Global Monitoring - Geospatial Intelligence - Smallsat

BlackSky

**Senior Software Development/Design Engineer in Test**

**About Us:**

**BlackSky** is a geospatial intelligence solutions provider that enables organizations to task, collect, and transform data from earth observation, global sensor networks, mobile devices, and social media to deliver on-demand insights about places, events, and assets that are critical to their operations. BlackSky provides satellite collection, data, and cloud based -processing and analytic solutions to organizations that are capitalizing on the exponential growth of a wide range of sensor and collection platforms for delivering the next generation of GEOINT and location intelligence solutions. BlackSky has extensive expertise and capabilities in commercial remote sensing, multi-source analytics, cloud computing, open-source software development, Amazon Web Services, and big data geospatial analytics. BlackSky provides solutions to commercial and government organizations with relevant programs with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), US. Army, and U.S. Air Force Research Labs.

As a technical, hands-on Software Development/Design Engineer in Test (SDET) your job is to participate in the manual & automation testing of our web based application. You will be under the guidance of the manager of the Platform test team with an already-established testing process. Your role will be that of a "full-stack" QA Engineer - someone who has a strong appreciation and skill in software engineering with the capability of writing manual & automated and performance tests.

**Responsibilities:**

*   Test major components of the system
*   Participate in design reviews
*   Contribute to and drive design and review of test automation frameworks, test implementations, strategy and approach
*   Focus on automated integration testing between disparate components
*   Work with developers and architects to develop test plans and validate unit tests
*   Ensure that all components communicate and interoperate
*   Help choose which technologies/frameworks are used for quality assurance
*   Create automated testing where possible and regular manual testing where not
*   Collaborate with developers to understand software design, function, and testability
*   Work with DevOps for testing in a CI environment, and monitoring health of components

**Required Qualifications:**

*   Minimum of five years of experience testing and maintaining commercial software in a production environment; familiarity with agile methodologies, software products and release life cycles, source code and change management
*   Minimum of five years of experience writing automated tests using Python & JavaScript
*   Bachelor's Degree or higher in computer science, engineering, or related technical field

**Preferred Qualifications:**

*   Experience working with geospatial products
*   Team leadership experience

**Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits-eligible employees includes:**

*   BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental, and vision, plus contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses.
*   Total of 5 weeks of paid leave including PTO, holidays, volunteerism leave, and our shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
*   401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match.
*   Professional development budgets.
*   Mac or PC? Your choice!
*   Awesome space swag.

BlackSky is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer All Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

**EEO/AAP/ Pay Transparency Statements:**

[https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf)

[https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP\_EEO\_Supplement\_Final\_JRF\_QA\_508c.pdf](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf)

Senior Software Development/Design Engineer in Test

**Head of Sales, Middle East**

**About Us:**

**BlackSky** is a geospatial intelligence solutions provider that enables organizations to task, collect, and transform data from earth observation, global sensor networks, mobile devices, and social media to deliver on-demand insights about places, events, and assets that are critical to their operations. Blacksky provides satellite collection, data, and cloud-based processing and analytic solutions to organizations that are capitalizing on the exponential growth of a wide range of sensor and collection platforms for delivering the next generation of GEOINT and location intelligence solutions. BlackSky has extensive expertise and capabilities in commercial remote sensing, multi-source analytics, cloud computing, open source software development, Amazon Web Services, and big data geospatial analytics. BlackSky provides solutions to commercial and government organizations with relevant programs with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), US. Army, and U.S. Air Force Research Labs.

Join the growing BlackSky team as we continue to expand internationally! This position will be located in Dubai, UAE and report to the Head of Sales, MENA. Candidates will be locally in Dubai and have the appropriate visas to live/work there.

**Responsibilities:**

You will be responsible for identifying opportunities in the assigned territory and other territories as required as well as communicating and coordinating business opportunities with key stakeholders within the BlackSky organization. You will also coordinate and execute total solutions to our customers to achieve new sales.

You will use your extensive background in sales to define sales capture strategies for the assigned territory in order to achieve successful program awards and product sales. There is a special emphasis on sales strategy in this position. At this time, there are no supervisory requirements, but you are expected to grow your markets and recruit staff as volume increases.

*   Simultaneously manage pursuit and capture of new program or product sales through extensive interfacing with government agencies in order to achieve set quarterly and annual sales goals.
*   Work with internal division technology leaders and key internal stakeholders in the division on sales opportunities setting sales strategy, tactics, proposals, and negotiations for new product solutions as well as coordinating qualified new business capture and sales with government agencies. 
*   Lead sales capture efforts for advanced programs and new technical solutions for the customer that align to the business growth strategies of the division. 
*   Lead penetration strategies to gain additional sales with all major government agencies by facilitating contacts to achieve sales objectives. 
*   Create and sustain classified communications pursuits for BlackSky, working with existing BD, Account Management and Program Management Staff.
*   Provide quarterly forecasts to management, and monthly forecasts within the current quarter.
*   Responsible for market growth and expansion and recruiting the necessary talent to cover the territory.
*   Maintain sales volume, product mix, and selling price by keeping current with supply and demand, changing trends, economic indicators, and competitors.
*   Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
*   Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
*   Travel within the region is expected, between 30-50%.
*   Other job related duties assigned.

**Required Qualifications:**

*   Bachelors Degree in business or an engineering field.
*   At least five years of experience in the geospatial, ISR, or analytics industry.
*   At least five years of experience working with international defense and intelligence customers.
*   Full-cycle direct business development experience with a concentration in technical and/or government sales (this does not include sales support, account management, program management or engineering experience).
*   Exceptional negotiation and persuasion skills.
*   The ability to perform top quality presentations.
*   Excellent verbal and written communication skills; must be fluent in English and preferably in a local/native language as well.
*   Strong organizational skills as a good time manager and effective multi-tasker.
*   Superior complex problem solving and decision-making abilities.

**Desired Skills:**

*   Master’s Degree in engineering/technology field or MBA.
*   Experience managing opportunity pipeline in Salesforce or Zendesk.
*   Experience in multiple international defense and intelligence agencies and Joint assignments.

BlackSky is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer All Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

EEO/AAP/ Pay Transparency Statements:

[https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf)  
[https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP\_EEO\_Supplement\_Final\_JRF\_QA\_508c.pdf](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf)

Head of Sales, Middle East

**Principal Software Engineer, Backend Services**

**About Us**:

BlackSky is a geospatial intelligence solutions provider that enables organizations to task, collect, and transform data from earth observation, global sensor networks, mobile devices, and social media to deliver on-demand insights about places, events, and assets that are critical to their operations. BlackSky provides satellite collection, data, and cloud based -processing and analytic solutions to organizations that are capitalizing on the exponential growth of a wide range of sensor and collection platforms for delivering the next generation of GEOINT and location intelligence solutions. BlackSky has extensive expertise and capabilities in commercial remote sensing, multi-source analytics, cloud computing, open-source software development, Amazon Web Services, and big data geospatial analytics. BlackSky provides solutions to commercial and government organizations with relevant programs with NASA, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), US. Army, and U.S. Air Force Research Labs.

As a Principal Software Engineer on our Imagery Services team, you'll be leading a group of experienced engineers who are passionate about writing quality software systems used to request, transform, analyze, and deliver imagery from our constellation of satellites. These systems provide the foundational backend responsible for providing customers on-demand satellite tasking and rapid image catalog access through an intuitive GUI and API interface. This role reports to the Senior Manager, Platform Services and we are open to remote candidates in states we support. 

**Responsibilities****:**

*   Provide technical leadership to the team responsible for the customer facing software system that accepts, processes, and fulfills our customers’ imagery orders.
*   Own and maintain of core imagery services, reviewing architectural designs and enforcing high code quality.
*   Build and champion a long-term tech roadmap to reduce operational burden, ensure scalability, and reduce risk.
*   Design, develop and document external and internal data services to implement scalable performant solutions for rapid image delivery with a focus on usability, consistency, and stability.
*   Work closely with satellite mission planners, image processing engineers, account owners and product managers to review technical roadmaps and coordinate project implementation.
*   Provide insightful feedback during design sessions and to guide your team and catch issues before they make it into production.

