About the role

Muon seeks a senior buyer to join our supply chain team. The ideal candidate is a self-motivated individual who has strong communication skills, excellent organizational skills, ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities, ability to work independently and professionally under pressure, and ability to maintain accurate records and controls.

Location: This position will be located on-site at our headquarters in Mountain View, CA

Responsibilities

• Procurement: Managing the procurement of goods, services, and materials for Muon Space
• Cost optimization: Ensuring that costs, cash, quality, and service are optimized
• Research: Analyzing, researching, and forecasting trends, markets, styles, and products
• Supplier relationships: Developing and maintaining relationships with suppliers
• Contract negotiation: Negotiating contracts with suppliers
• Financial risk: Assessing the financial risks of strategic purchases
• Inventory: Overseeing and maintaining inventory at strategic levels
• Compliance: Ensuring compliance with all relevant laws, codes, and regulations
• Vendor selection: Directing the selection of qualified and interested vendors
• Customer service: Providing customer service for internal and external customers

Qualifications

• Resilient, self motivated and able to work well under pressure
• Ability to add value, reduce costs and make business improvements
• Mechanical commodity purchasing experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Contract management and supplier management experience
• Project management experience
• Strong technical knowledge and understanding of supply chain management

Nice-to-have Skills

• Fun to be around
• Gets along well with team members
• Can do attitude
• Space, ITAR, ISO experience
• Strong excel/google sheets experience
• Solid understanding of ECO process

Salary

The salary range for this role is $115k - $135k and will depend on a candidate's skills, geographic location, qualifications, and experience as defined during the interview process.

About Muon Space

Founded in 2021, Muon Space is an end-to-end Space Systems Provider that designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations delivering mission-critical data. Our revolutionary, integrated technology stack enables customers to optimize every dimension of their missions for faster time-to-orbit and superior constellation remote sensing performance. Our state-of-the-art facility in the heart of Silicon Valley is optimized for manufacturing spacecraft and rapid, flexible payload integration at scale. From climate monitoring to national security, Muon Space is dedicated to delivering Earth Intelligence for a safer and more resilient world.

Taking Care of Our Team

At Muon salary is only part of our total compensation package. In addition to salary, we provide equity compensation as well as benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401k retirement plan, short & long term disability and life insurance. We also offer three weeks paid vacation for new employees, along with 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time and paid parental leave.

Our mission embraces the entire planet and we believe our team should too. Muon is dedicated to creating a diverse and dynamic company and workforce. We believe in equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, age, national origin, citizenship, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or gender identity. We value diversity in the workplace, and that starts with our applicants. We encourage you to apply, even if you don't check all the boxes, and we look forward to reviewing your application! In addition, if you need a reasonable accommodation as part of your application for employment or interviews with us, please let us know.

ITAR/EAR Requirements

This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. The Company may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process.