Meet Slingshot 

At Slingshot Aerospace, we're on a mission to make space safer and more secure for everyone. Our work directly impacts global security, disaster response, climate monitoring, and the critical infrastructure that connects our world. We're a team of builders, thinkers, and problem-solvers who believe that the next generation of space operations will be powered by better data and smarter software. We move fast, we're not afraid to fail, and we believe the best ideas can come from anywhere—whether you're in engineering, sales, product, or operations. If you want to work on something that truly matters, with people who care deeply about the impact we're making and help shape the future of an industry that's just getting started, you're in the right place. 

What You’ll Be Launching 

As a member of Space Surveillance Research and Development (R&D) technical staff, you will support Slingshot’s efforts to accelerate the security, safety, and sustainability of space via the detection, tracking, identification, and characterization of satellites and space debris. This work will include a subset of (i) designing sensing systems for space surveillance applications; (ii) development of software/hardware interfaces for ground- and space-based gimbaled and non-gimbaled sensor systems, (iii) development of state-of-the-art detection, calibration, and mount control algorithms; (iv) modeling, simulation, and analysis of sensor network capabilities; and (v) development of robust software to process data from ground- and space-based SDA sensors. This role requires Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.

We're building a team of sharp, creative people who love solving hard problems. We value curiosity over ego, initiative over waiting for permission, and people who genuinely care about doing great work. Bring your expertise, your fresh ideas, and your drive—we'll bring the rocket fuel. 

Your Mission (Should you choose to accept it)  

• Execute all position responsibilities in alignment with Slingshot’s core values, mission, and purpose 
• Develop algorithms and software to help automate and enhance sensor data tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination
• Perform system-level design, simulation, and integration of hardware components to create cutting-edge space surveillance systems
• Support ongoing and future transitions of Slingshot’s products and services to the Slingshot Global Sensor Network (SGSN), space operations centers, and other technology testbeds
• Engage with customers and stakeholders to ensure successful outcomes for their mission-critical needs
• Contribute your expertise and ideas to help shape our products and strategies
• Prepare technical reports and briefing materials
• Represent your team and Slingshot to a broader audience through presentations to customers and stakeholders
• Serve as a technical expert and key contributor to Slingshot’s space surveillance technology development
• Lead the successful execution of individual projects, small team projects, and/or product development activities
• Perform other duties as assigned (to be less than 10% of the responsibilities listed above) 
• Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility is required for this role. 

Pre-flight Checklist 

• Undergraduate degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, or a related field 
• 4+ years of relevant experience, potentially accounting for a record of academic excellence with relevant internship experience
• Experience developing applications in Python, C++, and Docker
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the demonstrated ability to convey salient details about advanced technology in a compelling manner to both experts and non-experts alike
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with little to no day-to-day oversight
• Ability to work in a SCIF in Colorado Springs, CO for up to 20 hours per week (remainder will be remote work-from-home)
• Tenacious drive to overcome challenges and deliver solutions with excellence 

Bonus Cargo 

• Graduate level degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, or a related field 
• Significant experience developing and debugging applications in Python and/or C++ with deployment experience in a Linux operating environment
• Cislunar SSA experience
• Training or experience in fields such as orbital analysis, algorithm optimization, software/hardware interfacing, embedded/GPU development, astrodynamics, estimation theory, statistical analysis, remote sensing, radiometry, and machine learning
• Early-stage startup experience 

We're building a constellation here, not looking for identical satellites. Every member of the team brings different capabilities to the same mission. If your orbit intersects with ours and you're mission-ready, send it. 

Location: Hybrid Colorado Springs, CO Area (50% onsite in SCIF, 50% remote) 

Relocation: Relocation assistance available for qualified candidates

Salary: $127,500-$212,500

Classification: Full time Exempt (learned professional exemption) 

Meet Slingshot 

At Slingshot Aerospace, we’re on a mission to make space safer and more secure for everyone. Our work directly impacts global security, disaster response, climate monitoring, and the critical infrastructure that connects our world. We’re a team of builders, thinkers, and problem-solvers who believe that the next generation of space operations will be powered by better data and smarter software. 