**Required Qualifications:**

*   Experience developing production software for at least eight years.
*   Fluency in Java and are comfortable diving into other languages when necessary.
*   Proficiency designing, implementing, and using REST APIs.
*   Familiarity with common database technologies (SQL and NoSQL).
*   Experience working in a cloud environment like AWS, GCE, or MS Azure.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

*   Experience working with geospatial data.
*   Familiarity with remote sensing products and processing.
*   Experience working with data ingestion, storage, caching and analysis tools such as Elasticsearch, Redis, MongoDB, PostgresDB, etc.
*   Experience designing scalable user-friendly external enterprise API interfaces.
*   Familiarity with GDAL or other popular open-source GIS tools.

**Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits eligible employees includes:**

*   BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses
*   Total of 5 weeks of paid leave including vacation, holidays, volunteerism leave and our shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s Eve
*   401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
*   Professional development budgets
*   Mac or PC? Your choice!
*   Awesome space swag

**_BlackSky is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer All_** **_Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law._**

**_To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State._**

**_EEO/AAP/ Pay Transparency Statements_**_:_ [_https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf_](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf)[_https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP\_EEO\_Supplement\_Final\_JRF\_QA\_508c.pdf_](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf)

Principal Software Engineer, Backend Services

**Vice President, People**

**About Us:**

**BlackSky** is a geospatial intelligence solutions provider that enables organizations to task, collect, and transform data from earth observation, global sensor networks, mobile devices, and social media to deliver on-demand insights about places, events, and assets that are critical to their operations. Blacksky provides satellite collection, data, and cloud based -processing and analytic solutions to organizations that are capitalizing on the exponential growth of a wide range of sensor and collection platforms for delivering the next generation of GEOINT and location intelligence solutions. BlackSky has extensive expertise and capabilities in commercial remote sensing, multi-source analytics, cloud computing, open-source software development, Amazon Web Services, and big data geospatial analytics. BlackSky provides solutions to commercial and government organizations with relevant programs with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), US. Army, and U.S. Air Force Research Labs.

BlackSky is looking for a strong, people-focused connector to join our team of the Vice President (VP) of People! This position will help oversee the Human Resources function and drive growth in areas such as: recruiting, employee engagement and relations, culture/DEI, training, workforce planning, compliance and more. We are looking for someone to work out of and support our Herndon, VA office and come into the office once or twice a week. This role reports to our Chief Administrative Officer.

**Responsibilities:**

*   Serve as trusted business partner and resource to leadership and employees at all levels of the organization and direct team members on employee/human resource-related matters.
*   Lead strategic and tactical functions across human resource needs (including compensation and benefits design, employee relations, talent acquisition and retention, talent management / workforce planning, and learning and development).
*   Advise management on organizational design and talent management including team and people development initiatives, as well as culture and people engagement efforts.
*   Develop and implement programs to support recruiting, retention, engagement and development of employees with a focus on DEI initiatives.
*   Develop and lead change management strategies to support evolution of business and achieve desired business results that are sustainable over time.
*   Coach business leaders on employee communication, development and performance management strategies and tactics to promote engagement and a culture of continuous growth and development.
*   Create and sustain high performing HR culture where team members can demonstrate their best abilities.
*   Identify and report on key performance indicators for the organization’s human resource and talent management functions; assesses the organization’s success and market competitiveness based on these metrics.
*   Oversee human resources budget.
*   Responsible for updating employee-related policies, procedures and practices on employee matters to balance compliance, company culture, and market competitiveness.
*   Ensure organization compliance with federal, state and local legislation pertaining to all employee matters.
*   Other job-related duties as assigned.

**Required Qualifications:**

*   Minimum of 15 years of experience in progressive HR/People or HRBP roles with at least eight years of experience leading a team.
*   Innovative thought leader, dynamic and engaging demeaner with broad experience inc. executive-level consultation and managerial leadership skills.
*   Experience with a fast-growing technology company, preferably with a largely remote employee base.
*   Strong change management and organizational development experience.
*   Possesses a high degree of emotional intelligence, empathy, intellectual energy, outstanding interpersonal, conflict-resolution, coaching and listening skills.
*   Strong project management, coordination and planning capabilities.
*   Familiarity with HRIS and applicant tracking systems (ideally, ADP, Costpoint, Greenhouse or similar).
*   Working knowledge of public company proxy disclosure requirements and other public company internal control requirements related to HR.
*   Good understanding of best practices and applicable employment laws and regulations.
*   Prior experience using a PEO and with international employees.
*   Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
*   SHRM-SCP or SPHR certification.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

*   Previous military or government contracting experience.
*   Experience leading DEI initiatives.

**Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits-eligible employees includes:**

*   BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental, and vision, plus contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses.
*   Total of 5 weeks of paid leave including PTO, holidays, volunteerism leave, and our shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
*   401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match.
*   Professional development budgets.
*   Mac or PC? Your choice!
*   Awesome space swag.

BlackSky is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer All Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

**EEO/AAP/ Pay Transparency Statements:**

[https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf)

[https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP\_EEO\_Supplement\_Final\_JRF\_QA\_508c.pdf](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf)

Vice President, People

**Software Engineer  
**

**About Us:**

**BlackSky** is a geospatial intelligence solutions provider that enables organizations to task, collect, and transform data from earth observation, global sensor networks, mobile devices, and social media to deliver on-demand insights about places, events, and assets that are critical to their operations. BlackSky provides satellite collection, data, and cloud based -processing and analytic solutions to organizations that are capitalizing on the exponential growth of a wide range of sensor and collection platforms for delivering the next generation of GEOINT and location intelligence solutions. BlackSky has extensive expertise and capabilities in commercial remote sensing, multi-source analytics, cloud computing, open source software development, Amazon Web Services, and big data geospatial analytics. BlackSky provides solutions to commercial and government organizations with relevant programs with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), US. Army, and U.S. Air Force Research Labs.

The BlackSky Innovative Solutions Group leverages BlackSky’s global sensor network, advanced artificial intelligence platform, and third-party data sources to develop high-impact data feeds for commercial and government customers.

BlackSky is looking for a talented and creative Software Engineer to build solutions which meet customer requirements. As part of the Innovative Solutions Group, you will be instrumental in building customer pilots using the latest data feeds and geospatial analysis tools and will report to the Chief Innovation Officer (CNO). Additionally, through the development of customer pilots and solutions, you will support product development and influence the evolution of BlackSky’s engineering roadmap.  You will build software powered by BlackSky’s constellation of satellites, Spectra AI machine learning platform, and third-party data and tools. You will work with many stakeholders both within and outside of BlackSky to ensure successful execution and delivery of customer solutions.

The ideal candidate has AWS experience, strong data ETL and data warehousing skills; experience working alongside data scientists; and success working in an agile development environment. Additionally, the ideal candidate has demonstrated the ability to manage their own efforts over a broad scope of work as an independent contributor. Finally, the candidate should be an independent thinker with the demonstrated ability and willingness to lean in and solve new problems. While the position listed in this job posting is ideal, we are open to candidates remotely in certain states.

**Responsibilities:**

*   Develop cutting-edge software solutions utilizing BlackSky’s global sensor network, the Spectra AI platform, customer and third-party data/tools, and open-source data to deliver high-impact insights to our customers.
*   Build and integrate software processes and tools that improve the velocity and effectiveness of the Innovative Solutions Group.
*   Automate traditionally manual analysis and processing workflows to ensure scalability of BlackSky’s products and solutions.
*   Contribute to the engineering roadmap process by highlighting technical gaps and opportunities impacting the Innovative Solutions Group.
*   Take part in the entire pilot and project lifecycle from developing requirements, to soliciting customer feedback, to solution deployment and management.
*   Collaborate with BlackSky stakeholders on product and platform strategy including sales, product management, engineering, and leadership.

