{"jobs":[{"id":"af305175-5d2d-4b36-8fa9-066ce71830c2","title":"Mission Operations Engineer","department":"Engineering","team":"Engineering","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Hawthorne, CA","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-08-19T23:45:18.982+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":false,"workplaceType":"OnSite","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressRegion":"California","streetAddress":"12600 Daphne Avenue Hawthorne, CA 90250","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"Hawthorne"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/af305175-5d2d-4b36-8fa9-066ce71830c2","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/af305175-5d2d-4b36-8fa9-066ce71830c2/application","descriptionHtml":"<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2><strong>About the Role</strong></h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">As a Mission Operations Engineer, you'll own both the day-to-day operation of our spacecraft and the development of the operational infrastructure that makes it all work. This is a high-ownership role on a small, collaborative mission operations team. You won't just execute procedures, you'll write them, improve them, and help define how we operate as a company.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You'll monitor spacecraft health, investigate anomalies, plan maneuvers, and coordinate ground station passes. You'll also build and refine the tools, scripts, and processes that keep our future fleet running smoothly. As our constellation grows, you'll help shape operational strategies, maintain and update mission requirements, and drive continuous improvement across our satellite and ground segment.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Monitor real-time telemetry and spacecraft subsystem health</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Triage and investigate on-orbit anomalies end-to-end and document findings and lessons learned to improve fleet reliability</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Perform long-term telemetry trending and performance analysis to detect subsystem degradation, refine alarm limits, and inform operational and design decisions</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Plan and execute spacecraft maneuvers, station-keeping, and orbital adjustments</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Coordinate ground station passes and scheduling</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Support LEOP, bus and payload commissioning, and orbit-raising campaigns for new satellites, executing procedures and contributing to in-orbit test and checkout</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Develop, validate, and maintain operational procedures and command sequences</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Build automation for telemetry monitoring and alerting, pass scheduling, routine commanding, and anomaly detection and response</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Collaborate with spacecraft engineering teams to define CONOPS, fault management, and spacecraft procedures</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Support deployment and testing of ground software updates and infrastructure changes</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Validate procedures, command sequences, and automation against simulation and hardware-in-the-loop environments prior to on-orbit execution</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Define, validate, and maintain onboard FDIR and fault management responses</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Plan and execute operational readiness activities, including simulations and dress rehearsals</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Participate in 24/7 rotating shift work to meet mission needs</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>Qualifications</strong></p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related STEM field</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">3+ years of experience in satellite mission operations or a related field</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Solid understanding of spacecraft systems and subsystem interactions</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Proficiency with mission control software (e.g. OpenC3 COSMOS, Kratos EPOCH, L3Harris InControl, or similar)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Strong programming and scripting skills (Python, C++ preferred)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Familiarity with Linux environments and command-line tools</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience with DevOps tools and practices (Git, Docker, CI/CD)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Familiarity with RF systems, ground station operations, or link budgets</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience developing operational requirements or CONOPS documentation</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Strong troubleshooting skills, with experience using data analysis to diagnose complex systems</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Clear written and verbal communication skills</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Sound judgment and composure in real-time, high-pressure operational environments</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience operating multi-satellite constellations or fleets is a plus</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.<br /><br /></p><h2>Benefits</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.</p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Unlimited paid time off</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Healthy lunches provided daily<br /><br /></p></li></ul><h2>Equal Opportunity</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>More about Reflect Orbital:</strong></p><div><div style=\"left:0px;width:100%;height:0px;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://embedded-media.ashbyhq.com/embed/4371b5f2-6543-46ed-9fcb-d59e8168c69f/b260e043-0580-4d2c-9ecc-9e657168dc30\" style=\"top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media *; picture-in-picture *;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\"></iframe></div></div><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https://www.reflectorbital.com/team\">Learn more about our team here.</a></p>","descriptionPlain":"At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ROLE\n\nAs a Mission Operations Engineer, you'll own both the day-to-day operation of our spacecraft and the development of the operational infrastructure that makes it all work. This is a high-ownership role on a small, collaborative mission operations team. You won't just execute procedures, you'll write them, improve them, and help define how we operate as a company.\n\nYou'll monitor spacecraft health, investigate anomalies, plan maneuvers, and coordinate ground station passes. You'll also build and refine the tools, scripts, and processes that keep our future fleet running smoothly. As our constellation grows, you'll help shape operational strategies, maintain and update mission requirements, and drive continuous improvement across our satellite and ground segment.\n\nResponsibilities\n\n - Monitor real-time telemetry and spacecraft subsystem health\n\n - Triage and investigate on-orbit anomalies end-to-end and document findings and lessons learned to improve fleet reliability\n\n - Perform long-term telemetry trending and performance analysis to detect subsystem degradation, refine alarm limits, and inform operational and design decisions\n\n - Plan and execute spacecraft maneuvers, station-keeping, and orbital adjustments\n\n - Coordinate ground station passes and scheduling\n\n - Support LEOP, bus and payload commissioning, and orbit-raising campaigns for new satellites, executing procedures and contributing to in-orbit test and checkout\n\n - Develop, validate, and maintain operational procedures and command sequences\n\n - Build automation for telemetry monitoring and alerting, pass scheduling, routine commanding, and anomaly detection and response\n\n - Collaborate with spacecraft engineering teams to define CONOPS, fault management, and spacecraft procedures\n\n - Support deployment and testing of ground software updates and infrastructure changes\n\n - Validate procedures, command sequences, and automation against simulation and hardware-in-the-loop environments prior to on-orbit execution\n\n - Define, validate, and maintain onboard FDIR and fault management responses\n\n - Plan and execute operational readiness activities, including simulations and dress rehearsals\n\n - Participate in 24/7 rotating shift work to meet mission needs\n\nQualifications\n\n - Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related STEM field\n\n - 3+ years of experience in satellite mission operations or a related field\n\n - Solid understanding of spacecraft systems and subsystem interactions\n\n - Proficiency with mission control software (e.g. OpenC3 COSMOS, Kratos EPOCH, L3Harris InControl, or similar)\n\n - Strong programming and scripting skills (Python, C++ preferred)\n\n - Familiarity with Linux environments and command-line tools\n\n - Experience with DevOps tools and practices (Git, Docker, CI/CD)\n\n - Familiarity with RF systems, ground station operations, or link budgets\n\n - Experience developing operational requirements or CONOPS documentation\n\n - Strong troubleshooting skills, with experience using data analysis to diagnose complex systems\n\n - Clear written and verbal communication skills\n\n - Sound judgment and composure in real-time, high-pressure operational environments\n\n - Experience operating multi-satellite constellations or fleets is a plus\n   \n   \n\nEven if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.\n\nWe are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS\n\nReflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.\n\n - Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy\n\n - Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K\n\n - Unlimited paid time off\n\n - Healthy lunches provided daily\n   \n   \n\n\nEQUAL OPPORTUNITY\n\nReflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.\n\n\n\nMore about Reflect Orbital:\n\n\n\nLearn more about our team here. https://www.reflectorbital.com/team"},{"id":"74ea5b2b-67b2-4ee3-9961-49707255391b","title":"Mechanical Engineer","department":"Engineering","team":"Engineering","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Hawthorne, CA","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2025-02-07T01:16:19.869+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":false,"workplaceType":"OnSite","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressRegion":"California","streetAddress":"12600 Daphne Avenue Hawthorne, CA 90250","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"Hawthorne"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/74ea5b2b-67b2-4ee3-9961-49707255391b","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/74ea5b2b-67b2-4ee3-9961-49707255391b/application","descriptionHtml":"<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. 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Your highest priority is delivering functional hardware that strikes a balance between simplicity, scrappiness, analytical rigor and ingenuity.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Deliver flight-ready critical spacecraft components</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Take hardware and mechanisms from conceptual design through qualification to on-orbit operations</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Correlate analysis of your components to ensure reliability in the space environment</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2>Ideal Qualifications</h2><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You bring roughly 4–6 years of mechanical design experience, ideally on flight hardware or similar high-reliability mechanical systems.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You have owned spacecraft components from clean-sheet to spaceflight</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Extensive CAD experience</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You can teach a class on the design of bolted joints</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You know what tolerances the machine shop can hit without needing to ask them</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You have strong experience collaboratively designing complex interdependent systems</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.<br /><br /></p><h2>Benefits</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.</p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Unlimited paid time off</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Healthy lunches provided daily<br /><br /></p></li></ul><h2>Equal Opportunity</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>More about Reflect Orbital:</strong></p><div><div style=\"left:0px;width:100%;height:0px;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://embedded-media.ashbyhq.com/embed/4371b5f2-6543-46ed-9fcb-d59e8168c69f/b260e043-0580-4d2c-9ecc-9e657168dc30\" style=\"top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media *; picture-in-picture *;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\"></iframe></div></div><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https://www.reflectorbital.com/team\">Learn more about our team here.</a></p>","descriptionPlain":"At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ROLE\n\nAs a Mechanical Engineer, you will be responsible for quickly designing, prototyping, and flight validating spacecraft subcomponents and integrating mechanical systems on tight deadlines. Your highest priority is delivering functional hardware that strikes a balance between simplicity, scrappiness, analytical rigor and ingenuity.\n\n\n\n\nRESPONSIBILITIES\n\n - Deliver flight-ready critical spacecraft components\n\n - Take hardware and mechanisms from conceptual design through qualification to on-orbit operations\n\n - Correlate analysis of your components to ensure reliability in the space environment\n\n\n\n\nIDEAL QUALIFICATIONS\n\n - You bring roughly 4–6 years of mechanical design experience, ideally on flight hardware or similar high-reliability mechanical systems.\n\n - You have owned spacecraft components from clean-sheet to spaceflight\n\n - Extensive CAD experience\n\n - You can teach a class on the design of bolted joints\n\n - You know what tolerances the machine shop can hit without needing to ask them\n\n - You have strong experience collaboratively designing complex interdependent systems\n\n\n\nEven if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.\n\nWe are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS\n\nReflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.\n\n - Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy\n\n - Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K\n\n - Unlimited paid time off\n\n - Healthy lunches provided daily\n   \n   \n\n\nEQUAL OPPORTUNITY\n\nReflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.\n\n\n\nMore about Reflect Orbital:\n\n\n\nLearn more about our team here. https://www.reflectorbital.com/team"},{"id":"0c25633e-4cb5-48a3-9ccc-0d093651a8bb","title":"Avionics Engineer","department":"Engineering","team":"Engineering","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Hawthorne, CA","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2025-02-07T01:24:18.417+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":false,"workplaceType":"OnSite","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressRegion":"California","streetAddress":"12600 Daphne Avenue Hawthorne, CA 90250","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"Hawthorne"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/0c25633e-4cb5-48a3-9ccc-0d093651a8bb","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/0c25633e-4cb5-48a3-9ccc-0d093651a8bb/application","descriptionHtml":"<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. 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The ideal candidate will have strong experience working on spacecraft.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Own avionics system-level design &amp; interfaces and make system-level trades</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Prototype, design, bring up and validate flight computers, communication systems, and electronics for power systems and ADCS</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Establish best practices and tooling for electrical engineering design</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Develop in-house avionics test infrastructure – flatsat, GPS sim, power sim, comms sim, etc.