What You’ll Be Launching 

As a senior member of the Data Fusion and Astrodynamics team within the Space Surveillance Systems Research and Development department, you will take a lead role advancing Slingshot’s efforts to accelerate the security, safety, and sustainability of space via the detection, tracking, identification, and characterization of satellites and space debris. This work involves leading the development of multi-sensor multi-object tracking, nonlinear state estimation, statistical signal processing, and data fusion algorithms leveraging multi-phenomenology sensor technologies, including Slingshot’s own Global Sensor Network (GSN). You will also support the development of physics and AI/ML-based algorithms and software for analytics and insights. In this role you will develop solutions across the tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination (TCPED) stages of the space surveillance and tracking mission.  

Your Mission (Should you choose to accept it) 

• Execute all position responsibilities in alignment with Slingshot’s core values, mission, and purpose  
• Develop algorithms and software to help automate and enhance sensor data tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination  
• Support ongoing and future transitions of Slingshot’s space object tracking products and services to the Slingshot Global Sensor Network (SGSN), space operations centers, and other technology testbeds  
• Serve as a key subject matter and technical expert on space surveillance and tracking technologies (e.g., sensor fusion and multi-target tracking algorithms, conjunction analysis algorithms, astrodynamics, foundational mathematical techniques, software prototyping, etc.)  
• Lead the successful execution of individual projects, small team projects, and/or product development activities  
• Prepare technical reports and briefing materials for your main projects  
• Represent your team and Slingshot to a broader audience through presentations to customers and stakeholders  
• Share subject matter expertise through mentoring and training of other staff, and support growth of the team’s technical competencies, promoting a culture of feedback and accountability  
• Lead technical work on larger team efforts including cross-team initiatives  
• Take point in ideating and writing content for technical sections of proposals for winning new work  
• Ideate and champion internal research & development activities  
• Help the management and product teams translate business objectives into the development of new product features  
• Collaborate effectively with Slingshot’s product managers, program managers, project managers, and engineering/science teams, to successfully execute on strategic objectives and product roadmaps  
• Engage with Slingshot’s space surveillance customers and other stakeholders to ensure successful outcomes for their mission-critical needs  
• Contribute your expertise and ideas to help shape our products and strategies  
• Perform other duties as assigned (to be less than 10% of the responsibilities listed above)  

Pre-flight Checklist 

• Undergraduate degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, or a related field and a record of academic excellence  
• 7+ years of relevant work experience, potentially accounting for a record of academic excellence with relevant internship experience  
• Experience developing numerical algorithms in Python and/or C++  
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the demonstrated ability to convey salient details about advanced technology in a compelling manner to both experts and non-experts alike  
• Ability to travel up to 5% of the time within and outside of the United States to support customer engagements and technical exchanges  
• Tenacious drive to overcome challenges and deliver solutions with excellence  
• Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility is required for this role. 

Bonus Cargo 

• Graduate level degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, or a related field  
• Significant experience developing and debugging applications in Python and/or C++ with deployment experience in a Linux operating environment  
• Training or experience in fields such as numerical analysis, numerical optimization, optimal control, image processing, algorithm optimization, software/hardware interfacing, embedded/GPU development, astrodynamics, estimation theory, statistical analysis, remote sensing, radiometry, and machine learning  
• Early-stage startup experience  

We're building a constellation here, not looking for identical satellites. Every member of the team brings different capabilities to the same mission. If your orbit intersects with ours and you're mission-ready, send it. 