**Required Qualifications:**

*   Minimum of three years of hands-on experience as a software developer or software architect with at least one year focused on data science or analytics related workflows.
*   Bachelor’s Degree or higher in one of the following fields: computer science, data science, mathematics, physics, statistics, or another computational field.
*   Python3 proficiency and familiarity with scientific and data processing libraries such as NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, scikit-learn, and OpenCV.
*   Experience with cloud-based software development and deployments particularly using Amazon Web Services.
*   Hands on experience working with and managing processing of large datasets and computational or analytic jobs.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

*   Knowledge and experience with geospatial data, computer vision, and/or satellite imagery.
*   Familiarity with data ETL and processing technologies such as Luigi, Apache Airflow, Dask, Apache Spark, EMR and/or AWS Kinesis.
*   Ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance.

**Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits eligible employees includes**:

*   BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses
*   Total of 5 weeks of paid leave including vacation, holidays, volunteerism leave and our shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s Eve
*   401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
*   Professional development budgets
*   Mac or PC? Your choice!
*   Awesome space swag

**_BlackSky is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer All_** **_Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law._**

**_EEO/AAP/ Pay Transparency Statements_**_:_ [_https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf_](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf)_[https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP\_EEO\_Supplement\_Final\_JRF\_QA\_508c.pdf](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf)_

_**To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.**_

Software Engineer

**Senior Solutions Engineer, APAC  
**

**About Us:**

**BlackSky** is a geospatial intelligence solutions provider that enables organizations to task, collect, and transform data from earth observation, global sensor networks, mobile devices, and social media to deliver on-demand insights about places, events, and assets that are critical to their operations. Blacksky provides satellite collection, data, and cloud based -processing and analytic solutions to organizations that are capitalizing on the exponential growth of a wide range of sensor and collection platforms for delivering the next generation of GEOINT and location intelligence solutions. BlackSky has extensive expertise and capabilities in commercial remote sensing, multi-source analytics, cloud computing, open-source software development, Amazon Web Services, and big data geospatial analytics. BlackSky provides solutions to commercial and government organizations with relevant programs with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), US. Army, and U.S. Air Force Research Labs.

As we continue to expand globally, BlackSky is excited to be growing our team in Singapore! We are looking for a strong technical Senior Solutions Engineer to help support our international sales and business development teams. The Solutions Engineer acts as the sales team's primary technical point of contact during the pre-sales process in their assigned territory but must also be available to help where needed as we scale as an organization. They represent the technical aspects of the product/service offerings and propose how these aspects can benefit the customer and ultimately solve their problems. Solutions Engineers must have a strong technical understanding of the complexities of what the company offers, together with excellent sales, presentation, demonstration, program management, and communications skills. The Solutions Engineer will support proposal and solution development as it relates to custom solutions designed for our key customers.

This position will be located in Singapore and requires a local candidate, authorized to live and work in Singapore.

**Responsibilities:**

*   Lead winning solution development for growth opportunities
*   Perform solution designing and estimating the cost of technical solutions that satisfy the requirements of new business opportunities
*   Clearly and concisely respond to RFIs, RFPs, and proposals, in alignment with current BlackSky capabilities
*   Act as the primary technical resource for various capture and business development activities
*   Provide thought leadership and technical support to assist business areas and programs in retaining and growing both new and current work
*   Provide business area and sector and leadership feedback by measuring the success of delivery and organic growth initiatives
*   Proactively scope the technical solution required to address customer requirements and propose a mutually beneficial solution for both the customer and the company
*   Coordinate "reach back" with technical subject matter experts within BlackSky to obtain specific knowledge or expertise to address technical issues
*   Respond to technical questions and research requests from customers and programs
*   Design and develop solutions architecture with current BlackSky capabilities for clients
*   Perform business case analysis to support the decision-making process
*   Build and maintain relationships across all BlackSky functional organizations to ensure alignment with program capture, program execution, and other lines of business services
*   Understand the impact of internal decisions on customer & vendor relationships & plan accordingly
*   Build & maintain relationships with key vendor partners to incorporate technology & capability Sector growth pipelines
*   Other job-related duties as assigned.

**Required Qualifications:**

*   Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, technology, or equivalent experience
*   At least five years’ experience working as either: 
    *   Enterprise Solutions Engineer, Data Analyst, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, AI/ML Engineer, or geospatial intelligence-related role 
*   Experienced in working in a client-facing role, ideally in a pre-sales role
*   Fluent in English and native language
*   Familiarity with concepts and technologies used in building a SaaS platform related to data analytics
*   Familiarity with AI concepts and use cases, such as object detection, segmentation, NLP, and ML
*   Familiarity with agile development environments and AWS 
*   Familiarity with GIS, remote sensing, and ISR
*   Excellent presentation and communication skills, able to explain complex technical concepts to a variety of audiences, including C-suite level
*   Strong organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
*   Ability to work in an independent, collaborative, and fast-paced environment
*   Ability and willingness to support military exercises and provide on-site demonstrations
*   Ability to travel within your region as needed

**Preferred Qualifications:**

*   Experience with defense, government, and intelligence agencies (foreign or domestic) 
*   Hands-on experience with Python
*   Experience in working with APIs and API integration with cloud-based technologies
*   Experience managing sales pipeline using technologies like Zendesk, Salesforce
*   Understanding of tactical military operations and organizational structure
*   Knowledge and experience with:

*   SOCET GXP, ArcGIS, ENVI, QGIS, Google Earth Engine, or other relevant geospatial analysis tools

BlackSky is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer All Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

**EEO/AAP/ Pay Transparency Statements:**

[https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf)

[https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP\_EEO\_Supplement\_Final\_JRF\_QA\_508c.pdf](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf)

Senior Solutions Engineer, APAC

**Director of U.S. Federal Civilian Business Development and Sales**

**About Us:**

**BlackSky** is a geospatial intelligence solutions provider that enables organizations to task, collect, and transform data from earth observation, global sensor networks, mobile devices, and social media to deliver on-demand insights about places, events, and assets that are critical to their operations. Blacksky provides satellite collection, data, and cloud based -processing and analytic solutions to organizations that are capitalizing on the exponential growth of a wide range of sensor and collection platforms for delivering the next generation of GEOINT and location intelligence solutions. BlackSky has extensive expertise and capabilities in commercial remote sensing, multi-source analytics, cloud computing, open-source software development, Amazon Web Services, and big data geospatial analytics. BlackSky provides solutions to commercial and government organizations with relevant programs with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), US. Army, and U.S. Air Force Research Labs.

As the Director of U.S. Federal Civilian (FedCiv) Business Development and Sales, you will report to the Vice President of U.S. Government Business Development and Sales

We are seeking a seasoned business development executive with a proven track record of leading and closing $50M+ opportunities within at least one of the following federal agencies or departments: NASA, DHS, DOE, or one of the national laboratories; and domain experience in remote sensing, Earth science, and GEOINT.

**Responsibilities:** 

*   Identify, generate, and qualify new business opportunities to build and sustain a robust USSF and USAF opportunity pipeline.
*   Develop and lead customer focused strategic capture and account plans to drive new business growth and achieve sales goals.
*   Develop, grow, and foster trusted customer and partner relationships.
*   Create strategies to influence and shape customer requirements and acquisition strategies.
*   In partnership with key internal stakeholder teams (e.g., program, product, engineering, marketing, etc.) develop responses for requests for information (RFIs), market surveys, white papers, presentations, customer briefings, and customer demonstrations.
*   Be a contributing force in the development and commitment to the work ethic, culture, and values of BlackSky and the performance driven culture of the business development and sales team.
*   Other job-related duties as assigned.