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Design and execute avionics qualification testing for vibration, shock, thermal and thermal vacuum environments and own your hardware into flight operation</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2>Ideal Qualifications</h2><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You have 4–6 years of avionics or electronics engineering experience, ideally on spacecraft.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You’ve designed and validated PCBAs for the space environment or similar high performance environments/vehicles</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You’ve owned multiple high-reliability electronics subsystems from concept to deployment</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You can succeed with a high level of autonomy</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You’ve iterated on requirements and architecture to achieve an optimal design in a highly constrained trade space</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You have experience hacking and crawling through electronics systems to troubleshoot issues</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.<br /><br /></p><h2>Benefits</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.</p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Unlimited paid time off</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Healthy lunches provided daily<br /><br /></p></li></ul><h2>Equal Opportunity</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>More about Reflect Orbital:</strong></p><div><div style=\"left:0px;width:100%;height:0px;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://embedded-media.ashbyhq.com/embed/4371b5f2-6543-46ed-9fcb-d59e8168c69f/b260e043-0580-4d2c-9ecc-9e657168dc30\" style=\"top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media *; picture-in-picture *;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\"></iframe></div></div><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https://www.reflectorbital.com/team\">Learn more about our team here.</a></p>","descriptionPlain":"At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ROLE\n\nAs an Avionics Engineer, you will have zero to one design ownership of electronic subsystems on our first spacecraft. You will be responsible for designing, building, testing and improving reliable space-ready components. The ideal candidate will have strong experience working on spacecraft.\n\n\n\n\nRESPONSIBILITIES\n\n - Own avionics system-level design & interfaces and make system-level trades\n\n - Prototype, design, bring up and validate flight computers, communication systems, and electronics for power systems and ADCS\n\n - Establish best practices and tooling for electrical engineering design\n\n - Develop in-house avionics test infrastructure – flatsat, GPS sim, power sim, comms sim, etc.\n\n - Design and execute avionics qualification testing for vibration, shock, thermal and thermal vacuum environments and own your hardware into flight operation\n\n\n\n\nIDEAL QUALIFICATIONS\n\n - You have 4–6 years of avionics or electronics engineering experience, ideally on spacecraft.\n\n - You’ve designed and validated PCBAs for the space environment or similar high performance environments/vehicles\n\n - You’ve owned multiple high-reliability electronics subsystems from concept to deployment\n\n - You can succeed with a high level of autonomy\n\n - You’ve iterated on requirements and architecture to achieve an optimal design in a highly constrained trade space\n\n - You have experience hacking and crawling through electronics systems to troubleshoot issues\n\n\n\nEven if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.\n\nWe are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS\n\nReflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.\n\n - Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy\n\n - Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K\n\n - Unlimited paid time off\n\n - Healthy lunches provided daily\n   \n   \n\n\nEQUAL OPPORTUNITY\n\nReflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.\n\n\n\nMore about Reflect Orbital:\n\n\n\nLearn more about our team here. https://www.reflectorbital.com/team"},{"id":"105a2eb6-ba22-420f-8153-4ec17db8a4af","title":"Composites Engineer","department":"Engineering","team":"Engineering","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Hawthorne, CA","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-01-22T22:59:42.196+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":false,"workplaceType":"OnSite","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressRegion":"California","streetAddress":"12600 Daphne Avenue Hawthorne, CA 90250","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"Hawthorne"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/105a2eb6-ba22-420f-8153-4ec17db8a4af","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/105a2eb6-ba22-420f-8153-4ec17db8a4af/application","descriptionHtml":"<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2><strong>About the Role</strong></h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">As a Composites Engineer, you’ll own the engineering, development, and production of our ultra-light deployable composite structures. This role sits at the intersection of design, analysis, and hands-on manufacturing: you’ll refine laminate schedules, develop new layup processes, design tooling and fixtures, run experiments, and drive the factory-floor workflows that take a concept from CAD to flight hardware.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You will be responsible for improving yield, repeatability, and performance across all composite processes—curing, layup, machining, bonding, inspection, and structural validation—while collaborating closely with design engineering, test, and manufacturing. 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Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.<br /><br /></p><h2>Benefits</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.</p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Unlimited paid time off</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Healthy lunches provided daily<br /><br /></p></li></ul><h2>Equal Opportunity</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>More about Reflect Orbital:</strong></p><div><div style=\"left:0px;width:100%;height:0px;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://embedded-media.ashbyhq.com/embed/4371b5f2-6543-46ed-9fcb-d59e8168c69f/b260e043-0580-4d2c-9ecc-9e657168dc30\" style=\"top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media *; picture-in-picture *;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\"></iframe></div></div><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https://www.reflectorbital.com/team\">Learn more about our team here.</a></p>","descriptionPlain":"At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ROLE\n\nAs a Composites Engineer, you’ll own the engineering, development, and production of our ultra-light deployable composite structures. This role sits at the intersection of design, analysis, and hands-on manufacturing: you’ll refine laminate schedules, develop new layup processes, design tooling and fixtures, run experiments, and drive the factory-floor workflows that take a concept from CAD to flight hardware.\n\nYou will be responsible for improving yield, repeatability, and performance across all composite processes—curing, layup, machining, bonding, inspection, and structural validation—while collaborating closely with design engineering, test, and manufacturing. 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We encourage all motivated and excellent candidates to apply regardless of the specific set of requirements you meet.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Own the design, development, analysis, manufacturing, and testing of novel spacecraft components.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Build complete tools and testing setups, with an emphasis on fully completing and shipping your work.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Prototype and iterate rapidly.</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2>Ideal Qualifications</h2><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience in software development in languages like C, C++ and Python.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills, including hands-on experience using tools like DMMs, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and power supplies.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience implementing device drivers and working with serial digital communication protocols such as SPI, I2C, UART, and Ethernet.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You're capable of working highly independently, but you know when to seek guidance.</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. 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Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2><strong>Benefits</strong></h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.</p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Generous paid time off</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Healthy lunches provided daily</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p></li></ul><h2><strong>Equal Opportunity</strong></h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>More about Reflect Orbital:</strong></p><div><div style=\"left:0px;width:100%;height:0px;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://embedded-media.ashbyhq.com/embed/4371b5f2-6543-46ed-9fcb-d59e8168c69f/528af273-9012-4fff-bcdc-cd4077967ddf\" style=\"top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media *; picture-in-picture *;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\"></iframe></div></div><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https://www.reflectorbital.com/team\">Learn more about our team here.</a></p><div style=\"min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\"> </div>","descriptionPlain":"At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. 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Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2><strong>Benefits</strong></h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.</p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Generous paid time off</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Healthy lunches provided daily</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p></li></ul><h2><strong>Equal Opportunity</strong></h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>More about Reflect Orbital:</strong></p><div><div style=\"left:0px;width:100%;height:0px;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://embedded-media.ashbyhq.com/embed/4371b5f2-6543-46ed-9fcb-d59e8168c69f/5fe9fd75-4372-406d-b3c7-b8c0b5f87842\" style=\"top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media *; picture-in-picture *;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\"></iframe></div></div><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https://www.reflectorbital.com/team\">Learn more about our team here.</a></p>","descriptionPlain":"At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. 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Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.<br /><br /></p><h2>Benefits</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.</p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Unlimited paid time off</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Healthy lunches provided daily<br /><br /></p></li></ul><h2>Equal Opportunity</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>More about Reflect Orbital:</strong></p><div><div style=\"left:0px;width:100%;height:0px;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://embedded-media.ashbyhq.com/embed/4371b5f2-6543-46ed-9fcb-d59e8168c69f/b260e043-0580-4d2c-9ecc-9e657168dc30\" style=\"top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media *; picture-in-picture *;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\"></iframe></div></div><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https://www.reflectorbital.com/team\">Learn more about our team here.</a></p>","descriptionPlain":"At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ROLE\n\nWe’re hiring a Technical Recruiter with experience in the aerospace industry to help us scale. This is not just a back-office role - we’re looking for someone who’s out in the world, building relationships, mapping talent markets, and pulling future teammates into our mission.\n\n\n\n\nRESPONSIBILITIES\n\n - Hunt down top-tier engineering, manufacturing, and operations talent - wherever they are\n\n - Lead outbound recruiting efforts for engineering, manufacturing, and technical operations roles\n\n - Build and maintain pipelines of aerospace professionals across core disciplines (mechanical, GNC, avionics, manufacturing, test, systems)\n\n - Engage top candidates with tailored outreach, personalized follow-up, and deep relationship-building\n\n - Partner with hiring leads to define role requirements, align on candidate quality, and drive fast hiring decisions\n\n - Represent Reflect Orbital at industry events, conferences, and in talent-facing forums\n\n\n\n\nIDEAL QUALIFICATIONS\n\n - 2–5 years of experience recruiting in the aerospace industry (either in-house or agency)\n\n - Demonstrated success sourcing and closing world-class technical talent - especially engineers and hardware specialists\n\n - Highly motivated, resourceful, and driven by results\n\n - Exceptional communicator with a bias for action and follow-through\n\n - Ability to manage a high volume of searches with urgency and precision\n\n - Experience with Ashby or other modern applicant tracking systems\n\n - Familiarity with ITAR/export-controlled hiring environments\n\n - Background in hardware startups or high-growth tech companies\n\n\n\nEven if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.\n\nWe are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS\n\nReflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.\n\n - Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy\n\n - Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K\n\n - Unlimited paid time off\n\n - Healthy lunches provided daily\n   \n   \n\n\nEQUAL OPPORTUNITY\n\nReflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.\n\n\n\nMore about Reflect Orbital:\n\n\n\nLearn more about our team here. https://www.reflectorbital.com/team"},{"id":"44e19be0-e293-4fdf-aa8d-bdf55ba06d86","title":"Senior GNC Engineer","department":"Engineering","team":"Engineering","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Hawthorne, CA","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-08-31T22:00:07.083+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":false,"workplaceType":"OnSite","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressRegion":"California","streetAddress":"12600 Daphne Avenue Hawthorne, CA 90250","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"Hawthorne"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/44e19be0-e293-4fdf-aa8d-bdf55ba06d86","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/44e19be0-e293-4fdf-aa8d-bdf55ba06d86/application","descriptionHtml":"<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.</p><div style=\"min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\"> </div><h2>About the Role</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">As a Senior GNC Engineer you will directly shape the in-orbit performance of a novel space vehicle. Your work will span vehicle-level dynamics and control, orbit propagation, flight software and HITL testing on our avionics. We're looking for someone who brings \"full-stack\" GNC development capability to the table.</p><div style=\"min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\"> </div><h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Come up with creative solutions to the unique problems that come with precisely putting a spot of reflected sunlight on the ground from space.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Design, develop and test our closed-loop guidance, navigation and control for both attitude and orbit.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Plan trajectories and attitude motion profiles that satisfy our spot serving constraints.