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Staff AI Engineer
About Us:
BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
BlackSky is seeking a Staff AI Engineer to lead the architecture, development, and delivery of mission-critical AI solutions within customer environments. This is a hands-on role and an opportunity to develop and shape an exciting new growth area. The ideal candidate for this role blends deep technical ownership (roadmap, R&D, AI/ML systems) with customer-facing solution delivery (scoping, prototype-to-production, and executive communication). This senior individual contributor role will partner with CV, MLOps, Data QA, Solutions, and BD teams to ensure BlackSky delivers reliable and actionable insights. The role will be full-time based out of Herndon, VA working in our SCIF with occasional customer site commitments and will report to the Senior Manager of AI.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with CV and MLOps to design and extend components needed to ensure models are trained, versioned, deployed, monitored, and maintained reliably in customer environments.
- Collaborate with the Data QA team to define annotation standards, resolve taxonomy issues, and identify data-quality improvements based on model failure modes.
- Independently prototype, evaluate, and deploy AI capabilities in a secure development environment.
- Communicate technical strategy, progress, risks, and opportunities clearly to leadership, cross-functional partners, and other stakeholders.
- Contribute to proposals, white papers, and long-term strategy, shaping future mission-aligned geospatial AI investments.
- Own and architect the mission-aligned roadmap for geospatial CV and applied AI, partnering with customers to translate mission requirements into technical designs and implementing core components.
- Other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of 10 years of hands-on software engineering experience, including at least 4+ years developing and deploying applied AI/ML systems and pipelines.
- Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE/math/statistics or a related quantitative field.
- Strong proficiency in Python and modern ML/CV libraries such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
- Experience researching, building, and evaluating production-ready CV models for detection, segmentation, change detection, or related tasks.
- Experience working with remote sensing imagery including geometry, radiometric normalization, augmentation, and sensor-specific challenges.
- Hands-on experience with geospatial tools such as GDAL, Rasterio, GeoPandas, Shapely, xarray, or Zarr.
- Experience with modern ML infrastructure, including cloud services (e.g., AWS), containerization and orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes), and the ability to adapt these systems to customer-specific or offline environments such as secure enclaves, on-prem systems, or air-gapped deployments.
- Strong ability to communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences including leadership and technical teams.
- Must have an active US Top Secret clearance with an SCI.
Preferred Qualifications:
- M.S. or Ph.D. in CS/EE/math/statistics or a related quantitative field.
- At least 2 years of experience designing, building, and operating AI/ML systems in secure, on-prem and/or air-gapped systems.
- Experience working in DoD, IC, or Fed/Civ environments.
- Experience designing and executing large-scale CV experiments, including dataset construction, synthetic/augmented data generation, and evaluation protocols tailored to mission needs.
- Familiarity with remote sensing data sources including BlackSky, Airbus, Planet, and Vantor.
- Demonstrated experience designing CV/ML systems and pipelines that meet or exceed benchmarks and are optimized for production constraints such as latency and efficiency.
- Exposure to foundation models, VLMs, and other multimodal approaches for geospatial imagery.
Life at BlackSky for full-time US benefits eligible employees includes:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
- 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
- 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
- Employer matching donations
- Professional development
- Mac or PC? Your choice!
- Awesome 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
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Treasury Manager
About Us:
BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
The Treasury Manager will report to the Corporate Treasurer / VP FP&A and support the treasury management function by providing robust cash management oversight and recommendations to optimize BlackSky’s use and investment of cash. You will be responsible for maintaining adequate cash balances including the forecasting of short-term and long-term cash flows to support BlackSky operations. Additionally, you will be a key partner to several functional Finance teams and serve as a trusted liaison between BlackSky and external banking partners. While the team works remotely, you will ideally live in proximity to Herndon, VA to facilitate occasional in-person team meetings and events.
Responsibilities:
- Monitor daily cash positions and ensure adequate liquidity for operational needs. Review and/or approve over threshold wire transfers and ACH payments processed by A/P.
- Develop and maintain detailed short-term and long-term cash flow forecasts to plan for future liquidity needs and identify strategies to optimize cash and investment balances.
- Manage bank accounts, including account openings, closings and maintenance of signatory authorities. Establish and maintain strong relationships with financial institutions to optimize services and fees.
- Identify and mitigate treasury risks, including performing periodic customer creditworthiness evaluations and financial reviews of banking partners.
- Evaluate investment opportunities for excess cash in alignment with the company's investment policies. Ensure compliance with investment guidelines and monitor returns on investments. Prepare recommendations for maximizing returns on idle cash.
- Partner with Finance leadership to plan for and fund strategic investments to grow the business via working capital, equity, debt, M&A, or other organic fundraising endeavors.
- Prepare periodic cash reports for senior management. Conduct variance analyses and provide actionable insights into cash flow trends.
- Prepare sales commission analyses and resultant payment requests.
- Other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, business management, or related field; equivalent experience plus certifications in lieu of a degree will be considered.
- Minimum of 5-8 years of cash management and corporate treasury experience in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong business acumen with top-notch verbal and written communication skills along with the ability to build professional rapport with colleagues and external partners.
- A proficiency with Microsoft Excel modeling and familiarity with data query/data visualization tools (e.g., Cognos, SQL, Tableau, Power BI).
- The ability to work and make decisions with a high degree of independence.
- Excellent attention to detail to support our best-in-class team.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Certified Treasury Professional (CTP), Certified Treasury Manager (CTM), or other certification.
- Experience in a software, satellite/space technology, or related industry is helpful.
Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits eligible employees includes:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
- 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
- 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
- Employer matching donations
- Professional development
- Mac or PC? Your choice!
- Awesome swag
The anticipated salary range for candidates in Seattle, WA is $100,000-$130,000 per year. The final compensation package offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on specific background and education. BlackSky is a multi-state employer, and this pay scale may not reflect salary ranges in other states or locations outside of Seattle, WA.
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. #LI-Remote
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
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VP, Customer Operations
About Us:
BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
The Vice President of Customer Operations is responsible for driving world-class customer experience, retention, and growth across a set of customers supported by the Account Management team. The VP will define the operational strategy, build global high-performing teams, optimize the customer journey, and partner with Sales, Product, and Engineering leadership to ensure customers receive maximum value from BlackSky’s unique real-time intelligence capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and scale multidisciplinary customer-facing organizations globally.
- Develop operational processes, KPIs, and performance dashboards that measure satisfaction and drive improvements.
- Recruit, mentor, and develop customer-centric teams across multiple regions.
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with domestic and international government and commercial customers.
- Lead complex, high-touch, technical customer engagements with long lifecycle demands.
- Communicate effectively with executive-level and technical stakeholders.
- Drive strategies that maximize customer retention, recurring revenue, and account expansion.
- Build customer health metrics and forecasting models to track experience, usage, and growth potential.
- Partner closely with Sales and Business Development to ensure seamless customer success and expansion.
- Apply knowledge of remote sensing, geospatial analytics, and space-based intelligence solutions to customer needs.
- Guide discussions on SLAs, data delivery, system integrations, and operational workflows.
- Translate complex technical concepts to support decision-making for non-technical audiences.
- Design and optimize onboarding, support, and retention processes across the full customer lifecycle.
- Lead incident management, service reliability, and quality assurance initiatives.
- Map and enhance the end-to-end customer journey for efficiency and satisfaction.
- Translate BlackSky’s corporate vision into a cohesive customer operations strategy.
- Provide insights and customer intelligence that guide product prioritization and roadmap evolution.
- Work closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Executive Teams to support strategic priorities.
- Represent Customer Operations in presentations to leadership, partners, and government stakeholders.
- Lead transformation efforts in rapidly evolving environments.
- Implement new structures, processes, and systems to support long-term scale.
- Drive modernization initiatives that elevate the customer experience and operational effectiveness.
Success Metrics
- Customer satisfaction and NPS improvements
- Customer retention and renewal rates
- Account expansion and usage growth
- Time-to-value and onboarding efficiency
- Operational reliability and incident reduction
- Performance of customer-facing team
- Adoption and impact of operational processes and tools
Required Experience & Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business or related field
- 20+ years of total professional experience
- At least 10 years leading customer-facing teams
- Minimum 6 years in the geospatial or remote sensing sector
- Proven experience scaling global customer operations teams
- Strong operational, analytical, and strategic planning capabilities
- Experience with complex technical or government customer engagements
- Excellent communication and executive stakeholder management skills
Travel Requirements
- Domestic and international travel as required (typically 15-20%) to support customer engagements, team activities, and executive meetings.
