Machinist - Full Time - Permanent Position!

About the role Muon seeks a Machinist (Junior level ) to join our Team. You'll own the machined parts the team depends on — embedded between engineering and the machine shop. Design reviews on Tuesday, dialing in fixturing on Wednesday, owning first-article inspection on Friday. Working with world class senior level engineering, scientists and machinists you will be challenged to push your skills to the next level. You will be one of the points of contact for structure and tooling hardware as it moves from CAD to chips.

This position is fully on-site at our San Jose office, five days per week.

Responsibilities Program and operate CNC mills and lathes for flight components

Sit in engineering design and planning reviews

Plan fixturing, tooling, and inspection

Own first-article and in-process QC for hardware

Document via MES; Qualifications Programming 3 axis CNC mills; Minimum of 1 year working in a machine shop or trade school training

Nice-to-have Skills Programming 4 & 5 axis CNC mills; S. citizen, permanent resident, or protected individual (ITAR)

Forklift experience

Salary The salary range for this role is $25 - $40 per hour , plus a competitive equity grant and comprehensive benefits package. 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 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.

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.

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. S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.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.J-18808-Ljbffr ArcTern Ventures