compliance with OSHA and local codes.
• Incident Investigation: Lead root cause analysis for any workplace incidents, chemical spills, injuries, or near-misses, and establish long term preventative measures.
• Contractor Safety & Staff Training: Partner with vendors and hazardous waste contractors for high risk work while delivering clear safety onboarding and HazCom training to internal teams.

Qualifications

• Must be able and willing to reliably work on-site 5 days per week across company locations during assignment (This role does not offer a WFH option).
• Bachelor's degree in Occupational Health & Safety, Environmental Science, Chemistry, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Experience: 3+ years of hands-on EHS experience, preferably in commercial office operations, tech facilities, labs/R&D, or manufacturing environments.
• Proven track record of taking full ownership of projects - starting and finishing core EHS deliverables autonomously.
• Direct experience managing regulatory reporting platforms (such as CERS or state equivalents) and compliance credentials (EPA numbers).
• Strong working knowledge of OSHA/state standards, EPA hazardous waste rules (RCRA), local fire codes, and emergency response planning.
• Proactively identify and resolve safety issues, taking personal accountability for solutions and follow through.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and influence without authority to drive safety initiatives.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain safety requirements effectively across teams.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• DOT/IATA or RCRA Hazardous Waste Training certification.
• Experience creating evacuation routes using design or diagramming tools (Bluebeam, Lucidchart, AutoCAD) or managing requests via ticketing systems (Asana, Jira).

Salary

The salary range for this role is $ 125,000 - $150,000, plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. Final compensation will be determined based on skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location as assessed 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, full-time employees receive 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.