Work Environment
- Fast-paced, high-growth technology and space industry environment
- Strong emphasis on cross-functional collaboration and remote teamwork
- Ability to work across multiple time zones and global teams
- Flexible work location depending on organizational needs
Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits eligible employees includes:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
- 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
- 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
- Employer matching donations
- Professional development
- Mac or PC? Your choice!
- Awesome 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. #LI-Hybrid
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Staff Application Management Specialist
About Us:
BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets, and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
The Staff Specialist within the Portfolio Management Office is the primary steward for BlackSky’s enterprise applications portfolio. This role is responsible for application life cycle management, vendor selection and management, and cost budgeting and management for the enterprise application portfolio. The Staff Specialist works in tight collaboration with IT and Security, the PMO Director, and various functional managers across BlackSky. This role will develop a comprehensive application management system to ensure timely and planful vendor contract development and renewals, new application implementations, application integrations, application consolidations and/or deprecations, application release updates, customizations, and related ongoing operational activities to ensure reliable application adoption and feature exploitation all with an eye toward ensuring that BlackSky is attaining maximum business value and needed scalability from its portfolio of enterprise applications. This is a hybrid role based out of our Herndon, VA corporate headquarters expected to be onsite twice a week and reports to the Director, PMO.
Responsibilities:
- As an individual contributor, serve as primary steward for the enterprise application portfolio.
- Develop and operate a comprehensive system for full life cycle management of the enterprise applications portfolio
- Lead vendor management and contract development, including coordination for implementations, migrations, consolidations, customizations, upgrades, and release processes.
- Manage ongoing configuration, support, user training, feature exploitation, and timely stakeholder request fulfillment.
- Track and manage cost budgets for the enterprise application portfolio, ensuring cost efficiency and alignment with business needs.
- In conjunction with IT, Security and other internal stakeholders:
- Plan and manage system integrations and other one-time system improvements, implementations, migrations or consolidations.
- Ensure systems remain secure, reliable, and fully leveraged to support company operations and scaling.
- Other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in information systems, business, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- Minimum of 10 years of experience of full life cycle enterprise application management, vendor management, contract management, and project management.
- Hands-on experience with ERP, finance, contract management, CRM or similar enterprise systems (implementations, upgrades, migrations, consolidations, configurations).
- Full SDLC understanding and deep requirements management capabilities including experience with Rational DOORs, Jama, or similar requirements management tool.
- Proficient with MS Office, SharePoint, and Application Lifecycle Management capabilities via Manage Engine, ServiceNow, or equivalent.
- Strong problem-solving and stakeholder communication skills.
- Exceptionally organized with meticulous attention to detail.
- High altruism with a strong customer service orientation. Consulting and professional services experience strongly preferred.
- Relentless self-learner.
Preferred Qualifications:
- SOX compliance and controls familiarity.
- Familiarity with vendor negotiation and contract life cycle management.
- Knowledge of system integration and change management processes.
- ITIL credential (Foundation and/or Managing Professional).
Life at BlackSky for full-time US benefits eligible employees includes:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
- 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
- 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
- Employer matching donations
- Professional development
- Mac or PC? Your choice!
- Awesome 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. #LI-Hybrid
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
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Senior Director of Business Development, Unified Combatant Commands (CCMDs) and Service Components
About Us:
BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
As the Senior Director of Business Development, Unified Combatant Commands (CCMDs) and Service Components, you will be responsible for identifying opportunities within the defense agencies of the US Government 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 business development and sales to define strategies to achieve successful program awards and product sales. Directly interfacing with both government and industry decisionmakers, operators and experts, this position will develop long term relationships aimed at maturing and sustaining a foundational line of business within the USSF. The primary emphasis on business development and sales strategy in this position is for USSF, your secondary role will be with other DoD intelligence and operations organizations with a goal of expanding new sales opportunities. This position will be in the Herndon, VA office and report to the Vice President of USG, Business Development and Sales.
The Senior Director of CCMDs Business Development and Sales will report to the VP of USG BD and Sales. We are seeking experienced BD professionals with a proven track record of successfully leading capture of long-term, reoccurring revenue generating opportunities; a deep understanding of the CCMD and Service Component GEOINT and Tactical Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Targeting, operations, mission, priorities, and plans.
Responsibilities:
- Work with internal division technology leaders and key internal stakeholders in the division on BD and 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.
- Build trust and lasting relationships with current and future customers to identify their needs and map them with BlackSky capabilities.
- 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 complex negotiations with industry partners to build teams supporting large procurements and capture support for technical bids, including identifying and comprehending clients’ requirements and buying patterns.
- Evaluate opportunities for organic and new business growth, solve technical questions, work with other BlackSky technical experts to coordinate, and refine and tailor innovative solutions achieve sales objectives.
- Create and sustain classified communications pursuits for BlackSky, working with existing BD and Program Management Staff.
- Responsible for market growth and expansion.
- 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.
- Other responsibilities as needed.
Required Qualifications:
- Must have Active IC/DoD Top Secret/SCI Clearance and be willing and able to obtain CI Polygraph.
- Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field.
- At least 10 years of experience working with the CCMD and Service Component Intelligence and Operations organizations.
- At least 15 years of domain experience in space/satellite operations, ISR, and GEOINT.
- A minimum of 10 years of leadership experience with at least 3 years in sales in the National Security space (Defense, the Military Services and the Intelligence Community), to include proposal development, preparation, analysis, writing, and reviews.
- Active Top-Secret clearance, with SCI eligibility.
- Demonstrated success as both an individual contributor and leader on government proposal efforts.
- Proven ability to drive key client communication and expectations, both internally and externally.
- Superior complex problem solving and decision-making abilities.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in business administration or finance
- Experience managing opportunity pipeline in Salesforce.
- Experience in multiple IC, DoD agencies and/or Joint assignments.
Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits eligible employees includes:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life, and AD&D insurance
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
- 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more.
- 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
- Employer matching donations
- Professional development
- Mac or PC? Your choice!
- Awesome 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
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Senior Technical Recruiter
About Us:
BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
BlackSky is looking for an experienced Technical Recruiter to join our People team! We are looking for a recruiter with full life cycle experience recruiting for technical positions. This person should have a strong sourcing background in seeking, engaging, and bringing in passive candidates as well as overseeing the interview process, and closing candidates with a strong understanding of compliance supporting a government contractor. A successful candidate will have excellent organizational skills and is expected to leverage effective communication and interpersonal skills to partner successfully with the other recruiters, hiring managers, interviewers and incoming candidates. You will need the ability to exercise sound judgment and be able to communicate with an air of calm in all aspects of scheduling and coordinating.
This position will report to the Sr Manager, People & Culture and while being located near one of our offices would be great, we are open to strong candidates in certain states in a remote capacity.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with Hiring Managers and Recruiting leadership to identify solutions to recruiting challenges throughout the recruiting cycle.
- Manage online tracking of applicants, review resumes, determine qualifying candidates and coordinate the interview process.
- Schedule phone, video conference, and other interviews; work directly with candidates, recruiters and hiring managers across BlackSky.
- Work closely with Hiring Managers to understand and post requisitions which accurately reflect duties, responsibilities, experience, education, certifications and security classifications required for the jobs.
- Compensation benchmarking and review to research and provide guidance on equitable offers.
- Source top-level talent using methods using various recruiting tools (LinkedIn, Zip Recruiter, etc.).
- Communicate with hiring managers regarding hiring needs and the status of recruitment efforts.
- Maintain recruitment records.
- Be a strong advocate and representative of BlackSky, engaging positively with candidates and employees.
- Other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Minimum of 8 years’ experience of full life cycle recruiting, either corporate or agency, with a heavy focus on technical roles to include: software development, AI/ML engineers, technical program managers, and other engineering focuses.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
- Previous experience using an ATS (we use Greenhouse!).
- Strong background sourcing candidates, internet searching, compensation negotiation, scheduling interviews and networking via social media (LinkedIn.)
- Previous experience using compensation benchmarking tools and mapping out compensation recommendations for positions and offers.
- Understanding of recruiting compliance and reporting.
- Previous experience recruiting for a government contractor.
- Excellent communication and organization skills as well as demonstrated multi-tasking capabilities and work ethic.
- Experience multi-tasking in a fast paced, dynamic work environment.