Location: Chantilly, VA or Aurora, CO (75% onsite presence required, 25% remote)

Relocation: Relocation assistance available for qualified candidates

Salary: $150,000-$250,000

Classification: Full time Exempt (learned professional exemption) 

Meet Slingshot 

At Slingshot Aerospace, we’re on a mission to make space safer and more secure for everyone. Our work directly impacts global security, disaster response, climate monitoring, and the critical infrastructure that connects our world. We’re a team of builders, thinkers, and problem-solvers who believe that the next generation of space operations will be powered by better data and smarter software. 

What You’ll Be Launching 

As a Senior AI Engineer focused on Agentic Evaluation and Verification and Validation (V&V), you will join the AI and Data Science team within Slingshot’s Research and Development organization. You will contribute to advancing how intelligent systems are evaluated and validated for mission-critical space operations. 

This role focuses on building and scaling evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, and simulation-backed validation systems for agentic AI systems, including multi-step, tool-using, and autonomous decision-making workflows powered by LLMs and reinforcement learning. Your work will directly support the development of reliable and trustworthy autonomous mission planning systems. 

You will partner closely with AI researchers and domain experts to translate real-world mission concepts into structured, testable evaluation systems. 

Your Mission (Should you choose to accept it) 

• Extend and maintain Slingshot’s V&V SDK and evaluation framework for simulation-backed validation of agentic AI systems 
• Design and implement agent-level and end-to-end evaluations, including benchmark scenarios, scoring logic, and experiment harnesses 
• Build benchmark scenarios and tooling that measure planning, reasoning, and operational performance for autonomous mission planning systems 
• Translate astrodynamics and mission-domain concepts into executable evaluation scenarios and simulation configurations 
• Develop reusable SDK interfaces, adapters, and evaluation utilities that connect V&V systems, TALOS benchmarks, and agent workflows 
• Define and apply metrics for capability evaluation, failure analysis, regression detection, and comparative benchmarking 
• Partner with cross-functional teams to identify evaluation needs and contribute to improving coverage of critical capabilities 
• Contribute to best practices for evaluating complex, autonomous AI systems 
• Uphold strong engineering standards through testing, documentation, reproducibility, and maintainable system design 

Pre-flight Checklist 

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering, machine learning engineering, applied AI, or equivalent experience 
• Strong Python engineering skills with experience building SDKs, libraries, or evaluation tooling 
• Experience designing evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, metrics, or test harnesses for AI/ML systems 
• Ability to analyze system behavior, identify failure modes, and evaluate performance in complex autonomous or semi-autonomous systems 
• Familiarity with modern agent frameworks, orchestration patterns, or protocol-based integrations 
• Experience working in cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills 
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant science or engineering field, or equivalent experience 
• Must be a U.S. citizen and eligible to obtain and maintain a government security clearance 

Bonus Cargo 

• Experience in autonomous systems such as self-driving or ADAS, including perception, planning, simulation, or safety validation 
• Experience developing or evaluating agentic AI systems, including multi-step, tool-using, or autonomous workflows (e.g., LLM-based agents, planning agents, or reinforcement learning approaches) 
• Experience with reinforcement learning systems and simulation-based evaluation 
• Familiarity with benchmark design, experiment tracking, and trace-based evaluation workflows 
• Experience with orchestration frameworks such as LangGraph or similar tools 
• Knowledge of astrodynamics, orbital mechanics, or spacecraft mission planning 
• Experience translating mission or operational concepts into measurable evaluation scenarios 
• Familiarity with physics-based simulation, trajectory analysis, or space-domain modeling 
• Experience with observability and experiment tooling such as MLflow, Opik, or similar platforms 
• Experience transitioning advanced research systems into production environments 

We're building a constellation here, not looking for identical satellites. Every member of the team brings different capabilities to the same mission. If your orbit intersects with ours and you're mission-ready, send it. 