**Required Qualifications:**

*   Bachelor’s Degree.
*   At least 10 years of experience working with at least one of the following federal agencies or departments: NASA, DHS, DOE, or one of the national laboratories.
*   At least 5 years of domain experience in remote sensing, Earth science, and/or GEOINT.
*   At least 10 years of full-cycle business development experience with a concentration in technical and/or government sales
*   Exceptional negotiation and persuasion skills.
*   Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
*   Superior complex problem solving and decision-making abilities.
*   Active Top Secret clearance and SCI.

**Preferred Qualifications:** 

*   Master’s Degree in engineering/technology field or MBA.
*   Military and/or federal civilian experience with Space qualifications.
*   Experience in commercial remote sensing and earth observation industries to include sensors, communications, processing and production.
*   Experience with Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) and/or Multi-Agency Contracts (MACs)

**Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits-eligible employees includes:**

*   BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental, and vision, plus contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses.
*   Total of 5 weeks of paid leave including PTO, holidays, volunteerism leave, and our shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
*   401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match.
*   Professional development budgets.
*   Mac or PC? Your choice!
*   Awesome space swag.

BlackSky is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer All Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

EEO/AAP/ Pay Transparency Statements:

[https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf)

[https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP\_EEO\_Supplement\_Final\_JRF\_QA\_508c.pdf](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf)

Director of U.S. Federal Civilian Business Development and Sales

**Principal UX Designer**

**About Us:**

BlackSky is a geospatial intelligence solutions provider that enables organizations to task, collect, and transform data from earth observation, global sensor networks, mobile devices, and social media to deliver on-demand insights about places, events, and assets that are critical to their operations. BlackSky provides satellite collection, data, and cloud based -processing and analytic solutions to organizations that are capitalizing on the exponential growth of a wide range of sensor and collection platforms for delivering the next generation of GEOINT and location intelligence solutions. BlackSky has extensive expertise and capabilities in commercial remote sensing, multi-source analytics, cloud computing, open-source software development, Amazon Web Services, and big data geospatial analytics. BlackSky provides solutions to commercial and government organizations with relevant programs with NASA, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), US. Army, and U.S. Air Force Research Labs.

We are looking for a well-rounded Principal UX designer to lead the user experience of BlackSky's Spectra Platform to order, transform, analyze and deliver imagery and machine learning analytics from our on-demand constellation of satellites. You will define, articulate, and deliver innovative design solutions in a data-dense, complex space. You will be responsible for developing a deep understanding of the user journeys, identifying pain points, and transforming those insights into actionable UX design initiatives. You will use your stellar communication skills to present designs to a range of different stakeholders - from UX teammates to leadership. You will work closely with front and backend engineers, customer success representatives and product management to meticulously execute ideas into production.

While the locations listed in the job posting are ideal, we would love candidates near either our Herndon, VA or Seattle, WA offices. We may also consider remote candidates in certain states.

**Responsibilities:**

*   Lead design projects through all phases - from user research and exploratory prototypes to wireframes and polished mockups to final design review, delivery, and usability testing
*   Partner with an interdisciplinary team of developers, product managers, and data scientists to drive features from concept to implementation for satellite imagery tasking and imagery analysis scenarios.
*   Own the design process by independently defining requirements, scoping projects and prioritizing tasks.
*   Evaluate the usability of features and make constructive suggestions for improvements.
*   Mentor other designers.
*   Other job-related duties as assigned.

**Required Qualifications:**

*   Minimum of seven years of professional experience as a UX Designer for a SaaS product.
*   Degree in HCI, Human Factors, Design, Computer Science / Engineering field or equivalent professional experience
*   Portfolio of work that includes end-to-end designs from concept to finish demonstrating design rationale and business impact.
*   Proven experience in creating low to high-fidelity experiences with standard design tools, such as Figma.
*   Familiarity with responsive designs and MUI design library
*   Understanding of front-end technologies (HTML/CSS/JS/React) to help inform design and interaction decisions
*   Experience with complex data-rich applications.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

*   Experience with map-centric designs
*   Experience with a AI or ML-based data
*   Experience with agile/scrum

**Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits eligible employees includes:**

*   BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses
*   Total of 5 weeks of paid leave including vacation, holidays, volunteerism leave and our shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s Eve
*   401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
*   Professional development budgets
*   Mac or PC? Your choice!
*   Awesome space swag

_**BlackSky is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer All Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.**_

_**To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.**_

_**EEO/AAP/ Pay Transparency Statements: https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP\_EEO\_Supplement\_Final\_JRF\_QA\_508c.pdf**_

Principal UX Designer 

**Senior Director of Department of Defense (DoD) Business Development and Sales**

**About Us:**

**BlackSky** is a geospatial intelligence solutions provider that enables organizations to task, collect, and transform data from earth observation, global sensor networks, mobile devices, and social media to deliver on-demand insights about places, events, and assets that are critical to their operations. Blacksky provides satellite collection, data, and cloud based -processing and analytic solutions to organizations that are capitalizing on the exponential growth of a wide range of sensor and collection platforms for delivering the next generation of GEOINT and location intelligence solutions. BlackSky has extensive expertise and capabilities in commercial remote sensing, multi-source analytics, cloud computing, open-source software development, Amazon Web Services, and big data geospatial analytics. BlackSky provides solutions to commercial and government organizations with relevant programs with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), US. Army, and U.S. Air Force Research Labs.

As the Senior Director of Department of Defense (DoD) Business Development and Sales, you will report to the Vice President of U.S. Government Business Development. We are seeking a seasoned business development executive with a proven track record of leading and closing $100M+ opportunities; advanced knowledge of DoD acquisition programs; and domain experience in ISR and GEOINT. 

**Responsibilities:** 

*   Identify, generate, and qualify new business opportunities to build and sustain a robust DoD opportunity pipeline.
*   Develop and manage customer growth strategies and account plans for DoD services, combatant commands (COCOMs), and combat support agencies (CSAs) to drive new business growth and achievement of sales goals.
*   Develop, grow, and foster trusted customer and partner relationships.
*   Create strategies to influence and shape customer requirements and acquisition strategies.
*   In partnership with key internal stakeholder teams (e.g., program, product, engineering, marketing, etc.) develop responses for requests for information (RFIs), market surveys, white papers, presentations, customer briefings, and customer demonstrations.
*   Be a contributing force in the development and commitment to the work ethic, culture, and values of BlackSky and the performance driven culture of the business development and sales team.
*   Other job-related duties as assigned.

**Required Qualifications:**

*   Bachelor’s Degree.
*   At least 10 years of experience working with DoD services, COCOMs, or CSAs..
*   At least 10 years of domain experience in ISR and GEOINT.
*   At least 15 years of full-cycle business development experience with a concentration in technical and/or government sales
*   Exceptional negotiation and persuasion skills.
*   Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
*   Superior complex problem solving and decision-making abilities.
*   Active Top Secret clearance and SCI.

**Preferred Qualifications:** 

*   Master’s Degree in engineering/technology field or MBA.
*   Military and/or federal civilian experience with Space qualifications.
*   Experience in commercial remote sensing and earth observation industries to include sensors, communications, processing and production.
*   Experience with Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) and/or Multi-Agency Contracts (MACs)

**Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits-eligible employees includes:**

*   BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental, and vision, plus contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses.
*   Total of 5 weeks of paid leave including PTO, holidays, volunteerism leave, and our shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
*   401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match.
*   Professional development budgets.
*   Mac or PC? Your choice!
*   Awesome space swag.

