Product Manager (Space Systems)

Location: Hybrid in San Jose, CA, with on-site work required three days per week. Muon is currently registered and able to hire in AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, IA, ID, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX, VT, VA, and WA. Access to export-controlled information requires meeting applicable U.S. Government export requirements, including U.S. person status or eligibility for export authorization.

Salary: $190,000–$210,000 per year, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global designs, builds, and operates LEO satellite constellations and integrated space systems that deliver mission-critical Earth observation data.

What you will do

• Own the backlog, PRDs, acceptance criteria, and release planning for a defined product area within spacecraft platforms, satellite data paths, on-board compute, or instrument capabilities.
• Partner with engineering across software, hardware, and operations on scope, sequencing, technical trade-offs, delivery risks, and release execution.
• Conduct customer, user, partner, and internal mission-team interviews; synthesize feedback into requirements and prioritization decisions.
• Instrument products, track usage and performance, and follow customer escalations and won/lost deals relevant to the product area.
• Support productization decisions covering packaging, tiering, SLAs, documentation, deprecation, configuration control, and change management.
• Support Go-To-Market and Marketing with technical documentation, sales enablement materials, RFP input, customer demonstrations, messaging, and content.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of Product Management experience shipping technical products, ideally spanning software, hardware, or data systems.
• Ability to translate customer and user needs into clear requirements and acceptance criteria and drive them through release.
• Strong written communication skills for PRDs, decision memos, release notes, and status updates.
• Ability to work closely with engineers on technical trade-offs and read design documents or API specifications well enough to ask relevant questions.
• Strong execution skills, including backlog management, release tracking, and escalation judgment.
• Curiosity and willingness to grow in a deep-tech domain, with receptiveness to feedback and coaching.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related technical field.
• Must satisfy applicable U.S. export-control access requirements for ITAR/EAR-controlled information.

Nice to have

• Exposure to remote sensing, geospatial, Earth observation, or adjacent deep-tech data domains.
• Familiarity with space systems and LEO constellations, including spacecraft platforms, instruments, ground segments, or satellite data pipelines.
• Experience with configuration control, change management, or safety-critical or mission-critical product environments.
• Prior experience in a startup or high-growth technology environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with equity compensation.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus short- and long-term disability and life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Three weeks of paid vacation for new employees, 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time, and paid parental leave.
• Commitment to diversity, equal employment opportunity, and reasonable accommodations during hiring.