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Develop and own our 6-DOF simulation of vehicle attitude and orbital dynamics, and use it to characterize vehicle performance through Monte Carlo analysis.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Write GNC algorithms in flight software (C++/Rust) and validate them using our avionics in the loop.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Drive sensor and actuator selection with our avionics engineers so attitude determination and control are reliable in flight.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Analyze and plan orbits and constellation design to maximize our overall spot serving capability.</p></li></ul><div style=\"min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\"> </div><h2>Ideal Qualifications</h2><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">5+ years of professional GNC engineering experience, ideally on spacecraft or other dynamically controlled vehicles.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Clear technical ownership of a GNC subsystem that has flown, covering the simulation, the algorithms and the flight software.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Strong background in modeling physical systems from first principles, including flexible body dynamics, sensors, actuators and the space environment.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Expertise in state estimation design for attitude and orbit determination, validated in flight.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Ability to verify and validate GNC flight software in an integrated environment, using HITL testing.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience in guidance, maneuver and constellation design, including orbit selection, coverage and station-keeping.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience in real-time spacecraft operations support, from commissioning through console operations to on-orbit anomaly resolution.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Fluency in Python, C++ and/or Rust.</p></li></ul><div style=\"min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\"> </div><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.<br /><br /></p><h2>Benefits</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.</p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Unlimited paid time off</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Healthy lunches provided daily<br /><br /></p></li></ul><h2>Equal Opportunity</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>More about Reflect Orbital:</strong></p><div><div style=\"left:0px;width:100%;height:0px;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://embedded-media.ashbyhq.com/embed/4371b5f2-6543-46ed-9fcb-d59e8168c69f/b260e043-0580-4d2c-9ecc-9e657168dc30\" style=\"top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media *; picture-in-picture *;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\"></iframe></div></div><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https://www.reflectorbital.com/team\">Learn more about our team here.</a></p>","descriptionPlain":"At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.\n\n \n\n\nABOUT THE ROLE\n\nAs a Senior GNC Engineer you will directly shape the in-orbit performance of a novel space vehicle. Your work will span vehicle-level dynamics and control, orbit propagation, flight software and HITL testing on our avionics. We're looking for someone who brings \"full-stack\" GNC development capability to the table.\n\n \n\n\nRESPONSIBILITIES\n\n - Come up with creative solutions to the unique problems that come with precisely putting a spot of reflected sunlight on the ground from space.\n\n - Design, develop and test our closed-loop guidance, navigation and control for both attitude and orbit.\n\n - Plan trajectories and attitude motion profiles that satisfy our spot serving constraints.\n\n - Develop and own our 6-DOF simulation of vehicle attitude and orbital dynamics, and use it to characterize vehicle performance through Monte Carlo analysis.\n\n - Write GNC algorithms in flight software (C++/Rust) and validate them using our avionics in the loop.\n\n - Drive sensor and actuator selection with our avionics engineers so attitude determination and control are reliable in flight.\n\n - Analyze and plan orbits and constellation design to maximize our overall spot serving capability.\n\n \n\n\nIDEAL QUALIFICATIONS\n\n - 5+ years of professional GNC engineering experience, ideally on spacecraft or other dynamically controlled vehicles.\n\n - Clear technical ownership of a GNC subsystem that has flown, covering the simulation, the algorithms and the flight software.\n\n - Strong background in modeling physical systems from first principles, including flexible body dynamics, sensors, actuators and the space environment.\n\n - Expertise in state estimation design for attitude and orbit determination, validated in flight.\n\n - Ability to verify and validate GNC flight software in an integrated environment, using HITL testing.\n\n - Experience in guidance, maneuver and constellation design, including orbit selection, coverage and station-keeping.\n\n - Experience in real-time spacecraft operations support, from commissioning through console operations to on-orbit anomaly resolution.\n\n - Fluency in Python, C++ and/or Rust.\n\n \n\nEven if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.\n\nWe are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS\n\nReflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.\n\n - Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy\n\n - Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K\n\n - Unlimited paid time off\n\n - Healthy lunches provided daily\n   \n   \n\n\nEQUAL OPPORTUNITY\n\nReflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.\n\n\n\nMore about Reflect Orbital:\n\n\n\nLearn more about our team here. https://www.reflectorbital.com/team"},{"id":"2620224c-808d-48b1-a94a-37e2dc62f458","title":"Head of Environmental Health and Safety","department":"Non-Engineering","team":"Non-Engineering","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Hawthorne, CA","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-08-17T20:53:46.386+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":false,"workplaceType":"OnSite","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressRegion":"California","streetAddress":"12600 Daphne Avenue Hawthorne, CA 90250","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"Hawthorne"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/2620224c-808d-48b1-a94a-37e2dc62f458","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/2620224c-808d-48b1-a94a-37e2dc62f458/application","descriptionHtml":"<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2>About the Role</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital is seeking a Head of Environmental Health &amp; Safety to build and own our EHS function across satellite manufacturing, assembly, integration, test, offices, and launch activities. You will create practical systems that protect our team, keep our facilities compliant, and enable us to grow safely  as our hardware, headcount, and operating footprint scale.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">This is a builder role, not a desk-only compliance role. You will spend meaningful time on the floor alongside engineers and technicians, reviewing new equipment and processes, writing JHAs, leading incident investigations, preparing permits, delivering training, and closing corrective actions. You will partner closely with engineers, technicians, our facilities team, HR, and company leadership, to establish the systems and team Reflect needs as we grow.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Be responsible for operating safely.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Build, implement, and continuously improve Reflect’s EHS management system, including programs, policies, procedures, ownership, metrics, documentation, and corrective-action tracking.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Own compliance with federal, state, and local workplace-safety requirements, including OSHA and Cal/OSHA Title 8; maintain the Injury and Illness Prevention Program, required recordkeeping, and postings.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">•Develop and run programs for hazard communication and SDS management, lockout/tagout, machine guarding, electrical safety, hot work, fall protection, confined space, powered industrial trucks, ergonomics, respiratory protection, hearing conservation, PPE, and other hazards relevant to our operations.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Own environmental and hazardous-materials compliance, including applicable EPA and RCRA requirements, CalEPA/DTSC, CUPA/CERS and Hazardous Materials Business Plans, hazardous and universal waste, spill prevention, stormwater and wastewater, air permitting and South Coast AQMD, and local fire-code requirements.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Lead risk assessments, PPE hazard assessments, pre-task planning, and safety reviews for new and existing processes, equipment, facilities, and high-hazard work.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Partner with Engineering, Technicians, and Facilities to embed safety into design, commissioning, work instructions, and change management before hardware or processes reach the floor.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Provide direct EHS support for assembly, integration, test, and launch operations, including hazards associated with machining, composites manufacturing, batteries, high voltage, lasers, compressed gases and cryogens, vacuum systems, vibration, thermal-vacuum, lifting operations, and field work, as applicable.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Alongside HR, lead investigations of injuries, illnesses, near misses, spills, and property-damage events; determine root causes and drive corrective and preventive actions to verified closure.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Establish a practical inspection and audit program; maintain inspection-ready records, lead internal audits, host regulatory inspections, and ensure findings are resolved quickly and permanently.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Create and deliver role-specific EHS training, new-hire orientation, toolbox talks, and recurring refreshers; build a culture in which every employee is expected and empowered to identify hazards and stop unsafe work.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Own emergency preparedness and response plans for fire, spill, medical, evacuation, severe weather, and other site scenarios; maintain response equipment and coordinate drills with internal teams and public agencies.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Plan and coordinate industrial hygiene and occupational-health monitoring for chemical, noise, ergonomic, and other exposures.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Define leading and lagging indicators, communicate risk and performance to leadership, and use data and field observations to prioritize improvements.</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2>Ideal Qualifications</h2><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">5+ years of progressive EHS experience, including meaningful program leadership in aerospace, advanced manufacturing, hardware development and test, or another high-hazard industrial environment.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You have built, rebuilt, or materially scaled an EHS program and can create the right amount of process for a fast-growing company.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Strong working knowledge of OSHA and Cal/OSHA requirements and the judgment to translate regulations into clear, practical controls for engineers, technicians, and operators.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Hands-on experience with California environmental and hazardous-materials compliance, permitting, agency reporting, hazardous-waste management, and fire/life-safety requirements.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Demonstrated success leading JHAs, process and equipment risk assessments, incident investigations, root-cause analysis, audits, and corrective actions.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience supporting manufacturing and test operations involving machinery, hazardous chemicals, compressed gases or cryogens, electrical systems, lasers, lifting and rigging, or other complex technical hazards.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You understand industrial hygiene fundamentals and can scope monitoring, interpret results, and implement effective controls.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You can work effectively with regulators, fire authorities, consultants, contractors, and cross-functional teams, and you communicate risk clearly to both floor-level operators and company leadership.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You are comfortable moving between strategy and floor-level execution and are willing to personally write programs, conduct inspections, teach training, and respond to incidents.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Science or Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Professional certification such as CSP, CIH, CHMM, ASP, or equivalent, and training such as OSHA 30/510 or HAZWOPER, are strong pluses.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience supporting multiple sites, remote test locations, or launch campaigns is a plus.</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.<br /><br /></p><h2>Benefits</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.</p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Unlimited paid time off</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Healthy lunches provided daily<br /><br /></p></li></ul><h2>Equal Opportunity</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>More about Reflect Orbital:</strong></p><div><div style=\"left:0px;width:100%;height:0px;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://embedded-media.ashbyhq.com/embed/4371b5f2-6543-46ed-9fcb-d59e8168c69f/b260e043-0580-4d2c-9ecc-9e657168dc30\" style=\"top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media *; picture-in-picture *;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\"></iframe></div></div><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https://www.reflectorbital.com/team\">Learn more about our team here.</a></p>","descriptionPlain":"At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ROLE\n\nReflect Orbital is seeking a Head of Environmental Health & Safety to build and own our EHS function across satellite manufacturing, assembly, integration, test, offices, and launch activities. You will create practical systems that protect our team, keep our facilities compliant, and enable us to grow safely  as our hardware, headcount, and operating footprint scale.\n\nThis is a builder role, not a desk-only compliance role. You will spend meaningful time on the floor alongside engineers and technicians, reviewing new equipment and processes, writing JHAs, leading incident investigations, preparing permits, delivering training, and closing corrective actions. You will partner closely with engineers, technicians, our facilities team, HR, and company leadership, to establish the systems and team Reflect needs as we grow.\n\n\n\n\nRESPONSIBILITIES\n\n - Be responsible for operating safely.\n\n - Build, implement, and continuously improve Reflect’s EHS management system, including programs, policies, procedures, ownership, metrics, documentation, and corrective-action tracking.\n\n - Own compliance with federal, state, and local workplace-safety requirements, including OSHA and Cal/OSHA Title 8; maintain the Injury and Illness Prevention Program, required recordkeeping, and postings.\n\n - •Develop and run programs for hazard communication and SDS management, lockout/tagout, machine guarding, electrical safety, hot work, fall protection, confined space, powered industrial trucks, ergonomics, respiratory protection, hearing conservation, PPE, and other hazards relevant to our operations.\n\n - Own environmental and hazardous-materials compliance, including applicable EPA and RCRA requirements, CalEPA/DTSC, CUPA/CERS and Hazardous Materials Business Plans, hazardous and universal waste, spill prevention, stormwater and wastewater, air permitting and South Coast AQMD, and local fire-code requirements.