BlackSky is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer All Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

EEO/AAP/ Pay Transparency Statements:

[https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf)

[https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP\_EEO\_Supplement\_Final\_JRF\_QA\_508c.pdf](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf)

Senior Director of Department of Defense (DoD) Business Development and Sales

**Senior Director, U.S. Space Force (USSF) and U.S. Air Force (USAF) Business Development and Sales**

**About Us:**

**BlackSky** is a geospatial intelligence solutions provider that enables organizations to task, collect, and transform data from earth observation, global sensor networks, mobile devices, and social media to deliver on-demand insights about places, events, and assets that are critical to their operations. Blacksky provides satellite collection, data, and cloud based -processing and analytic solutions to organizations that are capitalizing on the exponential growth of a wide range of sensor and collection platforms for delivering the next generation of GEOINT and location intelligence solutions. BlackSky has extensive expertise and capabilities in commercial remote sensing, multi-source analytics, cloud computing, open-source software development, Amazon Web Services, and big data geospatial analytics. BlackSky provides solutions to commercial and government organizations with relevant programs with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), US. Army, and U.S. Air Force Research Labs.

As the Senior Director of U.S. Space Force (USSF) and U.S. Air Force (USAF) Business Development and Sales, you will report to the Vice President of U.S. Government Business Development and Sales. This position needs to be located in the Northern VA/DC area and requires going on-site to client sites as needed.

We are seeking a seasoned business development executive with a proven track record of leading and closing $100M+ opportunities; a deep understanding of the USSF and USAF operations and missions; and domain experience in space/satellite operations, ISR, and GEOINT.

**Responsibilities:** 

*   Identify, generate, and qualify new business opportunities to build and sustain a robust USSF and USAF opportunity pipeline.
*   Develop and lead customer focused strategic capture and account plans to drive new business growth and achieve sales goals.
*   Develop, grow, and foster trusted customer and partner relationships.
*   Create strategies to influence and shape customer requirements and acquisition strategies.
*   In partnership with key internal stakeholder teams (e.g., program, product, engineering, marketing, etc.) develop responses for requests for information (RFIs), market surveys, white papers, presentations, customer briefings, and customer demonstrations.
*   Be a contributing force in the development and commitment to the work ethic, culture, and values of BlackSky and the performance driven culture of the business development and sales team.
*   Other job-related duties as assigned.

**Required Qualifications:**

*   Bachelor’s Degree.
*   At least 10 years of experience working with the U.S. Air Force and/or the U.S. Space Force to include its legacy organizations/agencies.
*   At least 15 years of domain experience in space/satellite operations, ISR, and GEOINT.
*   At least 10 years of full-cycle business development experience with a concentration in technical and/or government sales
*   Exceptional negotiation and persuasion skills.
*   Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
*   Superior complex problem solving and decision-making abilities.
*   Active Top Secret clearance and SCI.

**Preferred Qualifications:** 

*   Master’s Degree in engineering/technology field or MBA.
*   Military and/or federal civilian experience with Space qualifications.
*   Experience in commercial remote sensing and earth observation industries to include sensors, communications, processing and production.
*   Experience with Government-wide Acquisition Contracts (GWACs) and/or Multi-Agency Contracts (MACs)

**Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits-eligible employees includes:**

*   BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental, and vision, plus contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses.
*   Total of 5 weeks of paid leave including PTO, holidays, volunteerism leave, and our shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
*   401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match.
*   Professional development budgets.
*   Mac or PC? Your choice!
*   Awesome space swag.

BlackSky is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer All Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

EEO/AAP/ Pay Transparency Statements:

[https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf)

[https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP\_EEO\_Supplement\_Final\_JRF\_QA\_508c.pdf](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf)

Senior Director, USSF and USAF, BD and Sales

**Senior Geospatial/Cartographic Analyst**

**About Us:**

**BlackSky** is a geospatial intelligence solutions provider that enables organizations to task, collect, and transform data from earth observation, global sensor networks, mobile devices, and social media to deliver on-demand insights about places, events, and assets that are critical to their operations. BlackSky provides satellite collection, data, and cloud based -processing and analytic solutions to organizations that are capitalizing on the exponential growth of a wide range of sensor and collection platforms for delivering the next generation of GEOINT and location intelligence solutions. BlackSky has extensive expertise and capabilities in commercial remote sensing, multi-source analytics, cloud computing, open source software development, Amazon Web Services, and big data geospatial analytics. BlackSky provides solutions to commercial and government organizations with relevant programs with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), US. Army, and U.S. Air Force Research Labs.

The BlackSky Innovative Solutions Group leverages BlackSky’s global sensor network, advanced artificial intelligence platform, and third-party data sources to develop high-impact data feeds for commercial and government customers.

BlackSky is looking for a creative and responsive imagery/GIS analyst to take the lead in building exemplar products to support internal pilots as well as external communications and business development needs. As part of the Innovative Solutions Group, you will be instrumental in shaping BlackSky’s future capabilities and products, and will work closely across multiple internal teams and with external customers/consumers. We are open to hiring this position near our Seattle/Washington DC suburbs offices or in certain states.

**Responsibilities:**

*   Develop and maintain plans for imagery/analytics acquisition to support a variety of use cases and maintain a consistent production cadence.
*   Design products and graphics using BlackSky imagery/analytics, as well as other data sources when applicable.
*   Work with ISG leadership and the external communications team to identify areas where BlackSky can make positive contributions to public understanding of various current events or situations.
*   Take part in the entire pilot and project lifecycle from developing requirements, to soliciting customer feedback, to solution deployment and management.

**Required Qualifications:**

*   Demonstrated research and communication skills, preferably publication experience.
*   At least five years of hands-on experience working with GIS data and/or satellite imagery.
*   Facility with imagery and GIS tools including but not limited to ESRI software, SOCET GXP, and QGIS.
*   Experience with graphic design or post-processing/production software such as Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator.
*   Familiarity and interest with current world events.
*   Bachelor’s Degree or higher in a relevant field.
*   Must be a US citizen.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

*   Experience scripting to manipulate data and compute metrics in a language such as Python.
*   Experience with imagery-derived analytics.
*   Active US security clearance.

**_BlackSky is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer All_** **_Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law._**

**_To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State._**

**_EEO/AAP/ Pay Transparency Statements_**_:_ [_https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf_](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf)[_https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP\_EEO\_Supplement\_Final\_JRF\_QA\_508c.pdf_](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf)

Senior Geospatial/Cartographic Analyst

**Principal Engineer, Image Data & Software** 

**About Us:**

**BlackSky** is a geospatial intelligence solutions provider that enables organizations to task, collect, and transform data from earth observation, global sensor networks, mobile devices, and social media to deliver on-demand insights about places, events, and assets that are critical to their operations. Blacksky provides satellite collection, data, and cloud based -processing and analytic solutions to organizations that are capitalizing on the exponential growth of a wide range of sensor and collection platforms for delivering the next generation of GEOINT and location intelligence solutions. BlackSky has extensive expertise and capabilities in commercial remote sensing, multi-source analytics, cloud computing, open source software development, Amazon Web Services, and big data geospatial analytics. BlackSky provides solutions to commercial and government organizations with relevant programs with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), US. Army, and U.S. Air Force Research Labs.

The Image Data & Software group works together with the Image Processing group and Electro-Optical Payloads group to build and sustain BlackSky’s image processing pipeline. As a principal engineer for the Image Data & Software Engineering group you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the pipeline that transforms the raw pixels collected by BlackSky’s satellites into imagery products.

Your leadership, creativity, and execution will have a direct impact on the quality, timeliness, and utility of one of BlackSky’s core products. You will leverage your extensive technical and interpersonal abilities in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary, and highly-collaborative environment to ensure that BlackSky’s image processing pipeline is at the cutting-edge of low-latency, cloud computing, and machine vision. While the position listed in this job posting is ideal, we are open to candidates remotely in certain states.