- Experience managing calendars using Outlook.
- Previous experience recruiting for non-exempt positions.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in the space/satellite industry.
- Experience recruiting cleared candidates.
- SHRM-CP or other HR certification.
Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits eligible employees includes:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
- 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
- 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
- Employer matching donations
- Professional development
- Mac or PC? Your choice!
- Awesome swag
The anticipated salary range for candidates in Washington is $100,000-$120,000 per year. The final compensation package offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on specific background and education. BlackSky is a multi-state employer, and this pay scale may not reflect salary ranges in other states or locations outside of Seattle, WA.
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. #LI-Remote
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
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Staff Program Manager
About Us:
BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
A successful employee in the position will oversee the delivery and ensure successful execution of complex space and ground-based R&D contracts. Work closely with customers, internal engineering teams, executive and business development stakeholders, and finance/accounting teams to manage all aspects of Program execution and drive engagement strategies for portfolio expansion. This position reports to the Director, ISR Programs and is remote but with required location near Denver or Colorado Springs, Colorado for customer facility access.
Responsibilities:
- Manage contract execution, including budget, schedule, revenue and profit margin performance related to customer programs.
- Work closely with Finance and Operations to ensure budget adherence and efficient usage of resources.
- Partner with internal engineering stakeholders to develop execution plans for capabilities that align with the company’s business strategy, and support the Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TC-PED) needs of customers.
- Support Business Development engagement with relevant DOD/IC and International organizations.
- Engage with the PMO (Program Management Office) to effectively align resources to drive efficient execution.
- Develop and deliver reporting and decision briefings for BlackSky senior leadership including program baseline approvals, program management reviews, and milestone gate reviews
- Author, organize, and deliver written reports and presentation briefings for the customer
- Develop and deliver formal and informal proposals and white papers to Government customers as needed to expand program scope.
- Other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- At least 10 years of experience in geospatial or aerospace program management, to include complex, high dollar value, strategic defense and intelligence and/or tactical ISR programs.
- Minimum of 7 years of commercial/industry experience -- working with and directing aerospace or geospatial engineering teams.
- Ability to operate independently, effectively and decisively in a highly technical data-rich environment with minimal guidance.
- Strong communication skills to work with customers, partners, and team members, and provide effective direction to internal cross-functional teams to create stakeholder alignment.
- Previous experience establishing risk assessments and management plans to ensure all risks are identified and mitigated.
- Proven experience of successfully driving and implementing customer engagement and growth strategies for delivering space-based intelligence solutions to a global customer base.
- Active Top-Secret clearance with SCI.
- Bachelor of Science degree (or four years of additional equivalent experience) in Aerospace Engineering, Systems Engineering, Geospatial Science, or a related field.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proven track record delivering full lifecycle aerospace programs
- Experience managing technical programs for the Department of Defense or Intelligence Community.
- Strong proficiency in developing and managing complex program requirements, risks, budgets, and schedules.
- Exceptional ability to bring focus, order, organization, and clear direction to complex projects and dynamic situations.
- Advanced degree in a relevant field of study or PMP certification.
- Experience with aerospace, maritime, autonomous vehicle, drone or comparable communications systems and/or mission planning/optimization problem space.
- Experience executing government programs to include firm fixed price and cost-plus fixed fee contracts.
Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits eligible employees includes:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life, and AD&D insurance
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
- 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more.
- 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
- Employer matching donations
- Professional development
- Mac or PC? Your choice!
- Awesome swag
The anticipated salary range for candidates in Colorado is $160,000-$180,000 per year. The final compensation package offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on specific background and education. BlackSky is a multi-state employer, and this pay scale may not reflect salary ranges in other states or locations outside of these location.
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
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Senior RF Engineer
About Us:
BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
BlackSky is looking for an engineer with a strong background in RF communications to be a part of a multi-disciplinary team in the development of satellite communication systems. As part of the Communications Engineering team, you will be instrumental in engineering design, production and testing of our communication systems on our next gen satellites along with ground station compatibility. While primarily focused on spacecraft communications, you’ll be involved throughout the engineering lifecycle through design, integration, test, and ultimately the operation of satellites. This position is ideal for a candidate who possesses the eagerness and aptitude to adapt and extend traditional systems engineering and spacecraft development practices to an agile and low-cost environment.
You will be engaged in all aspects of satellite system and subsystem electrical design and test, with a focus on RF networks and satellite communication systems. You will use your understanding of electrical and RF communications principles and concepts to support the design and development of satellites through all phases of the product lifecycle. You’ll work directly with technical leadership and other members of a multi-disciplined team to develop and test microsatellite communications systems. You will architect and execute test plans to show functionality of these systems. Furthermore, you will also be responsible for interfacing with ground station providers and satellite end users to ensure system compatibility. This role will be based out of Tukwila, WA and will report to the Director of Ground and Communication Systems.
Responsibilities:
- As a member of the satellite communications system, you will be involved with performing communications system design and analysis, testing, debug, data analysis, and supporting flight hardware design.
- Perform functional analyses (link, power, throughput, etc.), detailed trade studies, and interface definition efforts to translate initial requirements into concepts and eventually detailed and qualified designs.
- Identify the necessary space-segment and ground-segment hardware necessary to accomplish payload and telemetry transmission over a wide range of mission CONOPS and orbital parameters.
- Create dedicated test setups, procedures for antenna checkout, radio peripheral checkout, cable/phasing network checkout, ground station compatibility tests, channel simulation tests, regulatory tests, and end to end full RF systems tests.
- Work hands-on with digital and analog RF equipment including radios, antennas, ADCs, and ground support equipment.
- Support production testers in the development and execution of test plans that ensure adequate testing of units and the complete system.
- Interface with supplier/vendors as needed to support subsystem procurement, design, development, and production.
- Collaborate among a multi-disciplinary engineering and production team to design and test satellite systems, subsystems, and components
- Support analyses and troubleshooting of in-orbit communication challenges and advise on operational Con Ops and performance.
- Manage competing priorities and manage individual tasks towards larger company and team objectives.
- Other relevant duties assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
- A minimum of five years of technical experience, preferably in a space operations environment.
- Understanding of EE fundamentals/RF communications systems from a first principles perspective, including systems architecture, antennas, signal processing, and/or RF propagation.
- Familiarity with existing communications technology in aerospace and space industries.
- Experience developing and validating RF link budget system models.
- Knowledge of key parameters for Noise and Linearity for RF Systems and their impact on system performance.
- Familiarity with using RF and Electrical Test Equipment (e.g. oscilloscope, power meter, spectrum analyzer, signal generator, VNA, noise sources, etc.)
- Ability to develop of design documentation.
- Possess strong team and inter-team cooperation and organization skills, including team leadership experience.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a strong understanding of audience.
- Ability to multi-task within a startup, fast paced environment.
- Proven experience as a self-starter, that can work independently to manage complex projects from conception to completion.
- For the program this role supports, candidates must be a US Citizen.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with avionics and antenna installation, testing and maintenance.
- Understanding of radiation effects on electronics.
- Experience with requirements and verification database management tools (We use Jama, DOORS and others are also good experience to have).
- Knowledge of CCSDS communications standard and AES/GCM encryption.
- Experience with DVB-S2/S2X.
- Experience with test automation and efficient data processing (LabVIEW, Python, MATLAB).
- Experience writing software for data analysis and test conduct (python, MATLAB, bash, etc.) and developing test scripts to interface with hardware.
- Knowledge of RF licensing procedures or other RF regulatory experience.
- Ability to balance system level thinking with detailed problem solving.
Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits eligible employees includes:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
- 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
- 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
- Employer matching donations
- Professional development
- Mac or PC? Your choice!
- Awesome swag
The anticipated salary range for candidates in Tukwila, WA is $135,000 to $155,000 per year. The final compensation package offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on specific background and education. BlackSky is a multi-state employer and this pay scale may not reflect salary ranges in other states or locations outside of Tukwila, WA.
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. #LI-Hybrid
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
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Senior Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Engineer
About Us:
BlackSky BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets, and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
As a Senior GNC Engineer at BlackSky, you will be a key contributor to the development, production, and operation of high-performance Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) / Attitude Determination and Control (ADC) systems for satellite constellations. You will perform trade studies, simulations, and other analyses to support end-to-end ADCS design, development, and verification. You will work closely with software developers to integrate ADCS components into flight software. You will define test plans and procedures in support of satellite production and verify satellite flightworthiness. You will work closely with satellite operators to characterize and improve on-orbit ADCS performance. You will do all this while collaborating with a fast-paced, highly skilled technical team focused on producing state-of-the-art satellites. This role will be a hybrid role based out of Tukwila, WA and will report to the GNC Engineering Manager.
