Manager, Instrument AIT
About the role
Muon seeks a Manager of Instrument Assembly, Integration, and Test (AIT) to build, mentor, and guide a multidisciplinary team of optical integration engineers, optical and camera test engineers, and optomechanical technicians. In this role, you will establish the technical standards, assembly flows, optical ground support equipment architectures, and test automation frameworks for our multispectral thermal IR instruments. As a technical leader and functional manager, you will define the standards for precision optical alignment, optomechanical integration, camera characterization, and environmental qualification, while ensuring seamless collaboration across Instrument Systems, Design, and Delivery. While your primary focus is leadership, technical governance, and capability building, you will retain the deep engineering background required to contribute directly to critical optical alignment operations, test campaigns, and anomaly investigations.
This position is fully onsite and requires working in our Mountain View, CA office 5x days a week.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and coordinate a high-performing team of optical integration and test engineers, camera test engineers, and optomechanical technicians, managing hiring, day-to-day floor tasking, and skill development across progra