**Responsibilities:**

*   Architect, write, deploy, and maintain the production image processing pipeline that transforms raw data from the satellites into imagery products and calibration coefficients
*   Provide data access and visualization for data scientists, analysts, and executives to inform decision-making and technology strategy
*   Mentor engineers and scientists on best practices and performance; identify gaps in requirements or implementation processes and advocate for continuous improvement
*   Collaborate with image processing engineers to deploy new algorithms into the production pipeline, develop robust tools for at-scale testing
*   Engage with stakeholders from across BlackSky’s architecture to solve cross-functional challenges and maximize the value of BlackSky’s image processing pipeline

**Required Qualifications:**

*   Excellent written and verbal communication skills and an ability to articulate technical concepts clearly and succinctly
*   Extensive expertise in Python
*   Expertise in agile development methodologies, git, CI/CD
*   Proficiency with cloud deployments and environments, particularly AWS
*   Extensive experience building production-level, computationally-complex, processing pipelines
*   Experience with Docker/Containerized applications

**Preferred Qualifications:**

*   Experience with large-scale scientific computing
*   Experience with data engineering, ETL, data viz
*   DevOps/MLOps experience
*   Experience with key data science, image processing, and geospatial libraries, such as NumPy, Pandas, OpenCV, GDAL, etc
*   Big Data experience (Hadoop, spark, kafka, etc)
*   Proficiency with C++, C, and Cython (in addition to Python)
*   Experience with config management/orchestration tools (chef, ansible, terraform, cloudformation)

**Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits eligible employees includes**:

*   BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses
*   Total of 5 weeks of paid leave including vacation, holidays, volunteerism leave and our shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s Eve
*   401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
*   Professional development budgets
*   Mac or PC? Your choice!
*   Awesome space swag

**_BlackSky is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer All_** **_Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law._**

**_To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State._**

**_EEO/AAP/ Pay Transparency Statements_**_:_ [_https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf_](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf)[_https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP\_EEO\_Supplement\_Final\_JRF\_QA\_508c.pdf_](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf)

Principal Engineer, Image Data & Software	

**Staff Engineer, Image Data & Software**

**About Us:**

**BlackSky** is a geospatial intelligence solutions provider that enables organizations to task, collect, and transform data from earth observation, global sensor networks, mobile devices, and social media to deliver on-demand insights about places, events, and assets that are critical to their operations. Blacksky provides satellite collection, data, and cloud based -processing and analytic solutions to organizations that are capitalizing on the exponential growth of a wide range of sensor and collection platforms for delivering the next generation of GEOINT and location intelligence solutions. BlackSky has extensive expertise and capabilities in commercial remote sensing, multi-source analytics, cloud computing, open source software development, Amazon Web Services, and big data geospatial analytics. BlackSky provides solutions to commercial and government organizations with relevant programs with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), US. Army, and U.S. Air Force Research Labs.

The Image Data & Software group works together with the Image Processing group and Electro-Optical Payloads group to build and sustain BlackSky’s image processing pipeline. As a staff engineer for the Image Data & Software Engineering group you will be responsible for developing and maintaining the pipeline that transforms the raw pixels collected by BlackSky’s satellites into imagery products.

Your leadership, creativity, and execution will have a direct impact on the quality, timeliness, and utility of one of BlackSky’s core products. You will leverage your seasoned technical and interpersonal abilities in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary, and highly-collaborative environment to ensure that BlackSky’s image processing pipeline is at the cutting-edge of low-latency, cloud computing, and machine vision.

While the position listed in this job posting is ideal, we are open to candidates remotely in certain states.

**Responsibilities:**

*   Write, deploy, and maintain the production image processing pipeline that transforms raw data from the satellites into imagery products and calibration coefficients
*   Provide data access and visualization for data scientists, analysts, and executives to inform decision-making and technology strategy
*   Mentor engineers and scientists on best practices and performance; identify gaps in requirements or implementation processes and advocate for continuous improvement
*   Collaborate with image processing engineers to deploy new algorithms into the production pipeline, develop robust tools for at-scale testing

**Required Qualifications:**

*   Excellent written and verbal communication skills and an ability to articulate technical concepts clearly and succinctly
*   Expertise in Python
*   Expertise in agile development methodologies, git, CI/CD
*   Proficiency with cloud deployments and environments, particularly AWS
*   Experience building production-level, computationally-complex, processing pipelines
*   Experience with Docker/Containerized applications

**Preferred Qualifications:**

*   Experience with large-scale scientific computing
*   Experience with data engineering, ETL, data viz
*   DevOps/MLOps experience
*   Experience with key data science, image processing, and geospatial libraries, such as NumPy, Pandas, OpenCV, GDAL, etc
*   Big Data experience (Hadoop, spark, kafka, etc)
*   Proficiency with C++, C, and Cython (in addition to Python)
*   Experience with config management/orchestration tools (chef, ansible, terraform, cloudformation)

**Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits eligible employees includes**:

*   BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses
*   Total of 5 weeks of paid leave including vacation, holidays, volunteerism leave and our shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s Eve
*   401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
*   Professional development budgets
*   Mac or PC? Your choice!
*   Awesome space swag

**_BlackSky is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer All_** **_Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law._**

**_To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State._**

**_EEO/AAP/ Pay Transparency Statements_**_:_ [_https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf_](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf)[_https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP\_EEO\_Supplement\_Final\_JRF\_QA\_508c.pdf_](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf)

Staff Engineer, Image Data & Software

**Billing Operations Analyst**

**About Us:**

**BlackSky** is a geospatial intelligence solutions provider that enables organizations to task, collect, and transform data from earth observation, global sensor networks, mobile devices, and social media to deliver on-demand insights about places, events, and assets that are critical to their operations. Blacksky provides satellite collection, data, and cloud based -processing and analytic solutions to organizations that are capitalizing on the exponential growth of a wide range of sensor and collection platforms for delivering the next generation of GEOINT and location intelligence solutions. BlackSky has extensive expertise and capabilities in commercial remote sensing, multi-source analytics, cloud computing, open source software development, Amazon Web Services, and big data geospatial analytics. BlackSky provides solutions to commercial and government organizations with relevant programs with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), US. Army, and U.S. Air Force Research Labs.

BlackSky is seeking a Billing Operations Analyst in our Herndon, VA location to join our Accounting team. This role reports to Senior Billing Manager and is a hybrid position, with two days in the office per week.

**Responsibilities:**

*   Prepare and calculate billing cycle Invoices for T&M, FFP, CPFF and similar contract types in the Cosptpoint Deltek system.
*   Assemble appropriate documentation and invoicing support for approved invoices and archive information into accounting file directory.
*   Prepare and submit monthly invoices to customers via emails and other customer portals such as WAWF, IPP, and other government sites.
*   Coordinate with Project Managers on invoicing requirements to ensure capture of all amounts to be invoiced during and confirmation of invoice accuracy.
*   Monitor and maintain AR aging activity and follow up with program managers and customers on past due AR.
*   Enter cash receipts entries and research unidentified cash receipts.
*   Troubleshoot Costpoint Deltek systems issues related to billing, contract setup and revenue.
*   Perform monthly reconciliation of unbilled accounts and respond to vendor and internal customer inquiries and seek proper resolution.
*   Review contracts and extract financial and billing information.
*   Assist in establishing project setup, within Deltek/Costpoint, of commercial and federal projects for T&M, FFP, and CPFF contracts in accordance with the contract.
*   Participate in new project setup meetings to ensure project setup optimizes accounting software capabilities for project revenue and billing.
*   Participate in monthly project status report meetings with PMs.
*   Monitor contract funding, and coordinate with project manager, to identify risks, required notifications on limitations, and requests for additional funding as needed.
*   Assist management to prepare AR Aging reports and following up timely with customers on outstanding invoices.
*   Assist with monthly and year-end project closeout efforts as identified by PMs and Senior leadership.
*   Maintain contract funding and utilization schedule for each active contract.
*   Assist in the monthly, quarterly and year-end accounting close process by reviewing reconciliations and related AR/Cash transactions.
*   Performing and documenting controls over financial reporting in a SOX environment and special projects as requested.