\n\n - Lead risk assessments, PPE hazard assessments, pre-task planning, and safety reviews for new and existing processes, equipment, facilities, and high-hazard work.\n\n - Partner with Engineering, Technicians, and Facilities to embed safety into design, commissioning, work instructions, and change management before hardware or processes reach the floor.\n\n - Provide direct EHS support for assembly, integration, test, and launch operations, including hazards associated with machining, composites manufacturing, batteries, high voltage, lasers, compressed gases and cryogens, vacuum systems, vibration, thermal-vacuum, lifting operations, and field work, as applicable.\n\n - Alongside HR, lead investigations of injuries, illnesses, near misses, spills, and property-damage events; determine root causes and drive corrective and preventive actions to verified closure.\n\n - Establish a practical inspection and audit program; maintain inspection-ready records, lead internal audits, host regulatory inspections, and ensure findings are resolved quickly and permanently.\n\n - Create and deliver role-specific EHS training, new-hire orientation, toolbox talks, and recurring refreshers; build a culture in which every employee is expected and empowered to identify hazards and stop unsafe work.\n\n - Own emergency preparedness and response plans for fire, spill, medical, evacuation, severe weather, and other site scenarios; maintain response equipment and coordinate drills with internal teams and public agencies.\n\n - Plan and coordinate industrial hygiene and occupational-health monitoring for chemical, noise, ergonomic, and other exposures.\n\n - Define leading and lagging indicators, communicate risk and performance to leadership, and use data and field observations to prioritize improvements.\n\n\n\n\nIDEAL QUALIFICATIONS\n\n - 5+ years of progressive EHS experience, including meaningful program leadership in aerospace, advanced manufacturing, hardware development and test, or another high-hazard industrial environment.\n\n - You have built, rebuilt, or materially scaled an EHS program and can create the right amount of process for a fast-growing company.\n\n - Strong working knowledge of OSHA and Cal/OSHA requirements and the judgment to translate regulations into clear, practical controls for engineers, technicians, and operators.\n\n - Hands-on experience with California environmental and hazardous-materials compliance, permitting, agency reporting, hazardous-waste management, and fire/life-safety requirements.\n\n - Demonstrated success leading JHAs, process and equipment risk assessments, incident investigations, root-cause analysis, audits, and corrective actions.\n\n - Experience supporting manufacturing and test operations involving machinery, hazardous chemicals, compressed gases or cryogens, electrical systems, lasers, lifting and rigging, or other complex technical hazards.\n\n - You understand industrial hygiene fundamentals and can scope monitoring, interpret results, and implement effective controls.\n\n - You can work effectively with regulators, fire authorities, consultants, contractors, and cross-functional teams, and you communicate risk clearly to both floor-level operators and company leadership.\n\n - You are comfortable moving between strategy and floor-level execution and are willing to personally write programs, conduct inspections, teach training, and respond to incidents.\n\n - Bachelor’s degree in Occupational Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Science or Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.\n\n - Professional certification such as CSP, CIH, CHMM, ASP, or equivalent, and training such as OSHA 30/510 or HAZWOPER, are strong pluses.\n\n - Experience supporting multiple sites, remote test locations, or launch campaigns is a plus.\n\n\n\nEven if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.\n\nWe are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS\n\nReflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.\n\n - Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy\n\n - Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K\n\n - Unlimited paid time off\n\n - Healthy lunches provided daily\n   \n   \n\n\nEQUAL OPPORTUNITY\n\nReflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.\n\n\n\nMore about Reflect Orbital:\n\n\n\nLearn more about our team here. https://www.reflectorbital.com/team"},{"id":"8f4f8e74-b386-41b4-8154-7e5e50a34205","title":"IT Support Specialist Intern","department":"Engineering","team":"Engineering","employmentType":"Intern","location":"Hawthorne, CA","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-10-19T21:02:56.818+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":false,"workplaceType":"OnSite","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressRegion":"California","streetAddress":"12600 Daphne Avenue Hawthorne, CA 90250","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"Hawthorne"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/8f4f8e74-b386-41b4-8154-7e5e50a34205","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/8f4f8e74-b386-41b4-8154-7e5e50a34205/application","descriptionHtml":"<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2>About the Role</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We are looking for an IT Support Specialist Intern to join our internal IT team. You will be the first point of contact to support the technology needs across the company: account access, laptops and workstations, printers, conference rooms. This is a hands-on role covering many of the growing IT support tasks at Reflect Orbital.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Serve as support for employee IT requests, resolving tickets or escalating as needed</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Diagnose connectivity issues on Windows, macOS, and Linux machines</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Prepare and configure laptops and workstations</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Onboarding and offboarding users, on services like AWS, Google, and Windows</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Handle account access requests: password and 2FA resets, license and seat assignment across Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack, Jira, and Adobe</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Contribute to IT documentation, internal knowledge base, and write user facing guides</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Keep the server room, IT rack, and inventory of supplies organized and stocked</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Place hardware and supply orders</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Coordinate warranty repairs and onsite vendor technician visits</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Managing and recording IT assets</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Assist with wireless access points, switch ports, VLAN and DNS changes, and VPN/mesh network enrollment</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2>Minimum Qualifications</h2><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Currently enrolled in a university program in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a related field</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Working knowledge of Windows and comfortable with macOS and Linux</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Familiarity with Google Workspace and/or Microsoft 365</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Familiarity with networking concepts</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience diagnosing PC hardware issues</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Strong communication skills</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Able to work on site and occasionally lift/move equipment up to 40 lbs.</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2>Ideal Qualifications</h2><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Prior help desk, IT Support, or computer repair experience</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Exposure to identity and access management concepts: SSO, MFA, least privilege, password managers</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Hands on experience with PC building and networking gear (e.g., UniFi)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Basic scripting (PowerShell, Bash, or Python)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Hands-on experience with AWS: IAM / Identity Center, EC2, VPC, S3, CloudWatch, Cost Explorer</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Awareness of IT compliance frameworks (CMMC, NIST 800-171, ISO 27001)</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2><strong>Benefits</strong></h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.</p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Generous paid time off</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Healthy lunches provided daily</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p></li></ul><h2><strong>Equal Opportunity</strong></h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>More about Reflect Orbital:</strong></p><div><div style=\"left:0px;width:100%;height:0px;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://embedded-media.ashbyhq.com/embed/4371b5f2-6543-46ed-9fcb-d59e8168c69f/5fe9fd75-4372-406d-b3c7-b8c0b5f87842\" style=\"top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media *; picture-in-picture *;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\"></iframe></div></div><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https://www.reflectorbital.com/team\">Learn more about our team here.</a></p>","descriptionPlain":"At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ROLE\n\nWe are looking for an IT Support Specialist Intern to join our internal IT team. You will be the first point of contact to support the technology needs across the company: account access, laptops and workstations, printers, conference rooms. This is a hands-on role covering many of the growing IT support tasks at Reflect Orbital.\n\n\n\n\nRESPONSIBILITIES\n\n - Serve as support for employee IT requests, resolving tickets or escalating as needed\n\n - Diagnose connectivity issues on Windows, macOS, and Linux machines\n\n - Prepare and configure laptops and workstations\n\n - Onboarding and offboarding users, on services like AWS, Google, and Windows\n\n - Handle account access requests: password and 2FA resets, license and seat assignment across Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Slack, Jira, and Adobe\n\n - Contribute to IT documentation, internal knowledge base, and write user facing guides\n\n - Keep the server room, IT rack, and inventory of supplies organized and stocked\n\n - Place hardware and supply orders\n\n - Coordinate warranty repairs and onsite vendor technician visits\n\n - Managing and recording IT assets\n\n - Assist with wireless access points, switch ports, VLAN and DNS changes, and VPN/mesh network enrollment\n\n\n\n\nMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS\n\n - Currently enrolled in a university program in Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a related field\n\n - Working knowledge of Windows and comfortable with macOS and Linux\n\n - Familiarity with Google Workspace and/or Microsoft 365\n\n - Familiarity with networking concepts\n\n - Experience diagnosing PC hardware issues\n\n - Strong communication skills\n\n - Able to work on site and occasionally lift/move equipment up to 40 lbs.\n\n\n\n\nIDEAL QUALIFICATIONS\n\n - Prior help desk, IT Support, or computer repair experience\n\n - Exposure to identity and access management concepts: SSO, MFA, least privilege, password managers\n\n - Hands on experience with PC building and networking gear (e.g., UniFi)\n\n - Basic scripting (PowerShell, Bash, or Python)\n\n - Hands-on experience with AWS: IAM / Identity Center, EC2, VPC, S3, CloudWatch, Cost Explorer\n\n - Awareness of IT compliance frameworks (CMMC, NIST 800-171, ISO 27001)\n\nEven if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.\n\nWe are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS\n\nReflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.\n\n - Generous paid time off\n\n - Healthy lunches provided daily\n   \n   \n\n\nEQUAL OPPORTUNITY\n\nReflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.\n\n\n\nMore about Reflect Orbital:\n\n\n\nLearn more about our team here. https://www.reflectorbital.com/team"},{"id":"3b04b8bd-961c-4dd7-8e1b-eccdaa369a17","title":"Ground Software Engineer","department":"Engineering","team":"Engineering","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Hawthorne, CA","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-08-19T23:45:43.732+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":false,"workplaceType":"OnSite","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressRegion":"California","streetAddress":"12600 Daphne Avenue Hawthorne, CA 90250","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"Hawthorne"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/3b04b8bd-961c-4dd7-8e1b-eccdaa369a17","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/3b04b8bd-961c-4dd7-8e1b-eccdaa369a17/application","descriptionHtml":"<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>About the Role</strong></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">As a Satellite Ground Software Engineer, your core responsibilities will be to build and maintain the software our operations team will use to fly the spacecraft. This role blends hands-on software development with platform and network engineering.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You'll develop the services that move telemetry and commands between our satellites and mission control center, build the tools and automation that make operations safe and efficient, and integrate GSaaS providers into a reliable end-to-end system. You will deploy and operate what you build, troubleshooting issues that span software, networks, and hardware.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Design, develop, and maintain ground software for satellite operations, including telemetry ingestion, processing, and display, and command generation and uplink workflows</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Build operator-facing tools and dashboards to support the operations team</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Design and build automation for pass execution, routine commanding, and alerting to reduce manual operator workload</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Deploy and operate ground software on AWS and Kubernetes, maintaining CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, and infrastructure as code</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Support integration of ground station hardware and network interfaces, including radios, routers, and antenna controllers</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Configure and test Ground Station-as-a-Service (GSaaS) connections and validate end-to-end data paths between satellites, ground stations, and cloud infrastructure in coordination with mission operations and RF engineers</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Monitor system and network health using in-house and third-party observability tools</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Validate ground software against simulators and test environments prior to operational use</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Troubleshoot and resolve issues spanning software, networks, ground stations, and mission systems</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Provide 24/7 on-call support for mission-critical ground systems</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>Qualifications</strong></p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">3+ years of experience developing ground systems software (services, APIs, and applications)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience deploying and operating software on AWS, including container orchestration with Kubernetes and CI/CD systems</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Strong understanding of networking protocols, routing, VPNs, and secure connectivity</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Knowledge of satellite ground systems, including ground station networking, antenna interfaces, and RF subsystems</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience working with Ground Station-as-a-Service (GSaaS) providers</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience building services around databases and real-time data (relational or time-series)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Familiarity with Linux environments and command-line tools</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Strong programming and scripting skills (Python, C++ preferred)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience with DevOps tools and practices (Git, Docker, CI/CD)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience building software for multi-satellite constellation operations is a plus</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.