Responsibilities:
- Perform ADCS subsystem analyses (e.g. agility analysis, pointing budget, pointing stability analysis), iterating with a multi-disciplinary team to optimize designs.
- Perform 6DOF simulations to verify satellite design and CONOPs requirements.
- Define and validate ADCS component hardware requirements and software service requirements.
- Coordinate ADCS component software integration with software engineers.
- Develop GNC/ADCS control algorithms, autonomous behaviors, and failure detection/isolation/recovery protocols.
- Design sensor and actuator models as part of a high-fidelity satellite truth model.
- Develop test plan/procedures for ADCS-related production test and validation; review production data to assess flightworthiness.
- Support satellite launch and early operations (e.g. calibration) activities, in some cases out of business hours.
- Perform on-orbit telemetry analysis for satellite characterization and/or troubleshooting.
- Work closely with attitude control system hardware providers to provide technical oversight and review.
- Build, maintain, and improve GNC team infrastructure and processes.
- Seek out new technologies, tools, and approaches to maintain BlackSky’s position as a leader in efficient space systems engineering.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science (or greater) degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of professional experience in spacecraft Guidance, Navigation, and Control and/or Attitude Determination and Control.
- Experience with Guidance, Navigation, and Control algorithm development and analysis.
- Demonstrated ability to perform trade studies, simulations, and other analyses to support end-to-end ADCS design, development, and verification.
- Experience testing control systems for aerospace vehicles.
- Proficiency with linear and nonlinear dynamics, coordinate transformations, and rotation matrix / quaternion mathematics.
- Proficiency with Matlab and Simulink for data analysis and model development.
- For the program this role supports, candidates must be a US Citizen.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience designing satellites with extreme accuracy pointing requirements.
- Experience defining test plans/procedures and performing functional/characterization testing of ADCS components.
- Experience with orbital mechanics and orbit propagation.
- Experience developing satellite truth models in Matlab/Simulink for data analysis and model development.
- Experience collaborating with ADCS component suppliers.
- Proficiency with Python and/or C++.
- Ability to balance system-level thinking with detailed problem solving.
Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits-eligible employees includes:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
- 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
- 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
- Employer matching donations
- Professional development
- Awesome swag
The anticipated salary range for candidates in Seattle, WA is $135,000-$160,000 per year. The final compensation package offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on specific background and education. BlackSky is a multi-state employer, and this pay scale may not reflect salary ranges in other states or locations outside of Seattle, WA.
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
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Senior Director, Capture
About Us:
BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
BlackSky is seeking an accomplished and driven Senior Director of Capture to lead the Capture team. As a strong candidate, you will have demonstrated success in driving the capture of complex opportunities across government, defense and intelligence through partnering with Business Development/Sales, Product Management, Solutions Engineering and Subject Matter Experts to develop, propose and close differentiated solutions that provide customer value and clearly convey BlackSky’s differentiators.
This position reports to the Chief Marketing and Product Officer and will play a critical role on a Go-To-Market team as a trusted partner across the organization and are responsible for leading the design of win strategies, innovative and cost-effective mission relevant solutions and compelling proposals for any combination of our product or service offerings within our imagery, analytics and space-based intelligence portfolios. While we would prefer candidates close to our Herndon, VA or Seattle, WA offices we are open to remote candidates in certain states.
Responsibilities:
Strategy focus
- Manage a dynamic, constantly evolving portfolio of bids and proposals and other strategic capture initiatives.
- Assess opportunity viability and lead bid/no-bid recommendations based on fit, resources, and win probability.
- Lead price-to-win strategies.
- Cross functional lead in developing comprehensive capture plans, competitive assessments and price-to-win strategies and proposals that position BlackSky as the partner of choice for complex intelligence, defense, and commercial programs.
- Collaborate with Business Development, Product, and Engineering teams to shape opportunities and solutions responsive to customer missions.
- Lead highly visible priority pursuits activities across all phases of our business acquisition process opportunities >$200M.
- Responsible for the development of a winning offer and solution (e.g., technical, management, past performance, cost/price).
- Cross-functional partner on developing an overall solution strategy and approach, aligning customer’s objectives and requirements to generate value propositions and approaches to solve customer challenges.
Operations focus:
- Create, continuously refine, and lead execution of a capture process that aligns cross functional teams and ensures consistent, efficient, and high-quality pursuit execution.
- Manage team of direct reports who oversee different aspects of the capture process, specifically bids and proposals, while partnering closely with other cross-functional teams (solutions, product, sales, legal, finance).
- Oversee the design of capture processes and systems to enable transparent and scalable operations across the sales lifecycle.
- Articulate all aspects of the win strategy, solution and business case including risk and mitigation plans during reviews with senior leadership.
- Manage the proposal team and process, using best practices in proposal management (e.g. Shipley).
- Other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or related technical field; Master’s preferred.
- At least 15 years of relevant experience in capture management to include a minimum of 8 years of full life cycle and proposal management experience preferably in the geospatial, ISR, aerospace, defense or analytics industries.
- Proven record of leading and winning large, complex, multi-year pursuits (10M-100M) in US government or international markets.
- Strong understanding of federal acquisition processes, contracting vehicles and procurement regulations (FAR/DFAR).
- Exceptional business acumen and negotiation skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional teams under tight deadlines.
- Familiarity with Shipley methodology or equivalent structured capture process.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with proven ability to develop executive-level presentations and persuasive proposals.
- Expert proficiency in Salesforce or similar CRM tools to manage pipelines, forecasts, and capture data.
- Proven track record of teaming and developing mutually beneficial partner relationships with peers.
- Ability to communicate issues, concerns, and problems in a solution-oriented manner and meet fast-paced hard deadlines with extended work hours.
- Experience in development of successful negotiation of teaming agreements, competitive pricing strategies, and strategies around varies contract types.
- Active Top Secret clearance highly desired (or ability to obtain one).
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA), Engineering, or a related field.
- Demonstrated success leading capture efforts that integrate satellite imagery, AI/ML analytics, and mission solutions.
Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits eligible employees includes:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
- 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
- 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
- Employer matching donations
- Professional development
- Mac or PC? Your choice!
- Awesome swag
The anticipated salary range for candidates in Seattle, WA is $200,000-220,000 per year with eligibility for variable pay as well. The final compensation package offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on specific background and education. BlackSky is a multi-state employer, and this pay scale may not reflect salary ranges in other states or locations outside of Seattle, WA.
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. #LI-Remote
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
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Senior Product Manager, Analytics
About Us:
BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
The Senior Product Manager for Analytics will drive sustainable business growth by crafting and executing BlackSky’s analytics product strategy through product specification, strategic roadmap management, product KPI formulation and tracking, product marketing, and direct support to the global Sales and BD organization. This role reports directly to the Vice President of Product Management and while we prefer candidates located near our Herndon, VA or Seattle, WA offices, we are open to remote candidates in certain states.
Responsibilities:
- Work within an industry-leading team of Product Managers to bring the BlackSky strategic vision to life through development and release of analytics products which work seamlessly with our imagery tasking capabilities to deliver industry leading automated activity monitoring and broad area search.
- Develop and maintain the analytics product specification and development roadmap.
- Interface with program leads to define automated object detection requirements including performance targets, categorical ontologies, and delivery methods.
- Define business and technical KPI’s and report performance against those KPI’s on a regular basis.
- Interact directly with internal and external stakeholders to gain feedback on product strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and risks as they relate to both the analytics business model and technical capabilities.
- Form relationships with industry partners to support the complete Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TC-PED) needs of subscribers.
- Publish white papers and present at industry events to promote awareness of the analytics products.
- Support product sales opportunities through both remote engagements and some domestic and international travel to customer locations and industry events (approximately 10% travel).
- Collaborate with internal teams to create product marketing materials.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent work experience.
- Minimum of eight years of experience working with advanced automation and data analytics.
- Minimum of five years of formal product management experience.
- Previous professional experience with Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) data and analytics.
- Strong technical aptitude and experience building and scaling analytics products.
- Strong business and technical acumen with top notch verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally approximately 10% of working days.
- Previous experience working on GTM product launches with a specific focus on information, intelligence and insights derived from integrated data sources.
