Senior Software Engineer, Generalist

About the role

Muon seeks a Senior Software Engineer to join our Software Team. The ideal candidate is a brilliant generalist problem-solver with excellent system design and coding skills who can find and deploy simple solutions to complex problems. They are able to quickly understand new technology and systems, and to reason about automation and fault handling in a complex environment. They have significant prior experience and interest in either robotics, autonomy, embedded software, mobile development, simulation or distributed systems.

Responsibilities

Design, lead, implement multi-week complex and cross-team projects

Estimate forward-looking work

Measure metrics aligned and highly correlated with company goals

Manage, publish and update goals for their area of responsibility

Act as the company expert in their area of ownership

Mentor new and junior engineers

Ensure company standards are upheld for code, testing, design and review

Participate in evaluating and selecting technologies for our software foundation

Qualifications

Proven capability to quickly learn new programming languages and development environments

B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field

8+ years experience as a software engineer in a team environment

Strong programming in C++, Rust or Python

Nice-to-have Skills

Expertise in embedded software, robotics or autonomy

Training in physics, statistics, computational mathematics or electrical engineering

Prior experience in aerospace software

Salary

The salary range for this role is $184,000 - $208,000, 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.