<br /><br /></p><h2>Benefits</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.</p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Unlimited paid time off</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Healthy lunches provided daily<br /><br /></p></li></ul><h2>Equal Opportunity</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>More about Reflect Orbital:</strong></p><div><div style=\"left:0px;width:100%;height:0px;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://embedded-media.ashbyhq.com/embed/4371b5f2-6543-46ed-9fcb-d59e8168c69f/b260e043-0580-4d2c-9ecc-9e657168dc30\" style=\"top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media *; picture-in-picture *;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\"></iframe></div></div><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https://www.reflectorbital.com/team\">Learn more about our team here.</a></p>","descriptionPlain":"At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.\n\nAbout the Role\n\nAs a Satellite Ground Software Engineer, your core responsibilities will be to build and maintain the software our operations team will use to fly the spacecraft. This role blends hands-on software development with platform and network engineering.\n\nYou'll develop the services that move telemetry and commands between our satellites and mission control center, build the tools and automation that make operations safe and efficient, and integrate GSaaS providers into a reliable end-to-end system. You will deploy and operate what you build, troubleshooting issues that span software, networks, and hardware.\n\nResponsibilities\n\n - Design, develop, and maintain ground software for satellite operations, including telemetry ingestion, processing, and display, and command generation and uplink workflows\n\n - Build operator-facing tools and dashboards to support the operations team\n\n - Design and build automation for pass execution, routine commanding, and alerting to reduce manual operator workload\n\n - Deploy and operate ground software on AWS and Kubernetes, maintaining CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, and infrastructure as code\n\n - Support integration of ground station hardware and network interfaces, including radios, routers, and antenna controllers\n\n - Configure and test Ground Station-as-a-Service (GSaaS) connections and validate end-to-end data paths between satellites, ground stations, and cloud infrastructure in coordination with mission operations and RF engineers\n\n - Monitor system and network health using in-house and third-party observability tools\n\n - Validate ground software against simulators and test environments prior to operational use\n\n - Troubleshoot and resolve issues spanning software, networks, ground stations, and mission systems\n\n - Provide 24/7 on-call support for mission-critical ground systems\n\nQualifications\n\n - Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience\n\n - 3+ years of experience developing ground systems software (services, APIs, and applications)\n\n - Experience deploying and operating software on AWS, including container orchestration with Kubernetes and CI/CD systems\n\n - Strong understanding of networking protocols, routing, VPNs, and secure connectivity\n\n - Knowledge of satellite ground systems, including ground station networking, antenna interfaces, and RF subsystems\n\n - Experience working with Ground Station-as-a-Service (GSaaS) providers\n\n - Experience building services around databases and real-time data (relational or time-series)\n\n - Familiarity with Linux environments and command-line tools\n\n - Strong programming and scripting skills (Python, C++ preferred)\n\n - Experience with DevOps tools and practices (Git, Docker, CI/CD)\n\n - Experience building software for multi-satellite constellation operations is a plus\n\n\n\nEven if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.\n\nWe are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS\n\nReflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.\n\n - Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy\n\n - Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K\n\n - Unlimited paid time off\n\n - Healthy lunches provided daily\n   \n   \n\n\nEQUAL OPPORTUNITY\n\nReflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.\n\n\n\nMore about Reflect Orbital:\n\n\n\nLearn more about our team here. https://www.reflectorbital.com/team"},{"id":"205e45db-e914-46cf-85cb-55512402499d","title":"Principal GNC Engineer","department":"Engineering","team":"Engineering","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Hawthorne, CA","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-09-02T02:34:30.011+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":false,"workplaceType":"OnSite","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressRegion":"California","streetAddress":"12600 Daphne Avenue Hawthorne, CA 90250","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"Hawthorne"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/205e45db-e914-46cf-85cb-55512402499d","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/205e45db-e914-46cf-85cb-55512402499d/application","descriptionHtml":"<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.</p><div style=\"min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\"> </div><h2>About the Role</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">As a Principal GNC Engineer you will directly shape the in-orbit performance of a novel space vehicle. Your work will span vehicle-level dynamics and control, orbit propagation, flight software and HITL testing on our avionics. We're looking for someone who brings \"full-stack\" GNC development capability to the table.</p><div style=\"min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\"> </div><h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Come up with creative solutions to the unique problems that come with precisely putting a spot of reflected sunlight on the ground from space.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Design, develop and test our closed-loop guidance, navigation and control for both attitude and orbit.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Plan trajectories and attitude motion profiles that satisfy our spot serving constraints.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Develop and own our 6-DOF simulation of vehicle attitude and orbital dynamics, and use it to characterize vehicle performance through Monte Carlo analysis.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Write GNC algorithms in flight software (C++/Rust) and validate them using our avionics in the loop.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Drive sensor and actuator selection with our avionics engineers so attitude determination and control are reliable in flight.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Analyze and plan orbits and constellation design to maximize our overall spot serving capability.</p></li></ul><div style=\"min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\"> </div><h2>Ideal Qualifications</h2><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">10+ years of professional GNC engineering experience, ideally on spacecraft or other dynamically controlled vehicles.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Clear technical ownership of a GNC subsystem that has flown, covering the simulation, the algorithms and the flight software.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Strong background in modeling physical systems from first principles, including flexible body dynamics, sensors, actuators and the space environment.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Expertise in state estimation design for attitude and orbit determination, validated in flight.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Ability to verify and validate GNC flight software in an integrated environment, using HITL testing.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience in guidance, maneuver and constellation design, including orbit selection, coverage and station-keeping.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience in real-time spacecraft operations support, from commissioning through console operations to on-orbit anomaly resolution.</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Fluency in Python, C++ and/or Rust.</p></li></ul><div style=\"min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\"> </div><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.<br /><br /></p><h2>Benefits</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.</p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Unlimited paid time off</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Healthy lunches provided daily<br /><br /></p></li></ul><h2>Equal Opportunity</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>More about Reflect Orbital:</strong></p><div><div style=\"left:0px;width:100%;height:0px;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://embedded-media.ashbyhq.com/embed/4371b5f2-6543-46ed-9fcb-d59e8168c69f/b260e043-0580-4d2c-9ecc-9e657168dc30\" style=\"top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media *; picture-in-picture *;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\"></iframe></div></div><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https://www.reflectorbital.com/team\">Learn more about our team here.</a></p>","descriptionPlain":"At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.\n\n \n\n\nABOUT THE ROLE\n\nAs a Principal GNC Engineer you will directly shape the in-orbit performance of a novel space vehicle. Your work will span vehicle-level dynamics and control, orbit propagation, flight software and HITL testing on our avionics. We're looking for someone who brings \"full-stack\" GNC development capability to the table.\n\n \n\n\nRESPONSIBILITIES\n\n - Come up with creative solutions to the unique problems that come with precisely putting a spot of reflected sunlight on the ground from space.\n\n - Design, develop and test our closed-loop guidance, navigation and control for both attitude and orbit.\n\n - Plan trajectories and attitude motion profiles that satisfy our spot serving constraints.\n\n - Develop and own our 6-DOF simulation of vehicle attitude and orbital dynamics, and use it to characterize vehicle performance through Monte Carlo analysis.\n\n - Write GNC algorithms in flight software (C++/Rust) and validate them using our avionics in the loop.\n\n - Drive sensor and actuator selection with our avionics engineers so attitude determination and control are reliable in flight.\n\n - Analyze and plan orbits and constellation design to maximize our overall spot serving capability.\n\n \n\n\nIDEAL QUALIFICATIONS\n\n - 10+ years of professional GNC engineering experience, ideally on spacecraft or other dynamically controlled vehicles.\n\n - Clear technical ownership of a GNC subsystem that has flown, covering the simulation, the algorithms and the flight software.\n\n - Strong background in modeling physical systems from first principles, including flexible body dynamics, sensors, actuators and the space environment.\n\n - Expertise in state estimation design for attitude and orbit determination, validated in flight.\n\n - Ability to verify and validate GNC flight software in an integrated environment, using HITL testing.\n\n - Experience in guidance, maneuver and constellation design, including orbit selection, coverage and station-keeping.\n\n - Experience in real-time spacecraft operations support, from commissioning through console operations to on-orbit anomaly resolution.\n\n - Fluency in Python, C++ and/or Rust.\n\n \n\nEven if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.\n\nWe are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS\n\nReflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.\n\n - Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy\n\n - Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K\n\n - Unlimited paid time off\n\n - Healthy lunches provided daily\n   \n   \n\n\nEQUAL OPPORTUNITY\n\nReflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.\n\n\n\nMore about Reflect Orbital:\n\n\n\nLearn more about our team here. https://www.reflectorbital.com/team"},{"id":"11d5da69-13c0-4c52-99a9-3c34e978dda1","title":"Senior Mission Operations Engineer","department":"Engineering","team":"Engineering","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Hawthorne, CA","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-08-19T23:45:27.480+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":false,"workplaceType":"OnSite","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressRegion":"California","streetAddress":"12600 Daphne Avenue Hawthorne, CA 90250","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"Hawthorne"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/11d5da69-13c0-4c52-99a9-3c34e978dda1","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/11d5da69-13c0-4c52-99a9-3c34e978dda1/application","descriptionHtml":"<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>About the Role</strong></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">As a Senior Mission Operations Engineer, you'll own the day-to-day operation of our spacecraft and the operational infrastructure that makes it all work. This is a high-ownership role on a small, collaborative mission operations team. You won't just execute procedures, you'll write them, improve them, and help define how we operate as a company.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You'll monitor spacecraft health, investigate anomalies, plan maneuvers, and coordinate ground station passes, and you'll lead these activities during LEOP, commissioning, and other critical phases. You'll also build the automation and processes that keep a growing fleet running smoothly, and mentor newer operators as the team grows.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Lead shifts for real-time operations, including telemetry monitoring, command decisions, and anomaly response</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Lead on-orbit anomaly investigations to root cause and document findings and lessons learned to improve fleet reliability</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Perform long-term telemetry trending and performance analysis to detect subsystem degradation, refine alarm limits, and inform operational and design decisions</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Plan and lead spacecraft maneuvers, station-keeping, and orbital adjustments</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Lead LEOP, bus and payload commissioning, and orbit-raising campaigns for new satellites</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Develop, validate, and maintain operational procedures, flight rules, and command sequences</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Build automation for telemetry monitoring and alerting, pass scheduling, routine commanding, and anomaly detection and response</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Collaborate with spacecraft engineering teams to define CONOPS, fault management, and onboard FDIR responses</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Plan and lead operational readiness activities, including simulations and dress rehearsals</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Mentor and train operations engineers</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Participate in 24/7 rotating shift work to meet mission needs</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>Qualifications</strong></p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related STEM field</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">5+ years of experience in satellite mission operations or a related field</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Solid understanding of spacecraft systems and subsystem interactions</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience working on-orbit anomalies to root cause</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Proficiency with mission control software (e.g. OpenC3 COSMOS, L3Harris InControl, or similar)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Strong programming and scripting skills (Python, C++ preferred)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Familiarity with Linux environments and command-line tools</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience with DevOps tools and practices (Git, Docker, CI/CD)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Familiarity with RF systems, ground station operations, or link budgets</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience developing operational requirements or CONOPS documentation</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Clear written and verbal communication skills</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Sound judgment and composure in real-time, high-pressure operational environments</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">LEOP or commissioning experience on a flown mission is a plus</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience operating multi-satellite constellations or fleets is a plus</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.