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About the Role
The Space Operations team is crucial to Planet's success, responsible for maintaining and optimizing the health and productivity of the world's largest Earth Observation satellite constellation. This role involves developing and maintaining critical software, transforming large datasets into actionable metrics, supporting daily satellite operations, analyzing data, triaging and resolving anomalies, running on-orbit experiments, testing and deploying software, and commissioning satellites. You will collaborate with hardware and software experts to debug anomalies, enhance services, and provide operational insights.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain real-time, mission-critical software solutions for satellite operations
- Write scripts to aggregate satellite data and generate system monitoring metrics
- Analyze data to identify issues and inefficiencies in the full stack of services and propose solutions to improve productivity
- Drive improvements to fleet capacity and productivity through process enhancements
- Monitor satellite health and perform on-orbit experiments
Requirements
- Ongoing BSc in engineering or computer science
- Proficiency in software development, particularly in Python or equivalent languages
- Data-driven mindset with experience in statistical analysis
- Proactive, self-starter approach to engineering and problem-solving
- Effective interpersonal and collaboration skills within a technical team
- Experience with agile software development
- Experience with DevOps tools and practices (e.g., Git, GitLab, Docker, Jenkins, Bash, Linux, CI/CD, Sentry, Datadog)
- Familiarity with satellite engineering and/or the space environment and its challenges
- Hands-on experience operating spacecraft or remote systems
- Familiarity with automation and optimization tools
- Contributions to open-source software projects
Skills
- Python
- Statistical analysis
- Agile software development
- DevOps tools and practices
- Git
- GitLab
- Docker
- Jenkins
- Bash
- Linux
- CI/CD
- Sentry
- Datadog
- Satellite engineering
- Space environment
- Spacecraft operation
- Remote systems operation
- Automation
- Optimization
Location
- Berlin
- Remote
Work Type
- Part-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Working Student
Education Level
- BSc in engineering or computer science
Salary/Compensations
- $18—$18 USD
Benefits
- Paid time off including vacation, holidays and company-wide days off
- Employee Wellness Program
- Home Office Reimbursement
- Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
- Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
- Equity
- Volunteering Paid Time Off
About the Company
- Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history, delivering an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.