- Ability to leverage outside-in customer-centric approach to identify unmet market opportunities then build offerings that solve customer problems with optimal product-market fit.
- Ability to operate independently, effectively and decisively in a highly technical data-rich environment with minimal guidance and intellectual curiosity.
- Ability to create cross-functional stakeholder alignment across a highly collaborative team environment by providing leadership through influence.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced graduate degree or MBA.
- Military and/or intelligence community work experience.
- Experience working with maritime data and analytics.
- Experience supporting an international sales and business development organization.
- Experience managing products at a startup or rapidly innovating public company with an entrepreneurial spirit, strong business acumen and passion for disruptive technologies.
- Active US security clearance, secret or top secret.
Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits eligible employees includes:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
- 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
- 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
- Employer matching donations
- Professional development
- Mac or PC? Your choice!
- Awesome swag
The anticipated salary range for candidates in Seattle, WA is $145,000-165,000 per year. The final compensation package offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on specific background and education. BlackSky is a multi-state employer, and this pay scale may not reflect salary ranges in other states or locations outside of Seattle, WA. 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. #LI-Remote
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
#LI-Remote
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Senior Account Manager, MENA
About Us:
BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets, and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
BlackSky is seeking a Senior Account Manager who will be responsible for managing and growing relationships with key BlackSky government customer accounts and communicating the business and mission value of BlackSky’s imagery and analytics products. A successful candidate will serve as the voice of the customer within BlackSky, ensuring strong alignment between customer mission needs, program execution, and BlackSky’s commercial objectives.
This role is ideal for a government-facing account leader who understands how geospatial intelligence, imagery, and analytics are used in real-world operations and can translate those needs into long-term, high-value customer partnerships. This is a highly visible role that will directly contribute to customer satisfaction, renewals, and the continued expansion of BlackSky’s presence across government and defense organizations.
This role reports to the Senior Director, Account Management and is a remote role based in-region in the UAE supporting international customers in the MENA region and will partner closely with BlackSky’s Customer Program and Success teams and the broader Account Management team. Relocation is not provided for this position, candidates need to be already located in the UAE.
Responsibilities:
- Manage customer relationships for key international government customers.
- Own and grow a portfolio of strategic government accounts, serving as the primary point of contact for customer leadership, program managers, and mission users.
- Act as the voice of the customer inside BlackSky by bringing customer feedback, needs, and risks to internal teams to influence priorities and deliveries.
- Coordinate with internal teams (such as Customer Success, Product Management and Product Operations) to ensure that BlackSky is meeting customer commitments, milestones and requirements.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, understand their goals and articulate how BlackSky can help them meet those goals.
- Understand and communicate how BlackSky’s geospatial products and services drive customer value and goals.
- Drive customer satisfaction, renewals, and long-term retention across assigned accounts.
- Meet revenue objectives, drive overall strategic direction and expand relationships within each account.
- Identify and engage key stakeholders within each account, including technical, operational, and leadership decision-makers.
- Proactively identify and resolve issues that could impact customer satisfaction, delivery, or renewal outcomes.
- Other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a business or analytical field.
- A minimum of eight (8) years of experience in Account Management, Customer Success, Program Management, or a related client-facing role supporting government or defense customers.
- At least five (5) years of experience delivering geospatial or imagery products and services.
- At least 3-5 years of experience in managing government and/or large commercial accounts, with demonstrated responsibility for renewals, expansions, and ongoing account health.
- Direct experience supporting international Ministries of Defense.
- Experience owning one or more strategic customer accounts with multiple stakeholders (e.g., programs managers, operators, analysts, or leadership).
- Demonstrated responsibility for revenue or contract performance, such as renewals, program extensions, task orders, or account growth.
- Experience coordinating cross-functional team to deliver against customer requirements and milestones.
- Previous experience with the Department of Defense and/or international ministries of defense.
- Ability to translate customer mission needs into product or service requirements, including communicating priorities, risks, and delivery timelines.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills; fluent in English.
- Proven record of partnering with teams across the organization and influencing to achieve business results across multiple teams who may have different goals.
- Patient, adaptable and comfortable operating in dynamic, mission-driven environments.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Fluent in Arabic.
- Previous military or government service supporting imagery, intelligence, ISR, or geospatial operations.
- Direct experience working with imagery, remote sensing, or imagery analytics in an operational, analytical, or programmatic capacity.
- Master’s Degree in a quantitative field or MBA.
- Experience working with international defense or intelligence organizations.
- Experience supporting high-growth, technology-driven organizations.
- Ability to operate independently in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment while managing multiple high-value customers.
- Ability to anticipate customer needs and direction.
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Senior Portfolio Management Office (PMO) Analyst
About Us:
BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets, and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
The Senior Analyst role enables the Portfolio Management Office (PMO) by working in close coordination with the PMO Director to develop, maintain, and operate full lifecycle processes for the organization's work portfolio, including both direct customer-facing contract-based work as well as indirect internal work. This work includes strategic work alignment and value justification, performance tracking and reporting, and execution excellence while also owning the administration and configuration of the PPM platform. The Senior Analyst will directly handle the scheduling and fulfillment of key monthly operating events and activities both within and outside of the Office of the COO. This position is a hybrid role based out our Herndon, VA headquarters and reports to the Director, PMO.
Responsibilities:
- Provide lifecycle oversight, controls, and health monitoring for the delivery portfolio (direct and indirect work sub-portfolios) and fulfillment of all requisite monthly operational duties.
- Ensure strategic fit and value justification for all indirect initiatives as well as proper work and financial charge code setup in coordination with sponsoring executives and owning functional managers.
- Planning, development, maintenance, and configuration control of PMO policies, standards, processes, procedures, tool guides and other reference artifacts.
- Serve as the PPM platform system administrator and configurator. This includes tier 1 user support, access management, basic customizations, user adoption, report design/setup, proactive data completeness and quality monitoring, PPM product roadmap awareness and planning, system integrations, and feature exploitation.
- Curriculum development and user training delivery in areas of responsibility.
- Direct service support to PMs in the areas of: WBS development, schedule development, financial management, risk management, resources management and other requisite program management domains.
- Other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in business, information systems, project management, engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- At least 6 years of experience in a medium- to large-size enterprise line-of-business PMO or an enterprise PMO for a small- to medium-sized company.
- Portfolio/delivery management, project/program controls, and PPM tool administration and configuration (e.g. OnePlan, NH360 Portfolio Insights, Planisware, Cora, Shibumi, Planview, Clarity).
- Excellent listening, collaboration, and communication skills for working with PMs, other functional managers, and PPM platform users from across the company.
- Proficient with MS Office, SharePoint configuration, MS Project, process mapping (MS Visio, io.draw).
- Exceptionally organized with meticulous attention to detail.
- High altruism with a strong customer service orientation. Consulting and professional services experience strongly preferred.
- Relentless self-learner.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity and/or experience with PMO-related maturity models: OPM3, P3M3, PMMM, CMMI
- Well versed in contract management processes and terminology.
- Background in process improvement and organizational change management grounded in lean engineering.
- Experience in defense, intelligence, or geospatial environments with US Government contracting.
- Data architecture and integration, ETL, and Power BI (or similar tool) experience.
- PfMP and PgMP/PMP, SAFe, or related certification.
Life at BlackSky for full-time US benefits eligible employees includes:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
- 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
- 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
- Employer matching donations
- Professional development
- Mac or PC? Your choice!
- Awesome 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. #LI-Hybrid
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
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Constellation Operations Engineer
About Us:
BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
As a part of our Constellation Operations Engineering team, your responsibilities are expected to be wide ranging, spanning many different aspects of the constellation architecture including satellite systems, ground stations, and ground software. Specifically, you will train to operate the satellites while providing recommendations on operations procedure and process improvement from previous space industry experience. In this role, you will help ensure successful on-orbit satellite commissioning by serving on-console during launch and early operations activities. Your efforts to review telemetry and spacecraft logs will lead to anomaly investigation and resolution, as well as execution of routine maintenance across the constellation. You will conduct testing on virtual ground assets to prove concepts of operation and safety of commands before tasking satellites on orbit. With basic Python skills, you will begin contributing to a growing repository of software tools designed to streamline operations, reduce human-error and optimize constellation performance. This role reports to the Manager, Constellation Operations and will work in our Seattle, WA office with a flexibility for hybrid schedule.