**Required Qualifications:**

*   A Bachelor’s degree in accounting.
*   A minimum of five years of accounting experience.
*   Must have Costpoint experience with an emphasis in the Projects and Billing modules.
*   Experience with government portals such as IPP, WAWF, working knowledge of MOCAS and recent experience with Costpoint 7.0 or above.
*   Strong Excel spreadsheet and analytical skills along with good judgment.
*   Very detail oriented with a high level of independent and organizational skills, including the ability to meet deadlines, and prioritize.
*   Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work cross-functionally.
*   Eagerness to learn and take on any tasks assigned.
*   Impeccable ethics with a history of maintaining total confidentiality and discretion of all employee information.
*   Business situational awareness.

  
**_BlackSky is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer All_** **_Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law._**

**_To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State._**

**_EEO/AAP/ Pay Transparency Statements_**_:_ [_https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf_](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf)[_https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP\_EEO\_Supplement\_Final\_JRF\_QA\_508c.pdf_](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf)

Billing Operations Analyst

**Senior Software Engineer (Machine Learning Operations)**

**Clearance Requirement:**  **_None, but desired_**

**About Us:**

BlackSky is a geospatial intelligence solutions provider that enables organizations to task, collect, and transform data from earth observation, global sensor networks, mobile devices, and social media to deliver on-demand insights about places, events, and assets that are critical to their operations. BlackSky provides satellite collection, data, and cloud-based processing and analytic solutions to organizations that are capitalizing on the exponential growth of a wide range of sensor and collection platforms for delivering the next generation of geo-intelligence and location intelligence solutions. BlackSky has extensive expertise and capabilities in commercial remote sensing, multi-source analytics, cloud computing, open-source software development, Amazon Web Services, and big data geospatial analytics. BlackSky is operating and deploying a constellation of high-resolution imaging spacecraft to image the planet in near real time. 

As a Senior Software Engineer on our Imagery Services team, you'll be joining a (small) group of industry veterans who are passionate about writing quality software systems used to request, transform, analyze and deliver imagery from our constellation of satellites. These systems provide the foundational backend responsible for providing customers on-demand satellite tasking and rapid image catalog access through an intuitive GUI and API interface.

**Who you are:**

*   An experienced software engineer who enjoys working with different languages, frameworks, and technology stacks. Our current technology stack is based primarily on Python, Java, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis.
*   A driven communicator. Our team is highly distributed, and you must thrive in an environment of remote work and asynchronous communication. You are expected to have strong written skills and be able to develop working relationships across several time zones. On the Services team, we communicate in daily scrum video conferences, Slack, JIRA, and GitHub Pull Requests. You are driven to ensure you share (and receive) context from your team and stakeholders.
*   Self-taught learner. You thrive in learning new technologies and discovering techniques to further your (and your team’s) game. We encourage learning sessions with the team so everyone can benefit from your newly-sought knowledge.
*   Detail Oriented. You provide insightful feedback during design sessions and help your teammates catch issues before they make it into production.
*   Collaborator. You enjoy development and design discussions with your teammates and own the resulting tasks and implementations.

**Responsibilities:**

*   Evolve customer facing and internal data services to task the satellite constellation with a focus on usability, consistency and stability.
*   Work closely with mission planning/image processing engineers, account owners and product managers to implement scalable performant solutions for rapid image delivery.

**Required Qualifications:**

*   Experience developing production software for at least 5 years.
*   Fluency in Java and are comfortable diving into other languages when necessary.
*   Proficiency designing, implementing, and using REST APIs.
*   Familiarity with common database technologies (SQL and NoSQL).
*   Experience working with in a cloud environment like AWS, GCE, or MS Azure.
*   Experience working with data ingestion, storage, caching and analysis tools such as Elasticsearch, Redis, MongoDB, PostgresDB, etc. is preferred.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

*   Experience working with geospatial data (GeoTIFF, NITIF and GeoJSON).
*   Familiarity with remote sensing products and processing (orthorectification, georeferencing).
*   Experience designing scalable user-friendly external enterprise API interfaces.
*   Familiarity with GDAL or other popular open source GIS tools.

**_BlackSky is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer All_** **_Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law._**

**_To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State._**

**_EEO/AAP/ Pay Transparency Statements_**_:_ [_https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf_](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf)[_https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP\_EEO\_Supplement\_Final\_JRF\_QA\_508c.pdf_](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf)

Senior Software Engineer – Backend Services

**SkillBridge Internship Applicants  
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**About Us:**

**BlackSky** is a geospatial intelligence solutions provider that enables organizations to task, collect, and transform data from earth observation, global sensor networks, mobile devices, and social media to deliver on-demand insights about places, events, and assets that are critical to their operations. BlackSky provides satellite collection, data, and cloud based-processing and analytic solutions to organizations that are capitalizing on the exponential growth of a wide range of sensor and collection platforms for delivering the next generation of GEOINT and location intelligence solutions. BlackSky has extensive expertise and capabilities in commercial remote sensing, multi-source analytics, cloud computing, open source software development, Amazon Web Services, and big data geospatial analytics. BlackSky provides solutions to commercial and government organizations with relevant programs with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), US. Army, and U.S. Air Force Research Labs.

BlackSky is a participant of the Department of Defense, SkillBridge Internship program! This job posting is for any interested individuals to submit their resumes and provide more information about career interests. We are open to participants working remotely but we do have offices in Seattle, WA and Herndon, VA. 

Please include a summary of your interests in order for our team to see what opportunities we have that align best with your interest. We may not be able to connect with every applicant but will do our best to help partner with transitioning military!

**_BlackSky is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer All_** **_Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law._**

**_To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State._**

**_EEO/AAP/ Pay Transparency Statements_**_:_ [_https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf_](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf)[_https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP\_EEO\_Supplement\_Final\_JRF\_QA\_508c.pdf_](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf)

SkillBridge Internship

**Senior Product Manager, Imagery**

**About Us:**

**BlackSky** is a geospatial intelligence solutions provider that enables organizations to task, collect, and transform data from earth observation, global sensor networks, mobile devices, and social media to deliver on-demand insights about places, events, and assets that are critical to their operations. Blacksky provides satellite collection, data, and cloud based -processing and analytic solutions to organizations that are capitalizing on the exponential growth of a wide range of sensor and collection platforms for delivering the next generation of GEOINT and location intelligence solutions. BlackSky has extensive expertise and capabilities in commercial remote sensing, multi-source analytics, cloud computing, open source software development, Amazon Web Services, and big data geospatial analytics. BlackSky provides solutions to commercial and government organizations with relevant programs with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), US. Army, and U.S. Air Force Research Labs.

The Senior Product Manager, Imagery will be responsible for managing BlackSky's Imagery product offerings from inception-to-release. The primary responsibility of this position is to understand the market opportunities and the needs of customer, resellers and partners related to Imagery products. This role requires close collaboration and communication with both external users and internal stakeholders to ensure BlackSky is building and releasing the right product at the right time. Reporting to the Senior Director, Core Products this is a fantastic opportunity to help advance BlackSky’s world-class suite of geospatial intelligence products and significantly contribute to the company’s rapid business growth.

We are open to hiring this position remotely in the following states or our Seattle/Washington DC suburbs offices: AR, AZ, CO, CA, DC, FL, IN, MA, MD, MN, NC, NM, OR, PA, OH, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV.