Location: Remote, US

Salary: $150,000-$250,000

Classification: Full time Exempt (learned professional exemption) 

Meet Slingshot 

At Slingshot Aerospace, we're on a mission to make space safer and more secure for everyone. Our work directly impacts global security, disaster response, climate monitoring, and the critical infrastructure that connects our world. We're a team of builders, thinkers, and problem-solvers who believe that the next generation of space operations will be powered by better data and smarter software. We move fast, we're not afraid to fail, and we believe the best ideas can come from anywhere—whether you're in engineering, sales, product, or operations. If you want to work on something that truly matters, with people who care deeply about the impact we're making and help shape the future of an industry that's just getting started, you're in the right place. 

What You’ll Be Launching 

As a Senior member of Space Surveillance Research and Development (R&D) technical staff, you will take a lead role advancing Slingshot’s efforts to accelerate the security, safety, and sustainability of space through the detection, tracking, identification, and characterization of satellites and space debris. This role includes a specialization in real-time image processing and GPU-accelerated systems, with a strong emphasis on the design and development of space surveillance sensor systems across the Global Sensor Network.

This work will include a subset of: (i) designing and developing sensing systems for space surveillance applications; (ii) development of software and hardware interfaces for ground- and space-based gimbaled and non-gimbaled sensor systems; (iii) development of state-of-the-art real-time detection, calibration, and mount control algorithms; (iv) modeling, simulation, and analysis of sensor network capabilities; and (v) development of robust software to autonomously operate remote observatories in GPU-accelerated environments.

Your Mission (Should you choose to accept it)  

• Execute all responsibilities in alignment with Slingshot’s mission, purpose, and values
• Lead and contribute to the design, development, and integration of space surveillance sensor systems across the Global Sensor Network
• Perform system-level design, simulation, and integration of hardware and software components for advanced space surveillance systems
• Design and implement real-time image processing pipelines in GPU-accelerated environments
• Develop algorithms and software for sensor data tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination
• Apply signal processing and image calibration techniques to improve detection and tracking performance
• Develop and optimize C++ and Python (including PyTorch) applications for high-performance computing environments
• Support transitions of Slingshot’s products and services to the Slingshot Global Sensor Network (SGSN), space operations centers, and other testbeds
• Engage with customers and stakeholders to support mission-critical outcomes
• Contribute to product strategy and technical direction through subject matter expertise
• Prepare technical reports and briefing materials
• Present technical work to internal and external stakeholders
• Serve as a technical expert in space surveillance, sensor development, and real-time processing systems
• Lead execution of individual and small team technical efforts and contribute to larger cross-team initiatives
• Mentor team members and share subject matter expertise
• Lead technical contributions to proposals and new business efforts
• Champion internal research and development initiatives
• Perform other duties as assigned (less than 10% of responsibilities listed above)

Pre-flight Checklist 

• Undergraduate degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of relevant experience, including experience with real-time image processing and/or sensor system development
• Strong programming experience in C++ and Python
• Experience developing and deploying applications in GPU-accelerated environments, including use of CUDA
• Experience with PyTorch or similar frameworks for high-performance or machine learning applications
• Background in signal processing, algorithm design, and linear algebra
• Experience with image calibration and working with space-based or sensor coordinate systems
• Experience contributing to the design, development, or integration of sensor systems
• Ability to design, implement, and optimize real-time processing pipelines
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to varied audiences
• Ability to travel up to 5% domestically and internationally as needed
• Must be a U.S. citizen eligible for and able to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Bonus Cargo 

• Graduate degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent experience
• Advanced experience optimizing GPU-based systems for real-time performance
• Experience with embedded or edge computing systems for sensor platforms
• Experience with astrodynamics, estimation theory, or space domain awareness applications
• Experience integrating software with optical or mechanical sensing systems
• Familiarity with distributed sensor networks and autonomous observatory operations
• Experience working in early-stage or high-growth environments
• Experience contributing to research, publications, or advanced technical proposals

We're building a constellation here, not looking for identical satellites. Every member of the team brings different capabilities to the same mission. If your orbit intersects with ours and you're mission-ready, send it. 

Location: Remote, US

Salary: $150,000-$250,000

Classification: Full time Exempt (learned professional exemption)