Responsibilities:
- Rapidly learn our Constellation architecture, including spacecraft bus, flight software, ground network and ground control software throughout BlackSky's training and qualification program.
- Participate in technical efforts for on-orbit operations, including launch and early operations (LEOP), routine maintenance, and anomaly response.
- Investigate anomalies through telemetry trending and review, as well as execute Bench Testing and Maintenance tickets as assigned in Jira.
- Perform daily backroom support activities, including constellation data review, system log review, imaging performance and ground automation performance.
- Participate in operations software tooling development in Python. This includes data trending tools, automated constellation performance review, key performance metrics measurement and analysis, among other things.
- Plan and execute bespoke customer requests and on-orbit testing to validate, refine, and operationalize future capabilities.
- Support launch readiness activities as assigned.
- This position requires a rotational on-call support, as well as occasional short-duration 24/7 support, including launch activities and on-console anomaly support when required.
- Other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s in Aerospace, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science or equivalent.
- A minimum of two (2) years of experience in a technical engineering field.
- Experience in an operations environment (aerospace, gas/oil, nuclear, energy, manufacturing, etc.).
- Familiarity with satellite systems and the space environment.
- Possess strong team and inter-team cooperation and organization skills.
- A strong sense of self-motivation and ability to work concurrent tasks.
- Comfort working in mission-critical environments and making risk-based decisions.
- The program this role supports requires being a US-born citizen.
Preferred Qualifications:
- At least three (3) years of experience in space operations environment (satellites, launch vehicles, ground stations).
- Subject matter expertise in one or more spacecraft subsystems.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a strong understanding of audience.
- Experience working with systems in automation.
- Linux familiarity.
- Prior experience with Jira, Confluence, GitHub and STK or similar tools.
Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits eligible employees includes:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
- 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
- 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
- Employer matching donations
- Professional development
- Mac or PC? Your choice!
- Awesome swag
While we may consider more junior candidates, the anticipated salary range for candidates at the posted level in Seattle, WA is $85,000-$110,000 per year. The final compensation package offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on specific background and education. BlackSky is a multi-state employer and this pay scale may not reflect salary ranges in other states or locations outside of Seattle, WA.
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. #LI-hybrid
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
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Staff Engineer, Constellation Operations
About Us:
BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
As a part of our Constellation Operations Engineering team, your responsibilities are expected to be wide ranging, spanning many different aspects of the constellation architecture including satellite systems, ground stations, and ground software. Specifically, you will train to operate the satellites while providing recommendations on operations procedure and process improvement from previous space industry experience. In this role, you will help ensure successful on-orbit satellite commissioning by serving on-console during launch and early operations activities. Your efforts to review telemetry and spacecraft logs will lead to anomaly investigation and resolution, as well as execution of routine maintenance across the constellation. You will conduct testing on virtual ground assets to prove concepts of operation and safety of commands before tasking satellites on orbit. With basic Python skills, you will begin contributing to a growing repository of software tools designed to streamline operations, reduce human-error and optimize constellation performance. This position reports to the Manager, Constellation Operations and will support our Seattle, WA office with a flexibility for hybrid schedule.
Responsibilities:
- Rapidly learn our Constellation architecture, including spacecraft bus, flight software, ground network and ground control software throughout BlackSky's training and qualification program.
- Participate in technical efforts for on-orbit operations, including launch and early operations (LEOP), routine maintenance, and anomaly response.
- Investigate anomalies through telemetry trending and review, as well as execute Bench Testing and Maintenance tickets as assigned in Jira.
- Perform daily spacecraft health trending activities, including constellation data review, system log review, imaging performance and ground automation performance.
- Design, manage, and lead operations software tooling development in Python. This includes data trending tools, automated constellation performance review, key performance metrics measurement and analysis, among other things.
- Lead operational testing for Flight Software and Ground software before deployment to mission critical systems.
- Lead complex evolutions and anomaly responses on console in the Mission Operations Center.
- Support planning and execution of future maintenance activities on the satellite constellation.
- This position requires a rotational on-call support, as well as occasional short-duration 24/7 support, including launch activities and on-console anomaly support when required.
- Support launch and early operations support activities as assigned.
- Other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Aerospace, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science or equivalent experience (four additional years of experience).
- At least 10 years of experience in a relevant technical engineering field.
- Python proficiency.
- Linux familiarity.
- Experience in an operations environment (aerospace, gas/oil, nuclear, energy, manufacturing, etc).
- Familiarity with satellite systems and the space environment.
- Possess strong team and inter-team cooperation and organization skills.
- A strong sense of self-motivation and ability to work concurrent, independent tasks.
- Comfort working in mission-critical environments and making risk-based decisions.
- The program this role supports requires being a US-born citizen.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 12 or more years of experience in space operations environment (satellites, launch vehicles, ground stations).
- Masters degree in a technical field.
- Experience in technical training and operational procedure development.
- Subject matter expertise in one or more spacecraft subsystems.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a strong understanding of audience.
- Experience working with systems in automation.
- Prior experience with Jira, Confluence, GitHub and STK or similar tools.
Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits eligible employees includes:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
- 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
- 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
- Employer matching donations
- Professional development
- Mac or PC? Your choice!
- Awesome swag
While we may consider more junior candidates, the anticipated salary range for candidates at the posted level in Seattle, WA is $145,000-$175,000 per year. The final compensation package offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on specific background and education. BlackSky is a multi-state employer and this pay scale may not reflect salary ranges in other states or locations outside of Seattle, WA.
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. #LI-hybrid
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
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Senior Software Engineer, Ground & Control Services
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Senior Software Engineer, Ground & Control Services
About Us:
BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
The Ground & Control team is looking for a passionate and driven Software Engineer to join our team, the group responsible for building the autonomous software that controls and monitors BlackSky’s satellite constellation. This includes high-speed tasking, ground and space telemetry, health monitoring, and low-latency communication with ground stations worldwide. In this role, you’ll develop software that bridges the gap between hardware-level interfaces and cloud-deployed microservices. You’ll contribute to mission-critical systems that keep our satellites safe, responsive, and efficient; operating 24/7 with minimal human intervention.
Success in this role means having a strong sense of initiative and ownership, a deep curiosity for how complex systems work, and the discipline to trace and validate requirements while thoughtfully challenging them when needed. You understand the importance of safety, precision, and testability, especially in autonomous systems where small errors can have big consequences. You’re comfortable applying modern software development practices and navigating both low-level and cloud-based technologies. Most importantly, you know how to collaborate in a team environment, communicate clearly, and contribute to a shared mission with humility and focus. While the locations listed in the job posting are ideal, we would love candidates near Seattle, WA office. We may also consider remote candidates in certain states.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and maintain software that enables autonomous satellite operations and real-time tasking.
- Develop and integrate services that interface with ground station infrastructure and satellite communication protocols.
- Build cloud-native microservices to support satellite tasking and monitoring.
- Collaborate with operations, communication engineers, flight software engineers, mission planning engineers, and other software teams to understand and refine technical requirements.
- Write clean, maintainable code with strong emphasis on safety, test coverage, and reliability.
- Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and team planning discussions.
- Support on-call rotations and troubleshooting of live system operations as needed.
- Support Launch and Early Operations of new satellites.
- 10-15% travel required.
- Other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- A minimum of six (6) years of professional software development experience.
- Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g. Go, Python, C++).
- Experience developing and deploying microservices in cloud environments (e.g. AWS, GCS, Azure).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and modern version control systems (e.g. Git).
- Strong problem-solving skills and an ability to understand complex systems end to end.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills in a cross-functional team environment.
- Prior experience with satellite operations, ground stations, or others aerospace-related domains (e.g. X-Band, UHF, or telemetry).
- The program this role supports requires being a US-born citizen.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree (or higher) in a related technical field.
- Ten (10) years of professional software development experience.
- Exposure to infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible) and container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes, Nomad).
- Understanding of system safety, fault tolerance, and recovery strategies.
- Comfort working in high-availability, mission-critical software environments.
Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits-eligible employees includes:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
- 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
- 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
- Employer matching donations
- Professional development
- Mac or PC? Your choice!
- Awesome swag
The anticipated salary range for candidates in Seattle, WA is $140,000-155,000 per year. The final compensation package offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on specific background and education. BlackSky is a multi-state employer, and this pay scale may not reflect salary ranges in other states or locations outside of Seattle, WA.