**Responsibilities:**

*   Own the characterization and prioritization of the BlackSky Imagery product roadmap including detailed functional product requirements.
*   Define the packaging, pricing, licensing and go-to-market strategy for Imagery products.
*   Create feedback loop with BD/Sales, Account Management and Customer Success to ensure the current Imagery product offerings are effectively meeting customer needs.
*   Coordinate launch-to-market of new offerings and rollout of major enhancement releases.
*   Proactively engage with other Product Managers and Engineering teams to ensure development dependencies outside your direct control are coordinated effectively.
*   Key product management stakeholder who participates in Agile development ceremonies including roadmap grooming, quarterly planning, sprint review demos, UI/Ux design, etc.
*   Contribute to all customer-facing resources associated with the Imagery products including website content, marketing slick-sheets, slide presentations, etc. as necessary.
*   Act as BlackSky's ambassador for Imagery products to external market constituents.
*   Perform analysis of competitor's Imagery products and articulate BlackSky’s messaging on our distinctive competencies, unique value propositions and competitive positioning.
*   Support strategic business capture activities such as RFP proposal response efforts.
*   Track and interpret key business KPI metrics in order to measure health of and define official SLAs for the Imagery product offerings and associated services.

**Required Qualifications:**

*   Bachelor’s degree in business, marketing, finance, engineering, science or technology.
*   Must have at least six (6) years of product management experience (preferably in Earth observation or other geospatial industry).
*   Previous experience managing geospatial data products or Earth observation imagery.
*   Make fact-based data-driven objective decisions focused on business outcomes.
*   Leverage outside-in customer-centric approach to identify unmet market opportunities then build offerings that solve customer problems with optimal product-market fit.
*   Unselfish team player with optimistic attitude, assiduous perseverance, confident decision making, assertive negotiation and strong interpersonal communication skills.
*   Ability to operate independently, effectively and decisively in a highly technical data-rich environment with minimal guidance and intellectual curiosity.
*   Create cross-functional stakeholder alignment across a matrixed highly collaborative team environment by providing leadership through influence.
*   Experience managing cloud-based product offerings, platforms and services that are built using Agile development principles and methodologies.
*   Communicate effectively across all departments including senior C-level management.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

*   MBA or master’s degree related to Earth science, geospatial, computing or aerospace.
*   Previous experience managing products delivered as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) or Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) or Analytics-as-a-Service (AaaS) business models.
*   Comfortable moving fast to perform rapid product-market fit validation and maintain competitive edge.
*   Has managed products at a startup or rapidly innovating public company with an entrepreneurial spirit, strong business acumen and passion for disruptive technologies.
*   Familiarity with satellite constellation tasking or cloud-based data processing pipelines.
*   Knowledge of Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) workflows involving exploitation and analysis of Earth observation imagery or other geospatial data sources.
*   Experience with data fusion and hybrid analytical insights derived from multi-INT data sources (EO/IR, SAR, HSI, AIS, RF, news, seismic, weather, traffic, aviation, etc.).
*   While not a requirement for this position an active TS/SCI security clearance (or ability and desire to obtain a clearance) will facilitate effective customer engagement.

**_BlackSky is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer All_** **_Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law._**

**_To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State._**

**_EEO/AAP/ Pay Transparency Statements_**_:_ [_https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf_](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf)[_https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP\_EEO\_Supplement\_Final\_JRF\_QA\_508c.pdf_](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf)

Senior Product Manager, Imagery

**Clearance Requirement:** **This position requires a government security clearance; you must be a U.S. Citizen for consideration. Clearance Level: TS/SCI**

**About Us:**

BlackSky is a geospatial intelligence solutions provider that enables organizations to task, collect, and transform data from earth observation, global sensor networks, mobile devices, and social media to deliver on-demand insights about places, events, and assets that are critical to their operations. BlackSky provides satellite collection, data, and cloud-based processing and analytic solutions to organizations that are capitalizing on the exponential growth of a wide range of sensor and collection platforms for delivering the next generation of geointelligence and location intelligence solutions. BlackSky has extensive expertise and capabilities in commercial remote sensing, multi-source analytics, cloud computing, open-source software development, Amazon Web Services, and big data geospatial analytics. BlackSky is operating and deploying a constellation of high-resolution imaging spacecraft to image the planet in near real time. 

BlackSky is looking for a talented and creative Sr. Satellite Systems Engineer to take a leadership role in the development, operation, and capability evolution of our BlackSky satellites.   As part of the satellite systems engineering team, you will interface with new business opportunities, and lead impact assessment of new business requirements on our satellite systems – including new designs, modification of existing designs, and CONOPS changes for on-orbit vehicles. You will take point on implementing any resulting design/development/operational changes, both individually or as a team lead. You will have support from satellite SMEs, but must be able to perform initial high-level analyses independently, ask SMEs the right questions to limit scope, and translate results as needed for your customers.

This position is a critical element of the BlackSky Satellite Systems Engineering team and is expected to work collaboratively with external satellite development teams to ensure success.  The ideal candidate has broad and deep satellite development, operations, and test experience; familiarity with satellite system engineering; experience supporting and writing proposals and interfacing with customers, and success working in a development oversight capacity. Additionally, the ideal candidate has demonstrated the ability to manage their own efforts over a broad scope of work as an independent contributor. Finally, the candidate should be an independent thinker with the demonstrated ability and willingness to lean in and solve new problems.

  
**Responsibilities:**

*   Interface effectively with customers to understand desires and assess feasibility
*   Understand baseline satellite and constellation architectures sufficiently to assess impacts of customers’ requests and provide feasibility assessments.
*   Translate feasible requests into Level 0 / Level 1 constellation and satellite requirements
*   Perform Phase A level analyses across multiple subsystems – including technical budgets (Link, Pointing, Propulsion, Mass, Power, etc)
*   Perform Phase A level design across multiple subsystems – working from requirements to identify candidate components, develop functional and interface diagrams, and even draft schematics and develop notional MDI / CAD packaging solutions.
*   Develop and use tools to model satellite and constellation systems and develop and track technical budgets (comm link budgets, pointing budgets, power budgets, mass budgets, etc.)
*   Develop documentation and deliverables to support proposals and study contracts
*   Define and perform multidisciplinary engineering design trades to inform technology investment decisions
*   Interface effectively with multidisciplinary teams, including satellite and ground system engineers, program management, software developers, IT, and systems engineering
*   Manage and maintain top-level requirements for multiple systems in JAMA
*   Engage with satellite design and manufacturing teams to ensure proper flow-down and verification of top-level requirements, and to track and independently verify technical budgets (Propulsion, Mass, Link, Power etc)
*   Support review and oversight of avionics development and improvements – including circuit design, FPGA implementation, flight software architecting, and fault detection and response algorithms

**Qualifications:**

*   7+ years of technical experience with satellite development, test, and/or operations
*   Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Physics, or related discipline
*   Broad knowledge of / experience with multiple satellite subsystems – including Avionics, C&DH, Communication, and Power Subsystems
*   Broad understanding of space systems and the interface/relationships between satellites and the other components of a space mission architecture
*   Experience defining and performing technical trades and analyses
*   Experience managing multiple technical budgets (Link, Pointing, Power, Mass etc.)
*   Experience writing proposals
*   Experience interacting with government customers
*   Enthusiasm for independent problem-solving, yet possessing strong inter-team cooperation and organization skills
*   Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a strong understanding of audience

  
**Desired Skills:**

*   15+ years relevant technical experience, preferably in a space systems development environment
*   Advanced degree in engineering or related discipline with a focus on Space Systems
*   Experience developing/coding analysis tools in Python, Matlab, or similar
*   Experience with hardware test and qualification (performance and environments) of satellite avionics, sensors and actuators
*   Experience with launch integration
*   Knowledgeable of space regulatory, compliance and export requirements and their effect on system design 
*   Familiarity with small satellite design and qualification processes and testing best practices
*   Familiarity with small satellite components and vendors
*   Familiarity with JAMA, STK, Grafana, Atlassian (Confluence, JIRA) workflows

**_BlackSky is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer All Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law._**

 _EEO/AAP/ Pay Transparency Statements:_ [_https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf_](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf)  
[_https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP\_EEO\_Supplement\_Final\_JRF\_QA\_508c.pdf_](https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.pdf)

**_To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State._**

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