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Space startups hiring now
The space startups hiring the most right now are ICEYE, Synspective and Katalyst Space. 52% of their open roles are in engineering. 9% of these companies hire mostly remote. Most are based in Espoo, Mountain View and Boston. Every role here comes from the company’s own careers page and is re-checked daily.
52%
of roles in engineering
13%
of roles in operations
5%
of roles in sales and gtm
3%
of roles in people and finance
2%
of roles in data
Companies
Who is hiring
ICEYE
Espoo, FI · Late Stage Venture
ICEYE owns the world's largest and most advanced SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite constellation. ICEYE-built constellations serve customers in defence and intelligence, environmental monitoring, insurance and emergency management.
142 open roles3% remote
Synspective
Synspective operates a fleet of SAR satellites. Synspective provides SAR data and remote monitoring services.
34 open roles0% remote
Katalyst Space
Katalyst Space develops the NEXUS robotic spacecraft. The company works with government and commercial customers on satellite servicing missions.
33 open roles0% remote
Rocket Factory Augsburg
Rocket Factory Augsburg offers launch services. It builds the RFA ONE rocket.
30 open roles0% remote
SatSure
SatSure combines satellite Earth observation, machine learning, and AI to provide decision intelligence. It converts geospatial data into operational insights for governments and enterprises.
28 open roles20% remote
Skylo
Mountain View, US · Series C
Skylo’s commercial NTN vRAN is a 3GPP standards-based cloud-native platform that bridges terrestrial and satellite networks.
24 open roles21% remote
Exotrail
Series B
Exotrail provides orbital services for space infrastructure. Its solutions include electric propulsion and in-orbit services.
21 open roles0% remote
HyImpulse
Series A
HyImpulse manufactures commercial rockets for orbital launch services. Its small satellite launch vehicles use hybrid rocket propulsion.
21 open roles0% remote
Tomorrow.io
Boston, US
Tomorrow.io is transforming how organizations make weather-driven decisions through proprietary space infrastructure, AI-powered forecasting, and operational weather intelligence.
18 open roles63% remote
Digantara
Digantara provides space situational awareness. It is expanding into full-stack space surveillance and intelligence.
18 open roles0% remote
Catalyx Space
Catalyx Space is building orbital return vehicles that deliver heavy-mass, high-power and high-volume missions from LEO to designated ocean recovery zones. Its ReX vehicles use a cable-tensioned hypersonic decelerator heat shield. Catalyx is turning the return leg from orbit into a bookable service for microgravity-manufactured products, research, component returns and sample logistics. Its stack also includes lightweight spacecraft buses, ground-station software and a deployment standard for small satellites.
17 open roles
OKAPI Orbits
Seed
OKAPI Orbits develops AI-powered software for space traffic management. Its software supports satellite operators in collision avoidance.
15 open roles0% remote
Kreios Space
Kreios Space develops satellites for Very Low Earth Orbit. Its propulsion system uses air and solar power without onboard fuel tanks.
14 open roles25% remote
MaiaSpace
MaiaSpace develops the Maia rocket. Maia is a partially reusable rocket with two stages for delivering payloads to low Earth orbit.
14 open roles0% remote
AscendArc
AscendArc is developing small GEO satellites. The satellites are volume-produced to lower costs.
10 open roles50% remote
Solestial
Solestial develops radiation-hardened silicon solar power modules. It supplies them to commercial and government customers.
9 open roles11% remote
Outpost Space
Outpost Space builds systems that enable cargo to move through orbit and return.
9 open roles0% remote
HEMERIA
HEMERIA designs embedded electronic equipment for the Strategic Deterrent Force. It provides through-life support for strategic assets.
7 open roles0% remote
Leaf Space
Series B
Leaf Space provides ground infrastructure for satellite communications.
7 open roles0% remote
Zeno Power
Series B
Zeno Power develops nuclear batteries. Its batteries convert radioactive decay into thermal and electrical power.
6 open roles0% remote
Scout Space
Reston, US
Scout Space’s sensors and software provide real-time awareness in orbit for commercial and national security customers.
6 open roles83% remote
Skyroot Aerospace
Series C
Skyroot Aerospace provides launch vehicles for satellite deployments.
5 open roles
Agnikul Cosmos
Chennai, IN
Agnikul Cosmos designs and manufactures orbital-class launch vehicles. Its Agnibaan launch vehicle is designed to deliver small satellites to low Earth orbit on demand. Its SOrTeD vehicle is a sub-orbital launch vehicle designed for low-altitude missions. Its mobile launchpad can deploy satellites from any geographic location that is optimal for a given mission.
5 open roles
Orbital Operations
Long Beach, US · Seed · YC W25
Orbital Operations is developing a high thrust, reusable space vehicle for satellite defense. Their first vehicle, Astraeus, is powered by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen and built around an actively cooled cryogenic storage system.
4 open roles
HEO
Series B
HEO delivers non-Earth imaging. It provides imagery and insights across low-Earth orbit satellites.
3 open roles0% remote
Xovian Aerospace
Xovian Aerospace builds RF satellite infrastructure that captures radio signals and delivers real-time intelligence with global coverage. Its AI-native RF infrastructure continuously scans Earth's radio spectrum to reveal patterns, intent and disruptions in real time. Xovian Aerospace provides critical visibility for monitoring high-value assets and enabling situational awareness in complex environments. It delivers insights across defence, maritime, climate and commercial sectors.
2 open roles
Vaya Space
Vaya Space develops advanced hybrid propulsion systems for defense and space applications.
1 open roles
Kalam Labs
India, IN · Seed · YC S21
Autonomous Stratospheric UAVs
1 open roles
X-Bow Systems
X-Bow Systems manufactures solid rocket motors. It also provides sub-orbital launch solutions.
1 open roles
AST SpaceMobile
Midland, US · Post Ipo
AST SpaceMobile is building a space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard, unmodified smartphones.
122 open roles26% remote
Open roles
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BlackSky
Seattle, WA
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3d ago
BlackSky
Tukwila, WA
Cost Controller, Spacecraft
Tukwila, WA
$135k–$155k
3d ago
What space startups build
Launch, satellites and the businesses being built in orbit. ICEYE: ICEYE owns the world's largest and most advanced SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite constellation. ICEYE-built constellations serve customers in defence and intelligence, environmental monitoring, insurance and emergency management. Synspective: Synspective operates a fleet of SAR satellites. Synspective provides SAR data and remote monitoring services. Katalyst Space: Katalyst Space develops the NEXUS robotic spacecraft. The company works with government and commercial customers on satellite servicing missions.
The roles they hire for
Across the roles open today, the mix is engineering (52%), operations (13%), sales and gtm (5%), people and finance (3%) and data (2%). Engineering roles here often ask for hands-on work with the product's hardest part, so a portfolio or a shipped project counts for more than a long resume.
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Frequently asked
Which space startups are hiring the most?
Right now: ICEYE, Synspective, Katalyst Space, Rocket Factory Augsburg and SatSure. The list above ranks every company by the roles it has open today.
Do space startups hire remotely?
9% of the companies here hire mostly remote. Each company page shows its own remote share.
What roles do space startups hire for?
The most common are engineering, operations and sales and gtm.
Can landed apply to space startups for me?
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