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
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Senior Customer Success Manager
About Us:
BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets, and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
BlackSky is seeking a talented, multi-faceted rock star to manage the customer experience, from customer onboarding to customer management & maintenance (billing, notifications, etc.). We are growing our international portfolio and need a team-oriented player to cover working hours in the Middle East and/or Europe. A successful candidate will bring the ability to comfortably engage with internal and external stakeholders at all levels in an organization and from different cultural backgrounds. You are customer-centric, enthusiastic, dependable and detail oriented.
**Must be available to work 0100-1200 UTC Saturdays, and 2200-1200 UTC Sundays as part of a 40-hour work week (remaining schedule may be negotiable). This position reports to the Director, Customer Success and is located in a remote role in Singapore. This position is not eligible for relocation.
Responsibilities:
- Become an expert in all of BlackSky’s products and services and be able to discuss product value propositions.
- Confidently wield a cutting-edge image acquisition and analytics suite, aid in user education and best practices.
- Be the front-line contact for customer support inquiries (conduct business by e-mail and phone). Prioritize and drive resolution for escalated customer issues.
- Collaborate cross functionally with multiple internal teams to facilitate quick resolution to customer inquiries.
- Oversee customer order progress, cancellation, deliveries etc.
- Advocate for the customer by sharing their feedback and use cases with Product and Engineering, and the rest of the CSM team
- Identify and report key metrics to internal and external stakeholders with an eye on developing additional value-identifying metrics.
- Have a firm understanding of customer use cases and how to encourage product adoption and budget consumption within the framework of those use cases.
- Onboard and train enterprise customers and their user base.
- Other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
- At least six (6) years of experience in one or more of the following roles: Customer Success, Account Management, Customer Support.
- Excellent written and executive communication skills; must be fluent in English.
- Demonstrated capability to quickly assimilate use of various software applications.
- Flexibility to quickly adapt to evolving processes, technology and applications.
- The ability to thrive working independently and collaborating with a positive attitude.
- Ability to translate customer mission needs into product or service requirements, including communicating priorities, risks, and delivery timelines.
- Proven record of partnering with teams across the organization and influencing to achieve business results.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Endless appetite for new knowledge, with the ability to quickly develop expertise and solve difficult problems in unfamiliar domains.
- Proficiency with Arabic.
- Proficiency with Salesforce.
- GIS or related background.
- Like working in space!
- Experience supporting high-growth, technology-driven organizations.
- Ability to operate independently in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment while managing multiple high-value customers.
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Senior Buyer
About Us:
BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
BlackSky is looking for a strong Supply Chain Buyer to directly support manufacturing operations in Tukwila, WA. The ideal candidate will have senior level, in-industry experience with all phases of supply chain management, including planning, requisition, sourcing, managing orders, and keeping suppliers on time to schedule. Our team is small but mighty and is a major stakeholder in the future of BlackSky's business. This position reports to the Director, Supply Chain and is a hybrid position, expected to be in the Tukwila office 2-3 days a week.
Responsibilities:
- Place and oversee multiple procurement activities.
- Plan, schedule, and arrange activities to accomplish sourcing objectives and timelines.
- Coordinate and collaborate with key internal stakeholders such as contracts, engineering, planning, operations, program and end-users.
- Facilitate the creation of supplier work statements, terms and conditions for the procurement of specialized materials, equipment, and/or services.
- Employ sound business practices and assesses supplier performance as part of follow-up activities.
- Identify strategies and opportunities to reduce cost, improve efficiency and manage risk through strategic and targeted negotiations.
- Monitor supplier quality and reliability, as well as supplier ability to support required delivery schedules.
- Initiate Requests for Quotations and Proposals and analyzes proposed pricing from potential suppliers.
- Support contractual management for the supplier.
- Prepare bid packages, analyzes and evaluates proposals, negotiates subcontract provisions, selects or recommends subcontractors, writes awards, and administers resulting subcontracts.
- Responsible for source selection from contract proposal to execution phases.
- Review and approve supplier payment (invoices) as needed.
- Source and procure commodities such as hardware components, COTS items, electronic components, and subsystems in support of production and development requirements
- Utilize process tools with suppliers to drive quality, efficiency, and continuous improvement.
- Work with internal customers to ensure specifications are appropriate for the services or products as needed.
- Interpret and apply company, policies, procedures, work instructions, business standards and U.S. government regulations, i.e., FAR, DFAR, ITAR/EAR, and SOX Compliance.
- Other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Operations Management or equivalent experience (four additional years) and at least five (5) years of experience with Supply Chain, Material Finance, Transport/Logistics, Operations or other relevant material planning. Or, Master's degree and at least four (4) years of relevant experience as noted above.
- FAR/DFAR experience and ITAR/EAR compliance.
- Experience with MRP tools including planning and procurement modules.
- Experience with government purchasing and contracting requirement.
- High-value subcontract, or high-volume procurement management experience.
- Possess outstanding written and verbal communication skills and be extremely organized.
- Proficiency in the procurement process, including but not limited to price analysis, negotiations, policies and procedures, including the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS).
- Demonstrated ability to prepare and present information; strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Collaborative and adaptable to a fluid environment, able to prioritize tasks and responsibilities appropriately.
- Previous negotiation and forecasting experience, preferably in an aerospace industry.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) Certification.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
- Experience with Costpoint and/or PLEX.
Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits eligible employees includes:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
- 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
- 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
- Employer matching donations
- Professional development
- Mac or PC? Your choice!
- Awesome swag
The anticipated salary range for candidates in Tukwila, WA is $95,000-110,000 per year. The final compensation package offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on specific background and education. BlackSky is a multi-state employer and this pay scale may not reflect salary ranges in other states or locations outside of Seattle, WA.
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
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Vice President, APAC Sales
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Vice President, APAC Sales
About Us:
BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
As a natural born hunter focused on net new business growth, the VP of Sales and BD for the APAC Region, you will be responsible for leading the company's regional sales efforts, developing and executing sales growth strategies, and overseeing the regional sales team to achieve bookings and revenue goals. Your role involves strategic planning, team management, building relationships, and ensuring sales processes are efficient, effective and implemented. This position is strongly preferred to be located in Singapore but we are open to certain other countries in Asia (not Japan or South Korea). A candidate much have the ability to work as a local or permanent resident without visa sponsorship. Please note the benefits will vary by location.
Responsibilities:
- Drive customer and opportunity capture engagement across internal and external stakeholders to support net new growth, driving new opportunities, strategy, tactics (OST’s) from lead generation, qualification, opportunity shaping, proposals, negotiations and close.
- Strategic planning: develop and implement regional sales and account plans to achieve bookings and revenue targets and drive net new business growth.
- Team leadership: manage and motivate the regional sales team, including hiring, training, and performance management. Be motivational and influential.
- Sales process development: contribute to and establish and optimize sales processes and methodologies to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
- Relationship building: build and maintain strong relationships with key customers, partners, and stakeholders.
- Market analysis: analyze market trends and customer needs to identify new business opportunities and drive new product development.
- Reporting and forecasting: prepare sales forecasts, reports, and budgets.
- Collaboration: work with other departments, such as solutions engineering, legal, account management, product, marketing and go-to-market, to develop effective engagement strategies and plans.
- Budget management: manage the sales department budget and allocate resources effectively.
- Performance monitoring: track sales performance, identify areas for improvement, and ensure quotas and KPIs are met.
- Other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, and/or an engineering field.
- At least 10 to 15 years of experience in the geospatial, ISR, or analytics industry with international defense and intelligence customers, with at least five years of senior leadership experience.
- Full-cycle direct sales and 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, fluent in English.
- Strong organizational skills as a good time manager and effective multi-tasker.
- Superior complex problem solving and decision-making abilities.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in engineering/technology field or MBA.
- Experience managing opportunity pipeline in Salesforce, Zendesk or other similar CRM.
- Multi-lingual in English and other local language.
Full-time, international employees are eligible for benefits as well within their region.
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. #LI-Remote
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
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Financial Systems Administrator
About Us:
BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
BlackSky is seeking a Financial Systems Administrator to support our Herndon location. Directly reporting to the Information Systems Manager, you will be responsible for the ongoing management and continuous improvement of the BlackSky implementation of the Deltek Costpoint and OneStream systems. They will work closely with the Accounting team on many solutions, configurations, and reports. This is a hybrid position based out of our Herndon, VA office.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with the Accounting team to support projects and ongoing financial initiatives.
- Provide day-to-day support and troubleshooting for Deltek systems to ensure smooth operations for employees.