<br /><br /></p><h2>Benefits</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.</p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Unlimited paid time off</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Healthy lunches provided daily<br /><br /></p></li></ul><h2>Equal Opportunity</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>More about Reflect Orbital:</strong></p><div><div style=\"left:0px;width:100%;height:0px;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://embedded-media.ashbyhq.com/embed/4371b5f2-6543-46ed-9fcb-d59e8168c69f/b260e043-0580-4d2c-9ecc-9e657168dc30\" style=\"top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media *; picture-in-picture *;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\"></iframe></div></div><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https://www.reflectorbital.com/team\">Learn more about our team here.</a></p>","descriptionPlain":"At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.\n\nAbout the Role\n\nAs a Senior Mission Operations Engineer, you'll own the day-to-day operation of our spacecraft and the operational infrastructure that makes it all work. This is a high-ownership role on a small, collaborative mission operations team. You won't just execute procedures, you'll write them, improve them, and help define how we operate as a company.\n\nYou'll monitor spacecraft health, investigate anomalies, plan maneuvers, and coordinate ground station passes, and you'll lead these activities during LEOP, commissioning, and other critical phases. You'll also build the automation and processes that keep a growing fleet running smoothly, and mentor newer operators as the team grows.\n\nResponsibilities\n\n - Lead shifts for real-time operations, including telemetry monitoring, command decisions, and anomaly response\n\n - Lead on-orbit anomaly investigations to root cause and document findings and lessons learned to improve fleet reliability\n\n - Perform long-term telemetry trending and performance analysis to detect subsystem degradation, refine alarm limits, and inform operational and design decisions\n\n - Plan and lead spacecraft maneuvers, station-keeping, and orbital adjustments\n\n - Lead LEOP, bus and payload commissioning, and orbit-raising campaigns for new satellites\n\n - Develop, validate, and maintain operational procedures, flight rules, and command sequences\n\n - Build automation for telemetry monitoring and alerting, pass scheduling, routine commanding, and anomaly detection and response\n\n - Collaborate with spacecraft engineering teams to define CONOPS, fault management, and onboard FDIR responses\n\n - Plan and lead operational readiness activities, including simulations and dress rehearsals\n\n - Mentor and train operations engineers\n\n - Participate in 24/7 rotating shift work to meet mission needs\n\nQualifications\n\n - Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related STEM field\n\n - 5+ years of experience in satellite mission operations or a related field\n\n - Solid understanding of spacecraft systems and subsystem interactions\n\n - Experience working on-orbit anomalies to root cause\n\n - Proficiency with mission control software (e.g. OpenC3 COSMOS, L3Harris InControl, or similar)\n\n - Strong programming and scripting skills (Python, C++ preferred)\n\n - Familiarity with Linux environments and command-line tools\n\n - Experience with DevOps tools and practices (Git, Docker, CI/CD)\n\n - Familiarity with RF systems, ground station operations, or link budgets\n\n - Experience developing operational requirements or CONOPS documentation\n\n - Clear written and verbal communication skills\n\n - Sound judgment and composure in real-time, high-pressure operational environments\n\n - LEOP or commissioning experience on a flown mission is a plus\n\n - Experience operating multi-satellite constellations or fleets is a plus\n\nEven if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.\n\nWe are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS\n\nReflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.\n\n - Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy\n\n - Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K\n\n - Unlimited paid time off\n\n - Healthy lunches provided daily\n   \n   \n\n\nEQUAL OPPORTUNITY\n\nReflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.\n\n\n\nMore about Reflect Orbital:\n\n\n\nLearn more about our team here. https://www.reflectorbital.com/team"},{"id":"0d2a1d7e-820a-4771-b1cc-9c3c5400732a","title":"Principal Mission Operations Engineer","department":"Engineering","team":"Engineering","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Hawthorne, CA","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-08-19T23:45:23.987+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":false,"workplaceType":"OnSite","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressRegion":"California","streetAddress":"12600 Daphne Avenue Hawthorne, CA 90250","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"Hawthorne"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/0d2a1d7e-820a-4771-b1cc-9c3c5400732a","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/0d2a1d7e-820a-4771-b1cc-9c3c5400732a/application","descriptionHtml":"<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>About the Role</strong></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">As a Principal Mission Operations Engineer, you'll set the direction for how we operate spacecraft as the fleet grows: the operations concept, flight rules, fault management approach, and the automation roadmap that takes us from a few satellites to a constellation. You'll lead operations for our most critical activities and help build the team around you.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">This is a hands-on role on a small team. You'll spend time on console, write procedures, and work anomalies yourself, while setting the operational standards the rest of the team builds on.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Define the operations concept for the constellation, including shift models, automation strategy, operations center design, and ground network utilization</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Develop and maintain the operational framework: flight rules, command authority, go/no-go processes, anomaly response, and readiness review standards</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Lead operations for launches, LEOP, commissioning, and other critical mission phases</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Define the fault management and onboard FDIR philosophy with flight software</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Work with ground software to define the automation, mission planning, and fleet management capabilities operations needs</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Lead high-severity anomaly investigations and the corrective actions that follow</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Plan and lead operational readiness activities, including simulations, dress rehearsals, and operator training and certification</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Mentor operations engineers and support hiring as the team grows</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>Qualifications</strong></p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related STEM field</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">10+ years of experience in satellite mission operations or a related field</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience leading operations for critical mission events (launch, LEOP, commissioning, or major anomalies)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience scaling operations, whether growing a team, a fleet, or an automation capability</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Solid understanding of spacecraft systems and subsystem interactions</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Proficiency with mission control software (e.g. OpenC3 COSMOS, L3Harris InControl, or similar)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Strong programming and scripting skills (Python, C++ preferred)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience with DevOps tools and practices (Git, Docker, CI/CD)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Clear written and verbal communication skills</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Sound judgment and composure in real-time, high-pressure operational environments</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience operating multi-satellite constellations or fleets is a plus</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience standing up a mission operations center or operations processes from scratch is a plus</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.<br /><br /></p><h2>Benefits</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.</p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Unlimited paid time off</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Healthy lunches provided daily<br /><br /></p></li></ul><h2>Equal Opportunity</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>More about Reflect Orbital:</strong></p><div><div style=\"left:0px;width:100%;height:0px;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://embedded-media.ashbyhq.com/embed/4371b5f2-6543-46ed-9fcb-d59e8168c69f/b260e043-0580-4d2c-9ecc-9e657168dc30\" style=\"top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media *; picture-in-picture *;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\"></iframe></div></div><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https://www.reflectorbital.com/team\">Learn more about our team here.</a></p>","descriptionPlain":"At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.\n\nAbout the Role\n\nAs a Principal Mission Operations Engineer, you'll set the direction for how we operate spacecraft as the fleet grows: the operations concept, flight rules, fault management approach, and the automation roadmap that takes us from a few satellites to a constellation. You'll lead operations for our most critical activities and help build the team around you.\n\nThis is a hands-on role on a small team. 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You will deploy and operate what you build, troubleshoot issues that span software, networks, and hardware, and mentor other engineers on the team.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Design, develop, and maintain ground software for satellite operations, including telemetry ingestion, processing, and display, and command generation and uplink workflows</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Lead the design of operator-facing tools and dashboards to support the operations team</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Design and build automation for pass execution, routine commanding, and alerting to reduce manual operator workload</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Deploy and operate ground software on AWS and Kubernetes, maintaining CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, and infrastructure as code</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Support integration of ground station hardware and network interfaces, including radios, routers, and antenna controllers</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Lead Ground Station-as-a-Service (GSaaS) integrations and validate end-to-end data paths between satellites, ground stations, and cloud infrastructure</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Validate ground software against simulators and test environments prior to operational use</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Drive root-cause resolution of issues spanning software, networks, ground stations, and mission systems</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Mentor engineers and review designs and code</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Provide 24/7 on-call support for mission-critical ground systems</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>Qualifications</strong></p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">5+ years of experience developing ground systems software (services, APIs, and applications)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience owning a system end to end, from design through deployment and on-call</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience deploying and operating software on AWS, including container orchestration with Kubernetes and CI/CD systems</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Strong understanding of networking protocols, routing, VPNs, and secure connectivity</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Knowledge of satellite ground systems, including ground station networking, antenna interfaces, and RF subsystems</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience working with Ground Station-as-a-Service (GSaaS) providers</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience building services around databases and real-time data (relational or time-series)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Familiarity with Linux environments and command-line tools</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Strong programming and scripting skills (Python, C++ preferred)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience with DevOps tools and practices (Git, Docker, CI/CD)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience building software for multi-satellite constellation operations is a plus</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">CCSDS protocol experience and ground station network integrations are a plus</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.<br /><br /></p><h2>Benefits</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.</p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Unlimited paid time off</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Healthy lunches provided daily<br /><br /></p></li></ul><h2>Equal Opportunity</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>More about Reflect Orbital:</strong></p><div><div style=\"left:0px;width:100%;height:0px;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://embedded-media.ashbyhq.com/embed/4371b5f2-6543-46ed-9fcb-d59e8168c69f/b260e043-0580-4d2c-9ecc-9e657168dc30\" style=\"top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media *; picture-in-picture *;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\"></iframe></div></div><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https://www.reflectorbital.com/team\">Learn more about our team here.</a></p>","descriptionPlain":"At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.\n\nAbout the Role\n\nAs a Senior Satellite Ground Software Engineer, your core responsibilities will be to build and maintain the software our operations team uses to fly the spacecraft, owning major pieces of the ground segment from design through deployment and operation. This role blends hands-on software development with platform and network engineering.\n\nYou'll develop the services that move telemetry and commands between our satellites and mission control center, build the tools and automation that make operations safe and efficient, and integrate GSaaS providers into a reliable end-to-end system. You will deploy and operate what you build, troubleshoot issues that span software, networks, and hardware, and mentor other engineers on the team.