# Niosha Kayhani

> Niosha Kayhani is Chief of Staff to the CEO at Muon Space, a Mountain View based end-to-end space systems company building LEO satellite constellations for climate, earth observation, and national security missions. A chartered mechanical engineer trained at the University of Portsmouth with an executive MBA from Warwick, he arrived in Silicon Valley after building innovation programs at Cubic in London and San Diego, a detour through Google in Dublin, and a first job tuning fiber-optic lasers at SPI. He holds ten-plus U.S. patents and, on the side, has founded Taurus Space, a company working on standards-aligned command-and-control for coalition defense networks.

- **Role:** Chief of Staff to the CEO at Muon Space
- **Organizations:** Muon Space, Taurus Space, Cubic Corporation, Google, SPI Lasers, ITS UK, UC San Diego Executive Board
- **Nationality:** British
- **Education:** BEng Mechanical Engineering (with year in industry), University of Portsmouth, Work-based Master's (MSc), University of Portsmouth, Executive MBA, University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
- **Known for:** Chartered Engineer (CEng), PMP, MBA, MSc, BEng, Named on 10+ U.S. patents, Valedictorian of his Master's cohort at Portsmouth

## Career timeline

- **2014** — Joined SPI Lasers as an engineer working on fiber-optic lasers and manufacturing.
- **2015-2016** — Worked at Google in Dublin, Ireland - digital strategy for SMBs and briefly on autonomous vehicle projects.
- **2016** — Joined Cubic Corporation as an R&D engineer at the Cubic Innovation Centre in London.
- **2017** — Presented Cubic's gateless gateline and biometric fare validation prototype at the International Conference on Urban Transport in Rome.
- **2018** — Published '7 Lessons Learned on Leadership & Culture' on LinkedIn.
- **2019** — Promoted from Sr. R&D Engineer to broader innovation leadership at Cubic.
- **2019-2023** — Director of International Programs / Innovation at Cubic; oversaw 100+ engineers and product managers across a $55M R&D portfolio.
- **2022** — Organized a Portsmouth basketball team reunion honoring teammate David Hyde.
- **2024-2025** — Joined Muon Space as Chief of Staff to the CEO.
- **2025** — Founded Taurus Space; company announced FMN Spiral 4 alignment for coalition defense networks in December 2025.

## Achievements

- Chartered Engineer (CEng), PMP, MBA, MSc, BEng
- Named on 10+ U.S. patents
- Valedictorian of his Master's cohort at Portsmouth
- Oversaw a $55M R&D portfolio and 100+ engineers/PMs at Cubic
- Serves on the UC San Diego Executive Board
- Served as International Director for ITS UK
- Founded Taurus Space; achieved FMN Spiral 4 alignment in December 2025

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Muon Space closes a $45M Series B round, bringing total funding to roughly $147M.
- **2025-12** — Taurus Space, founded by Kayhani, announces full alignment of its Command & Control architecture with Federated Mission Networking Spiral 4.

## Links

- Website: https://www.nioshakayhani.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niosha-kayhani
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/muonspace
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMJzyOXoAgOq2fKg-Gsr5EQ

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Last updated: 2026-07-09