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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Program Manager, Secure Space Data Systems - **Company:** Muon Space Inc - **Location:** San Jose, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $175,000.0 - $208,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Board Bringup, Configuration Management, Data Security, Data Systems, Device Drivers, Embedded Software, Hardware Design, Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation, Key Management, Systems Development Life Cycle, Fpga Hardware - **Published:** August 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=caecdc55a58c54ab ## About the Role * 6+ years of professional experience in program management of complex technical system development spanning hardware and software * 5+ years of hands-on engineering experience (electrical, embedded systems, mechanical, RF/communications, or similar), with the ability and desire to contribute directly to design, analysis, and test while leading the program * Direct experience with space, defense, or aerospace programs that handle CUI or classified data * Demonstrated ownership of a board- or box-level hardware development effort through design reviews to a working, tested product * Experience leading testbed, HITL, or ground-segment development and running structured verification or demonstration campaigns * Working understanding of secure communications concepts - Type 1 encryption, Red/Black separation, key management - and their program-level implications (certification timelines, custody requirements, cleared-personnel constraints) * Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret clearance * U.S. Citizenship required (program is ITAR-restricted) * Excellent written communication skills - you will author or approve design review packages, test plans and results, and customer-facing technical artifacts, * Active Secret or TS/SCI clearance * Prior experience integrating NSA Type 1 cryptographic units (e.g., HAIPE-class devices) or managing COMSEC/CCI on a flight program * Direct experience working with SDA, NRO, USSF Space Systems Command, or similar customer offices * Familiarity with embedded firmware and FPGA development lifecycles - board bring-up, driver development, DITL testing * Experience running IR&D or capability-development programs whose artifacts feed concurrent proposals and captures * Experience supporting classified proposal development and color-team reviews * PMP certification or equivalent program management credentials ## Description Muon Space seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead the development, demonstration, and productization of secure data-handling capabilities for our satellite platforms. This work directly expands the set of national-security missions Muon can pursue and execute - the Program Manager owns both the program's execution and its transition into active proposals and funded flight programs. This is a hands-on role at the intersection of hardware development, embedded firmware, security engineering, and government mission capture. It is a technical program management position: the right candidate contributes directly to the engineering - architecture, design, analysis, and test - as a working member of the team, not just its coordinator. The Program Manager is the single accountable owner for cost, schedule, and technical performance across the program's parallel swimlanes: cryptographic hardware carrier development, hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) testbed build-out, end-to-end encrypted data-path demonstration (ground-to-flight and flight-to-ground), and proposal-ready design artifacts for upcoming government opportunities. Because the team is small and senior, the PM does their own scheduling, cost tracking, and program control - there is no supporting program office. This position is hybrid and requires working on-site in our San Jose, CA office three days per week., * Program Execution + Own the integrated master schedule, cost baseline, and risk register for the program + Drive the program through design reviews, hardware build and integration, test campaigns, and demonstration milestones - meeting all internal and customer commitments + Run the weekly program cadence; make decisions with incomplete information at startup pace and escalate crisply when needed * Security and Compliance + Own the program's security and compliance posture, including controlled-material handling and coordination with government security processes and certification requirements + Ensure all execution complies with ITAR/EAR export controls and U.S.-only performance requirements * Technical Contribution and Cross-Functional Leadership + Contribute directly to the engineering and design of the system - architecture and trade studies, requirements development, design analysis, and hands-on support of integration and test + Partner closely with the Mission Manager, Chief Engineer, and cross-disciplinary technical leads to drive technical decision-making + Own configuration control and drive resolution of cross-functional issues quickly, escalating to program leadership when needed * Capture and Proposal Support + Support active proposal and capture efforts with technical artifacts and cost and schedule inputs, without derailing baseline execution + Partner with Business Development, Capture, and Product teams on transitioning the capability into funded flight programs + Represent the program in customer and partner technical exchanges ## Related Videos - [One Pipeline, Three Regulator - SBOM Compliance for the Developer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100169-one-pipeline-three-regulator-sbom-compliance-for-the-developer) - [Crypto-secure Data Management with In-Database Blockchain](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/632-crypto-secure-data-management-with-in-database-blockchain) - [From Messy Queries to Scalable Systems - How Data Engineering actually works](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100203-from-messy-queries-to-scalable-systems-how-data-engineering-actually-works) - [Maturity assessment for technicians or how I learned to love OWASP SAMM](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/351-maturity-assessment-for-technicians-or-how-i-learned-to-love-owasp-samm) - [Web-based Information Visualization](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/84-web-based-information-visualization) - [The Data Mesh as the end of the Datalake as we know it](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/156-the-data-mesh-as-the-end-of-the-datalake-as-we-know-it) ## Related Articles - [Everything a Developer Needs to Know About MCP with Neo4j](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/604-everything-a-developer-needs-to-know-about-mcp-with-neo4j) - [Dev Digest 134 - Where pixels sing?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/477-dev-digest-134-where-pixels-sing) - [Dev Digest 138 - Are you secure about this?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/486-dev-digest-138-are-you-secure-about-this) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Dev Digest 129 - Now that's what I call private data!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/468-dev-digest-129-now-that-s-what-i-call-private-data) - [From developer to manager – what does it take to become an engineering manager?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/42-from-developer-to-manager-what-does-it-take-to-become-an-engineering-manager)