\n\nResponsibilities\n\n - Design, develop, and maintain ground software for satellite operations, including telemetry ingestion, processing, and display, and command generation and uplink workflows\n\n - Lead the design of operator-facing tools and dashboards to support the operations team\n\n - Design and build automation for pass execution, routine commanding, and alerting to reduce manual operator workload\n\n - Deploy and operate ground software on AWS and Kubernetes, maintaining CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, and infrastructure as code\n\n - Support integration of ground station hardware and network interfaces, including radios, routers, and antenna controllers\n\n - Lead Ground Station-as-a-Service (GSaaS) integrations and validate end-to-end data paths between satellites, ground stations, and cloud infrastructure\n\n - Validate ground software against simulators and test environments prior to operational use\n\n - Drive root-cause resolution of issues spanning software, networks, ground stations, and mission systems\n\n - Mentor engineers and review designs and code\n\n - Provide 24/7 on-call support for mission-critical ground systems\n\nQualifications\n\n - Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience\n\n - 5+ years of experience developing ground systems software (services, APIs, and applications)\n\n - Experience owning a system end to end, from design through deployment and on-call\n\n - Experience deploying and operating software on AWS, including container orchestration with Kubernetes and CI/CD systems\n\n - Strong understanding of networking protocols, routing, VPNs, and secure connectivity\n\n - Knowledge of satellite ground systems, including ground station networking, antenna interfaces, and RF subsystems\n\n - Experience working with Ground Station-as-a-Service (GSaaS) providers\n\n - Experience building services around databases and real-time data (relational or time-series)\n\n - Familiarity with Linux environments and command-line tools\n\n - Strong programming and scripting skills (Python, C++ preferred)\n\n - Experience with DevOps tools and practices (Git, Docker, CI/CD)\n\n - Experience building software for multi-satellite constellation operations is a plus\n\n - CCSDS protocol experience and ground station network integrations are a plus\n\nEven if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.\n\nWe are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS\n\nReflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.\n\n - Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy\n\n - Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K\n\n - Unlimited paid time off\n\n - Healthy lunches provided daily\n   \n   \n\n\nEQUAL OPPORTUNITY\n\nReflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.\n\n\n\nMore about Reflect Orbital:\n\n\n\nLearn more about our team here. https://www.reflectorbital.com/team"},{"id":"5ceb7441-4528-481b-9db5-40bab079e2de","title":"Principal Ground Software Engineer","department":"Engineering","team":"Engineering","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Hawthorne, CA","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-08-19T23:45:46.180+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":false,"workplaceType":"OnSite","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressRegion":"California","streetAddress":"12600 Daphne Avenue Hawthorne, CA 90250","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"Hawthorne"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/5ceb7441-4528-481b-9db5-40bab079e2de","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/5ceb7441-4528-481b-9db5-40bab079e2de/application","descriptionHtml":"<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>About the Role</strong></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">As a Principal Satellite Ground Software Engineer, you'll set the technical direction for the ground segment: the architecture that takes us from operating single satellites with hands-on passes to operating a constellation with minimal operator involvement. You'll make the build/buy/extend calls on core infrastructure and be responsible for ground segment readiness at every launch.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">This is a hands-on role on a small team. You'll write code, deploy and operate what you build, and troubleshoot issues that span software, networks, and hardware. You'll also mentor engineers, review designs across the team, and make the architectural decisions the rest of the ground segment builds on.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Define the ground segment architecture and technical roadmap: command and telemetry systems, ground station network strategy, data infrastructure, and automation</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Make build/buy/extend decisions on command and control infrastructure, mission planning, fleet management, and ground network and GSaaS providers</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Design for constellation scale: automated contact scheduling across many satellites and sites, fleet-wide telemetry and alerting, and increasing automation of routine operations</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Define engineering practices across the ground/flight boundary, including interface documentation and simulation and hardware-in-the-loop test infrastructure</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Lead ground segment work through launch campaigns, commissioning, and major anomalies</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Build security into the ground segment from the start: link protection, key management, and access control</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Improve the reliability and observability of mission-critical ground systems</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Mentor engineers, review designs and code, and support hiring for the ground software team</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>Qualifications</strong></p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">10+ years of experience developing ground systems software (services, APIs, and applications)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience setting technical direction for a ground segment or comparable real-time infrastructure</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience taking satellites, or a comparable hardware fleet, through launch, commissioning, and sustained operations</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience deploying and operating software on AWS, including container orchestration with Kubernetes and CI/CD systems</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Strong understanding of networking protocols, routing, VPNs, and secure connectivity</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Knowledge of satellite ground systems, including ground station networking, antenna interfaces, and RF subsystems</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience building services around databases and real-time data (relational or time-series)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Strong programming and scripting skills (Python, C++, and/or Rust)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Familiarity with Linux environments and command-line tools</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience building software for multi-satellite constellation operations is a plus</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.<br /><br /></p><h2>Benefits</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.</p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Unlimited paid time off</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Healthy lunches provided daily<br /><br /></p></li></ul><h2>Equal Opportunity</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>More about Reflect Orbital:</strong></p><div><div style=\"left:0px;width:100%;height:0px;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://embedded-media.ashbyhq.com/embed/4371b5f2-6543-46ed-9fcb-d59e8168c69f/b260e043-0580-4d2c-9ecc-9e657168dc30\" style=\"top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media *; picture-in-picture *;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\"></iframe></div></div><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https://www.reflectorbital.com/team\">Learn more about our team here.</a></p>","descriptionPlain":"At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.\n\nAbout the Role\n\nAs a Principal Satellite Ground Software Engineer, you'll set the technical direction for the ground segment: the architecture that takes us from operating single satellites with hands-on passes to operating a constellation with minimal operator involvement. You'll make the build/buy/extend calls on core infrastructure and be responsible for ground segment readiness at every launch.\n\nThis is a hands-on role on a small team. You'll write code, deploy and operate what you build, and troubleshoot issues that span software, networks, and hardware. You'll also mentor engineers, review designs across the team, and make the architectural decisions the rest of the ground segment builds on.\n\nResponsibilities\n\n - Define the ground segment architecture and technical roadmap: command and telemetry systems, ground station network strategy, data infrastructure, and automation\n\n - Make build/buy/extend decisions on command and control infrastructure, mission planning, fleet management, and ground network and GSaaS providers\n\n - Design for constellation scale: automated contact scheduling across many satellites and sites, fleet-wide telemetry and alerting, and increasing automation of routine operations\n\n - Define engineering practices across the ground/flight boundary, including interface documentation and simulation and hardware-in-the-loop test infrastructure\n\n - Lead ground segment work through launch campaigns, commissioning, and major anomalies\n\n - Build security into the ground segment from the start: link protection, key management, and access control\n\n - Improve the reliability and observability of mission-critical ground systems\n\n - Mentor engineers, review designs and code, and support hiring for the ground software team\n\nQualifications\n\n - Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience\n\n - 10+ years of experience developing ground systems software (services, APIs, and applications)\n\n - Experience setting technical direction for a ground segment or comparable real-time infrastructure\n\n - Experience taking satellites, or a comparable hardware fleet, through launch, commissioning, and sustained operations\n\n - Experience deploying and operating software on AWS, including container orchestration with Kubernetes and CI/CD systems\n\n - Strong understanding of networking protocols, routing, VPNs, and secure connectivity\n\n - Knowledge of satellite ground systems, including ground station networking, antenna interfaces, and RF subsystems\n\n - Experience building services around databases and real-time data (relational or time-series)\n\n - Strong programming and scripting skills (Python, C++, and/or Rust)\n\n - Familiarity with Linux environments and command-line tools\n\n - Experience building software for multi-satellite constellation operations is a plus\n\nEven if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.\n\nWe are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS\n\nReflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.\n\n - Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy\n\n - Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K\n\n - Unlimited paid time off\n\n - Healthy lunches provided daily\n   \n   \n\n\nEQUAL OPPORTUNITY\n\nReflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.\n\n\n\nMore about Reflect Orbital:\n\n\n\nLearn more about our team here. https://www.reflectorbital.com/team"},{"id":"78cdb30b-a4c7-438d-9a07-b323fc5c5c84","title":"Marketing Director","department":"Non-Engineering","team":"Non-Engineering","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Hawthorne, CA","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-10-01T21:46:45.420+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":false,"workplaceType":"OnSite","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressRegion":"California","streetAddress":"12600 Daphne Avenue Hawthorne, CA 90250","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"Hawthorne"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/78cdb30b-a4c7-438d-9a07-b323fc5c5c84","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/78cdb30b-a4c7-438d-9a07-b323fc5c5c84/application","descriptionHtml":"<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2><strong>About the Role</strong></h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We’re looking for a hands-on Marketing Director to lead Reflect Orbital’s marketing strategy and public presence as we bring our sunlight-on-demand satellite constellation to life. You’ll own our positioning, brand, and integrated marketing plan, translating complex technology into a clear, compelling story for customers, partners, and the public. Working closely with our Chief Strategy Officer and leadership team, you’ll set priorities, lead campaigns and launches, and build the capabilities needed to scale our marketing efforts.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">This is a high-visibility leadership role for someone who can set the direction and execute: shaping how the world understands Reflect Orbital, growing demand, and connecting marketing efforts to business goals.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2><strong>Responsibilities</strong></h2><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Own the marketing strategy and roadmap, aligning audiences, positioning, campaigns, and priorities with company milestones and commercial goals</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Lead integrated launches, events, conferences, and demos, setting objectives and coordinating teams from planning through execution and follow-up</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Set creative direction and oversee production of marketing materials, including decks, one-pagers, launch assets, and social graphics; create and refine key assets directly</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Own website strategy, content, and the customer journey, partnering with engineering and product teams to improve clarity, engagement, and conversion</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Lead messaging and storytelling for announcements, campaigns, and executive communications, translating technical information into clear, accurate narratives</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Own marketing budgets, resource allocation, and performance reporting; define success measures and use results to improve awareness, engagement, and qualified demand</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Partner with PR and leadership on media strategy, press moments, and relationships with partners and creators, keeping external messaging accurate and consistent</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Partner with business development to understand customer needs, shape go-to-market campaigns, and develop customer-facing materials that support the sales process</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Own brand positioning and standards, ensuring a consistent voice and visual identity across all public-facing channels and materials</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Lead social, content, photo, and video strategy; manage agencies and freelancers, and build and develop the marketing team as the company grows</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Identify and test creative ways to grow awareness of Reflect Orbital’s mission, prioritizing opportunities with a clear audience, purpose, and measurable impact</p></li></ul><h2><strong>Ideal Qualifications</strong></h2><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">7+ years of progressive marketing experience, including ownership of strategy and integrated campaigns; experience leading a marketing function or team in a startup or fast-moving environment</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Excellent writer and communicator with strong brand judgment, an eye for visual design, and the ability to make complex technical ideas accessible</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Demonstrated success building brands and leading launches across digital, social, content, PR, and events, with clear evidence of business impact</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Strategic and action-oriented, comfortable setting direction without a playbook and doing hands-on work alongside internal teams and external partners</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience owning website strategy and performance; familiarity with Webflow, analytics, and marketing tools is a plus</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience directing creative work and collaborating with designers, agencies, and freelancers; familiarity with Figma is a plus</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Strong leadership and operating discipline, with experience managing budgets, developing people, influencing cross-functional partners, and delivering multiple priorities</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Excited about space, energy, and building something that’s never been done before; experience marketing complex technology is a plus</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.