- Design, develop, and maintain reports using Deltek's Cognos/BI tools.
- Collaborate with IT and Financial Systems teams to resolve application issues, deliver enhancements, and support user training.
- Manage system access, roles, security settings within Deltek Costpoint in alignment with compliance and internal controls.
- Coordinate and perform testing for system upgrades, patches, and new feature implementations to minimize business disruptions.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive system documentation including process flows, system configuration guides, and training materials.
- Partner with the Compliance department to align system use with company policies and support audit activities.
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives and perform other related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Management Information Systems, or IT-related field.
- A minimum of four years of experience in Deltek Costpoint and COGNOS/BI ERP system as Functional Systems Analyst or like role with expert level understanding of all Deltek modules including project accounting.
- At least three years of experience working directly with Accounting teams.
- Must have extensive experience with Deltek Costpoint application and COGNOS/BI. Serves as Subject Matter Expert for Deltek and associated systems and interfaces.
- Ability to create, edit, and schedule COGNOS/BI reports from the Costpoint database.
- Strong Financial background and general knowledge of accounting principles.
- Proficient at strategic planning and execution, analyzing problems, identifying solutions, integrating efforts, and generating desired results.
- Excellent analytical and organizational skills; strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Thrives in an integrated team environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Deltek University PIM Core certification.
- Experience with supporting OneStream.
- Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing executives and key stakeholders.
- Experience in directing and program managing internal and external technical implementation teams.
- Demonstrated ability to launch and deliver initiatives on time and within budget in a high-pressure, time sensitive environment.
- Technology industry experience, ideally including software and long-term contracting.
Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits eligible employees includes:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life, and AD&D insurance
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
- 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more.
- 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
- Employer matching donations
- Professional development
- Mac or PC? Your choice!
- Awesome 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
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Senior Structural Analysis Engineer
About Us:
BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
As a Senior Structural Analysis Engineer at BlackSky, you will support the development, verification, and test of our satellite systems and supporting hardware. You will build finite element models of space hardware including electromechanical devices, deployed and stowed appendages, fully integrated satellites, and ground support equipment. You will use these models to evaluate environments and structural performance to determine flightworthiness of the full satellite design down through component levels of assembly. You will be active in the test process, including generation of test procedures, conducting pre-test analysis, determining instrumentation locations, conducting testing, reducing test data, and performing post-test model correlation. You will work closely with satellite operators and launch service providers to ensure design compatibility with launch loads and generate and submit verification artifacts. You will do all this while collaborating within a fast-paced, highly skilled technical team focused on producing state-of-the-art satellites.
This position reports to the Director, Mechanical Engineering and is a hybrid role based out of our Tukwila, WA office.
Responsibilities:
- Perform moderate-scale structural analysis efforts with a large degree of cross-functional coordination.
- Develop and maintain component, subassembly, and satellite level finite element models (FEMs).
- Perform and document finite element analysis results for modal, stress, and vibration analysis.
- Document design, analysis, and test results in technical reports and presentations.
- Iterate within a multi-disciplinary team to optimize designs.
- Create and execute structural test plans and procedures for vibration, shock, and static loads.
- Develop and maintain structural analysis software tools.
- Seek out new technologies, tools, and approaches to maintain BlackSky’s position as a leader in efficient space system engineering.
- Creatively address unique and varying launch load conditions for many combinations of launch environments and payload assemblies.
- Other job-related duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science (or greater) degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a similar engineering discipline.
- At least six (6) years of professional experience performing structural analysis on spacecraft or launch vehicle structures and components.
- Ability to set up and perform structural analysis on satellite components, satellite systems, launch vehicle adapters, and other complex integrated assemblies.
- Demonstrated successful experience performing static, modal, and vibration analyses to generate predictions for forces, stresses, deflections, and vibration responses.
- Proficiency with NASTRAN analysis software.
- Proficiency with Femap/Patran pre-/post- processors.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working in a vibration test lab including instrumentation definition and installation, test article installation, GSE design, test control software operation, etc.
- Experience developing analysis and test results processing tools using Excel, MATLAB, and/or Python.
Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits eligible employees includes:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
- 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
- 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
- Employer matching donations
- Professional development
- Mac or PC? Your choice!
- Awesome swag
The anticipated salary range for candidates in Washington state is $130,000-150,000 per year. The final compensation package offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on specific background and education. BlackSky is a multi-state employer, and this pay scale may not reflect salary ranges in other states or locations outside of Seattle, WA.
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. #LI-hybrid
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
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Senior Vice President, International Sales (International Defense Market)
About Us:
BlackSky is a real-time intelligence company. We own and operate the world's most advanced space-based intelligence platform and provide customers satellite imagery, automated analytics and high-frequency monitoring of strategic locations, economic assets and events from around the globe. BlackSky is trusted by the most demanding allied military and intelligence organizations and commercial companies to deliver foresight into critical matters that affect national security and the economy. BlackSky's data enables governments and businesses to see, understand and anticipate change as it happens, giving them the ultimate strategic advantage so they can act quickly. Our global team works with cutting-edge technology to make a difference around the world and prides itself on being people-first, customer-focused and fun.
We are seeking sales executive to define and execute the international growth strategy and position BlackSky as the premier provider of geospatial and ISR solutions to global defense and government customers. You will be responsible for leading BlackSky’s global sales and business development strategy to achieve sustained international growth and go-to-market leadership in defense and intelligence sector.
This position requires an accomplished executive with deep experience managing long, complex sales cycles and a proven track record of closing high-value contracts with international government organizations. Reporting directly to the Head of the Imagery and Analytics business you will oversee the full international sales organization and ensure alignment between customer engagement, product strategy and corporate growth objectives for the imagery and analytics line of business. We are open to candidates located in certain US states, the United Kingdom, and Dubai. Please note the benefits will vary by location.
Responsibilities:
- Define and execute a unified global sales strategy to achieve or exceed revenue and profitability targets across international defense and intelligence markets.
- Lead, develop, and mentor a high-performing international sales and business development organization that delivers measurable, sustained growth.
- Oversee pursuit and capture of complex, multi-stakeholder opportunities across defense and intelligence customers.
- Demonstrate a consistent record of closing major international contracts ($10M+) through disciplined, long-cycle capture management.
- Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Program Management teams to align evolving customer requirements with BlackSky’s capabilities.
- Drive penetration strategies in priority markets and cultivate executive-level relationships with defense and intelligence organizations, commercial partners, and system integrators.
- Establish accurate forecasting and reporting mechanisms that provide data-driven insights into international pipeline performance.
- Implement standardized global sales processes, metrics, and accountability frameworks to ensure consistency and operational excellence.
- Represent BlackSky at key global industry events, strengthening the company’s visibility and thought leadership in the defense, ISR and geospatial sectors.
- Monitor competitive activity, market dynamics, and emerging technologies to guide strategic planning and positioning.
- Other responsibilities as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or a related technical field.
- At least 15 years of progressive experience in international sales, business development, or capture management, including at least five years in a senior executive leadership role.
- Demonstrated success leading and scaling global sales organizations in the defense, ISR or geospatial sectors.
- Proven ability to manage long, complex sales cycles and close large, high-value international contracts with government customers.
- Deep understanding of international procurement, contracting, and defense procurement processes, including Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and direct commercial sales (DCS).
- Strong executive presence with outstanding communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
- Financial acumen with the ability to forecast, budget, and analyze global sales performance.
- Exceptional leadership, organizational, and cross-cultural management skills.
- Established network across the international government market, specifically defense and intelligence organizations focused on ISR and geospatial missions
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA), Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience integrating and managing enterprise-level CRM systems (e.g., Salesforce, Zendesk) to improve pipeline visibility and forecasting accuracy.
- In-depth familiarity with international trade compliance, export controls, ITAR/EAR, and FMS procurement.
- Proven ability to operate effectively across diverse geopolitical and cultural environments.
Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits eligible (US-based) employees includes:
- Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
- BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
- 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
- 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
- Employer matching donations
- Professional development
- Mac or PC? Your choice!
- Awesome swag
Full-time, international employees are eligible for benefits as well within their region.
The anticipated salary range for candidates in Seattle, WA is $200,000-250,000 per year with eligibility for variable pay as well. The final compensation package offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on specific background and education. BlackSky is a multi-state employer, and this pay scale may not reflect salary ranges in other states or locations outside of Seattle, WA.
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. #LI-Remote
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
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