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About the Role
As a spacecraft technical lead, you will guide an agile manufacturing and test team through verification and validation (V&V), as well as integration, assembly and testing (AI&T) phases for new satellite systems. You will work directly with our Manufacturing, Test, and Qualification teams as well as cross-functional engineering design teams to ensure all requirements and any non-conformances are dispositioned. This position requires a solid technical baseline and a systems-level mindset. You will need the technical credibility to navigate design discussions, facilitate risk-based trade-offs, and represent manufacturing and testability requirements early in the product lifecycle. Your primary objective will be to ensure Planet’s spacecraft transition smoothly from design to production while maintaining high standards for quality, schedule, and mission reliability.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute plans for Verification and Validation of the satellite system, including environmental, functional, and end-to-end testing
- Lead triage of technical issues encountered during AI&T
- Track requirements and non-conformances surfaced during AI&T and assess cross-functional risks as well as impacts to customer-specific deliverables
- Lead continuous improvement of AI&T process to help transition Planet’s R&D development to scaled manufacturing programs of record
- Complete feed-back loop to multiple design teams, including Mechanical, Thermal, ADSCS/GNC, Propulsion, Electrical, and Manufacturing engineering for design feedback and continuous iteration
Requirements
- 6+ years of relevant work experience in the design and development of satellite systems
- Experience with vehicle testing, including both functional and environmental testing
- Familiarity with requirements formulation as well as validation and verification best practices
- Familiarity with space manufacturing processes, test strategies, and V&V workflows
- Experience with avionics integration, including familiarity with first order electronics debugging
- A solid technical baseline with a "roll-up-your-sleeves" mentality, enabling you to engage deeply with complex systems and translate technical engineering constraints into real-time decisions in the manufacturing process
- Exceptional written and verbal communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to stay highly organized, manage schedule, and drive consensus across diverse, high-pressure environments
Skills
- Aerospace Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Satellite systems design and development
- Vehicle testing
- Requirements formulation
- Validation and verification best practices
- Space manufacturing processes
- Test strategies
- V&V workflows
- Avionics integration
- Electronics debugging
- Technical communication
- Organizational skills
- Schedule management
- Consensus building
- Satellite industry experience
- Spacecraft hardware and software build and development cycles management
- Spacecraft specialization (e.g., structures, avionics, thermal design, software)
- NASA GEVS
- SMC-S-16
- Remote Sensing
- Electro-optical payloads
- Satellite and Rideshare Launch Vehicles industry standards and regulatory requirements
Location
- San Francisco HQ
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
- 6+ years of relevant work experience
- 6+ years of experience working in the satellite industry
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or similar
Salary/Compensations
- $162,600—$203,200 USD
Benefits
- Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
- Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
- 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
- Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Home Office Reimbursement
- Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
- Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
- Equity
- Commuter Benefits (if local to an office)
- Volunteering Paid Time Off
About the Company
- Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history.
- This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors.
- We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one.
- Customers and users across the globe use Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world’s toughest obstacles.
- As we control every component of hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering, our office is a truly inspiring mix of experts from a variety of domains.
- We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth.
- Join Planet and be a part of our mission to change the way people see the world.
- Planet is a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands.
Equal Opportunity
- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
- Planet is committed to building a community where everyone belongs and we invite people from all backgrounds to apply.
- Planet is an equal opportunity employer, and committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected classification, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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