# Operations and Automation Engineer

About the role Muon seeks an Operations and Automation Engineer to join our Engineering team. You will be at the forefront of our satellite and specialty sensing operations, ensuring the seamless functioning, monitoring, and maintenance of our fleet of satellites in space. Your primary responsibility will be designing and implementing automation solutions related to monitoring and maintaining the health and safety of satellites on orbit. In addition, you will be responsible for executing satellite operation procedures, troubleshooting anomalies, and implementing corrective actions to ensure optimal performance and longevity of our satellite fleet. This position can be performed remotely from an approved location. Responsibilities As operations and automation engineer, you will be responsible for building and implementing automation solutions for spacecraft and ground station operations for flawless execution of simultaneous missions and an increasing manifest with a small team of operators Collaborate with engineers across all disciplines to execute satellite operation plans and maintain continuity of satellite services. Analyze telemetry data and satellite health reports to asses

- **Id**: 659461
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/muon-space-operations-and-automation-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: posting_text
- **Hiring geo confidence**: inferred
- **Hiring countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-10T18:25:07Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-01
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-11T12:51:39Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 61
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5631
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- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Equity, Life insurance, Parental leave, Retirement plans, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Satellite Manufacturing, Earth Observation, Space Services

## Company

- **Id**: 4799
- **Name**: Muon Space
- **Domain**: muonspace.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/muon-space>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 86
- **Open postings**: 20
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.55
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 52
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 143000
- **Max**: 201000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 201000

## Technologies

- **Julia** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 61

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country
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## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-10T21:25:58Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Filed H-1B visas in the last two years; Filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 28
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 0.44
- **Age days**: 61
- **Expected fill days**: 52
- **Reasons**: conf:2, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T05:49:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 201000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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