Jobs at BlackSky

Leads BlackSky’s integrated corporate communications and marketing strategy, brand positioning, executive visibility, stakeholder engagement, crisis communications, media relations, and agency management. Advises senior leadership, supports government and investor communications, develops messaging and campaign assets, and manages a communications team. The role is hybrid in Herndon, Virginia, or Seattle, Washington, with occasional global travel and eligibility for a U.S. security clearance required.

Designs, develops, tests, and maintains embedded flight software for satellite imaging payload and ADCS subsystems. Leads software delivery across cross-functional engineering teams, supports requirements development, testing, documentation, analysis, and release processes, and provides technical leadership for mission-critical software. The role requires expertise in C/C++, Python, embedded Linux, and production software development, with opportunities to support additional spacecraft subsystems and mentor team members.

Leads design, development, testing, release, and maintenance of satellite flight software for imaging payload and ADCS subsystems. Provides technical expertise, supports requirements and test planning, performs root-cause analysis, and collaborates with systems, embedded, operations, and mission teams. The role requires hands-on C/C++, Python, embedded Linux, cross-functional leadership, and delivery of reliable mission-critical software with minimal supervision.

Lead technical sales for EO satellite solutions serving international defense, intelligence, and government customers. Translate mission requirements into satellite, ground, communications, and analytics solutions; support RFIs, RFPs, demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, and contract awards. Build senior stakeholder relationships, advise on GEOINT/ISR integration, and collaborate with business development, engineering, product, legal, contracts, and export compliance teams. The role requires approximately 50% international travel.

Manage satellite launch campaigns from contracting and scheduling through testing, integration, readiness reviews, and launch. Coordinate launch providers, engineering, procurement, and internal teams; manage risks, dependencies, deliverables, action items, and release gates. Develop training and documentation, support satellite qualification and flight testing, and serve as an onsite launch representative. The role requires extensive aerospace systems and launch-provider experience, with travel up to 50%.

Coordinates complex interviews, candidate communications, recruiting documentation, reference checks, pre-hire administration, onboarding support, ATS records, recruiting compliance, reporting, and talent projects. Partners with recruiters, hiring managers, interviewers, and candidates to keep hiring processes organized and moving forward. Supports in-person interviews and People team operations for the Seattle office.

Leads the Mission Management Engineering team developing and operating autonomous software for satellite constellation imaging and communications. Provides technical and architectural direction, manages roadmaps and resources, improves engineering and operational processes, supports live systems and launch operations, and partners across mission operations, spacecraft engineering, product, and program teams. Hires, coaches, and develops engineers while ensuring reliable delivery aligned with commercial goals and program requirements.

Leads the Product Insights engineering team responsible for partner integrations, analytic product hosting, scalable platform capabilities, production pipelines, reliability, and monitoring. Sets technical strategy, oversees architecture and roadmap development, removes cross-team blockers, participates in code reviews and development, and manages hiring, mentoring, capacity planning, and team performance. Collaborates with product, platform, AI, imagery, and partner engineering teams to accelerate delivery of customer-facing insight products.

Leads cybersecurity architecture for software systems, cloud and on-premises infrastructure, and satellite ground-segment deployments. Develops security roadmaps, architectural blueprints, compliance solutions, and automated controls within Terraform and Helm. Assesses vulnerabilities, coordinates security implementation across engineering and infrastructure teams, documents systems, manages project risks, and translates regulatory requirements into engineering specifications. Requires extensive DevSecOps leadership, Kubernetes experience, security framework expertise, and eligibility for a U.S. security clearance.