Senior Machinist

About the role

Muon seeks a Machinist ( Senior ) to join our Team. You'll own the machined parts the engineering teams depend on for testing and flight— embedded between engineering and the machine shop. Design reviews on Tuesday, dialing in fixturing on Wednesday, owning first-article inspection on Friday. The named point of contact for components as it moves from CAD to finished parts

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 testing and tooling design reviews to flag manufacturability and tolerance issues early​

develop fixturing, tooling, and processes to produce tooling faster and more efficiently. ​

Own first-article and in-process QC for hardware​

Document via MES; write non-conformance tickets; maintain traceability​

Train shop team and engineers on tooling and component-specific machining processes.​

Qualifications

5+ years machining for aerospace, medical, or other high-precision industries​

Programming 3- and 5-axis CNC mills; CAM (Fusion 360, MasterCAM, or similar)​

Haas controller experience & Fanuc ​

Strong metrology fundamentals; comfortable with inspection tools​

Comfortable with brittle materials (graphite, composites, ceramics)​

U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or protected individual (ITAR)​

Able to achieve security level clearance if needed

Nice-to-have Skills

Matsuura, Yasda, and Haas experience​

CMM programming ​

Tooling, Test lab & class 7+ Cleanroom experience

Exotic alloys, Graphite or brittle-material machining experience​

Salary

The salary range for this role is $58 - $65 per hour, 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.