<br /><br /></p><h2>Benefits</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.</p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Unlimited paid time off</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Healthy lunches provided daily<br /><br /></p></li></ul><h2>Equal Opportunity</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>More about Reflect Orbital:</strong></p><div><div style=\"left:0px;width:100%;height:0px;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://embedded-media.ashbyhq.com/embed/4371b5f2-6543-46ed-9fcb-d59e8168c69f/b260e043-0580-4d2c-9ecc-9e657168dc30\" style=\"top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media *; picture-in-picture *;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\"></iframe></div></div><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https://www.reflectorbital.com/team\">Learn more about our team here.</a></p>","descriptionPlain":"At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ROLE\n\nWe’re looking for a hands-on Marketing Director to lead Reflect Orbital’s marketing strategy and public presence as we bring our sunlight-on-demand satellite constellation to life. You’ll own our positioning, brand, and integrated marketing plan, translating complex technology into a clear, compelling story for customers, partners, and the public. Working closely with our Chief Strategy Officer and leadership team, you’ll set priorities, lead campaigns and launches, and build the capabilities needed to scale our marketing efforts.\n\nThis is a high-visibility leadership role for someone who can set the direction and execute: shaping how the world understands Reflect Orbital, growing demand, and connecting marketing efforts to business goals.\n\n\n\n\nRESPONSIBILITIES\n\n - Own the marketing strategy and roadmap, aligning audiences, positioning, campaigns, and priorities with company milestones and commercial goals\n\n - Lead integrated launches, events, conferences, and demos, setting objectives and coordinating teams from planning through execution and follow-up\n\n - Set creative direction and oversee production of marketing materials, including decks, one-pagers, launch assets, and social graphics; create and refine key assets directly\n\n - Own website strategy, content, and the customer journey, partnering with engineering and product teams to improve clarity, engagement, and conversion\n\n - Lead messaging and storytelling for announcements, campaigns, and executive communications, translating technical information into clear, accurate narratives\n\n - Own marketing budgets, resource allocation, and performance reporting; define success measures and use results to improve awareness, engagement, and qualified demand\n\n - Partner with PR and leadership on media strategy, press moments, and relationships with partners and creators, keeping external messaging accurate and consistent\n\n - Partner with business development to understand customer needs, shape go-to-market campaigns, and develop customer-facing materials that support the sales process\n\n - Own brand positioning and standards, ensuring a consistent voice and visual identity across all public-facing channels and materials\n\n - Lead social, content, photo, and video strategy; manage agencies and freelancers, and build and develop the marketing team as the company grows\n\n - Identify and test creative ways to grow awareness of Reflect Orbital’s mission, prioritizing opportunities with a clear audience, purpose, and measurable impact\n\n\nIDEAL QUALIFICATIONS\n\n - 7+ years of progressive marketing experience, including ownership of strategy and integrated campaigns; experience leading a marketing function or team in a startup or fast-moving environment\n\n - Excellent writer and communicator with strong brand judgment, an eye for visual design, and the ability to make complex technical ideas accessible\n\n - Demonstrated success building brands and leading launches across digital, social, content, PR, and events, with clear evidence of business impact\n\n - Strategic and action-oriented, comfortable setting direction without a playbook and doing hands-on work alongside internal teams and external partners\n\n - Experience owning website strategy and performance; familiarity with Webflow, analytics, and marketing tools is a plus\n\n - Experience directing creative work and collaborating with designers, agencies, and freelancers; familiarity with Figma is a plus\n\n - Strong leadership and operating discipline, with experience managing budgets, developing people, influencing cross-functional partners, and delivering multiple priorities\n\n - Excited about space, energy, and building something that’s never been done before; experience marketing complex technology is a plus\n\nEven if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.\n\nWe are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS\n\nReflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.\n\n - Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy\n\n - Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K\n\n - Unlimited paid time off\n\n - Healthy lunches provided daily\n   \n   \n\n\nEQUAL OPPORTUNITY\n\nReflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.\n\n\n\nMore about Reflect Orbital:\n\n\n\nLearn more about our team here. https://www.reflectorbital.com/team"},{"id":"7ec00657-344f-4a53-b1b2-b6623a8b95bc","title":"Mission Operations Engineering Intern","department":"Engineering","team":"Engineering","employmentType":"Intern","location":"Hawthorne, CA","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-09-24T23:56:07.882+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":false,"workplaceType":"OnSite","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressRegion":"California","streetAddress":"12600 Daphne Avenue Hawthorne, CA 90250","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"Hawthorne"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/7ec00657-344f-4a53-b1b2-b6623a8b95bc","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/7ec00657-344f-4a53-b1b2-b6623a8b95bc/application","descriptionHtml":"<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2>About the Role</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital believes that talent is talent regardless of experience. If you seek an opportunity to solve hard problems and advance humanity, Reflect Orbital can offer that experience.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">During your internship at Reflect Orbital you will be given as much responsibility as our full-time team-members. You work will contribute to directly to the success of our flying constellation.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Ideal candidates for internships will be comfortable facing challenges with no known solution, willing to be hands-on individual contributors, and able to commit to a minimum of 12 weeks in-person at our Hawthorne, CA office. We encourage all motivated and excellent candidates to apply regardless of the specific set of requirements you meet.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Own the design, development, analysis, manufacturing, and testing of novel spacecraft components</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Build complete tools and testing setups, with an emphasis on fully completing and shipping your work</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Prototype and iterate rapidly</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2>Minimum Qualifications</h2><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You are able to work full-time onsite</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You are enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master’s degree program from an accredited college or university in aerospace engineering, software engineering, electrical engineering or related engineering field</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You're capable of incredibly scrappy solutions, but also have experience building &amp; shipping complex and high quality solutions when the problem requires it</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">You're both capable of working highly independently, but you know when to seek guidance</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2>Preferred Qualifications</h2><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Understanding of spacecraft systems and subsystem interactions</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Understanding of orbital mechanics fundamentals</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Programming and scripting skills (Python preferred)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Experience using data analysis to troubleshoot or characterize complex systems</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Familiarity with mission control software, RF systems, or ground station operations is a plus (e.g. university CubeSat operations or amateur radio)</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Sound judgment and composure in real-time, high-pressure environments</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Clear written and verbal communication skills</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Application of technical skills outside of the classroom (e.g. extracurricular projects, volunteering, personal projects, laboratory research, or prior internship/work experience)</p></li></ul><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2><strong>Benefits</strong></h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.</p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Generous paid time off</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Healthy lunches provided daily</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p></li></ul><h2><strong>Equal Opportunity</strong></h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>More about Reflect Orbital:</strong></p><div><div style=\"left:0px;width:100%;height:0px;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://embedded-media.ashbyhq.com/embed/4371b5f2-6543-46ed-9fcb-d59e8168c69f/5fe9fd75-4372-406d-b3c7-b8c0b5f87842\" style=\"top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media *; picture-in-picture *;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\"></iframe></div></div><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https://www.reflectorbital.com/team\">Learn more about our team here.</a></p>","descriptionPlain":"At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ROLE\n\nReflect Orbital believes that talent is talent regardless of experience. If you seek an opportunity to solve hard problems and advance humanity, Reflect Orbital can offer that experience.\n\nDuring your internship at Reflect Orbital you will be given as much responsibility as our full-time team-members. You work will contribute to directly to the success of our flying constellation.\n\nIdeal candidates for internships will be comfortable facing challenges with no known solution, willing to be hands-on individual contributors, and able to commit to a minimum of 12 weeks in-person at our Hawthorne, CA office. We encourage all motivated and excellent candidates to apply regardless of the specific set of requirements you meet.\n\n\n\n\nRESPONSIBILITIES\n\n - Own the design, development, analysis, manufacturing, and testing of novel spacecraft components\n\n - Build complete tools and testing setups, with an emphasis on fully completing and shipping your work\n\n - Prototype and iterate rapidly\n\n\n\n\nMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS\n\n - You are able to work full-time onsite\n\n - You are enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master’s degree program from an accredited college or university in aerospace engineering, software engineering, electrical engineering or related engineering field\n\n - You're capable of incredibly scrappy solutions, but also have experience building & shipping complex and high quality solutions when the problem requires it\n\n - You're both capable of working highly independently, but you know when to seek guidance\n\n\n\n\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS\n\n - Understanding of spacecraft systems and subsystem interactions\n\n - Understanding of orbital mechanics fundamentals\n\n - Programming and scripting skills (Python preferred)\n\n - Experience using data analysis to troubleshoot or characterize complex systems\n\n - Familiarity with mission control software, RF systems, or ground station operations is a plus (e.g. university CubeSat operations or amateur radio)\n\n - Sound judgment and composure in real-time, high-pressure environments\n\n - Clear written and verbal communication skills\n\n - Application of technical skills outside of the classroom (e.g. extracurricular projects, volunteering, personal projects, laboratory research, or prior internship/work experience)\n\nEven if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.\n\nWe are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS\n\nReflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.\n\n - Generous paid time off\n\n - Healthy lunches provided daily\n   \n   \n\n\nEQUAL OPPORTUNITY\n\nReflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.\n\n\n\nMore about Reflect Orbital:\n\n\n\nLearn more about our team here. https://www.reflectorbital.com/team"},{"id":"c394615d-26c6-4435-ad84-3ca3269c2952","title":"Ground Software Engineering Intern","department":"Engineering","team":"Engineering","employmentType":"Intern","location":"Hawthorne, CA","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-09-24T19:17:59.115+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":false,"workplaceType":"OnSite","address":{"postalAddress":{"addressRegion":"California","streetAddress":"12600 Daphne Avenue Hawthorne, CA 90250","addressCountry":"United States","addressLocality":"Hawthorne"}},"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/c394615d-26c6-4435-ad84-3ca3269c2952","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/c394615d-26c6-4435-ad84-3ca3269c2952/application","descriptionHtml":"<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. 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Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><h2><strong>Benefits</strong></h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.</p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Generous paid time off</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Healthy lunches provided daily</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p></li></ul><h2><strong>Equal Opportunity</strong></h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>More about Reflect Orbital:</strong></p><div><div style=\"left:0px;width:100%;height:0px;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://embedded-media.ashbyhq.com/embed/4371b5f2-6543-46ed-9fcb-d59e8168c69f/5fe9fd75-4372-406d-b3c7-b8c0b5f87842\" style=\"top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media *; picture-in-picture *;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\"></iframe></div></div><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https://www.reflectorbital.com/team\">Learn more about our team here.</a></p>","descriptionPlain":"At Reflect, you will be expected to move fast, have a lot of ownership and, most importantly, be able to effect change. If this excites you, we are interested in hearing about your best work and accomplishments across any domain and from any points in your life.\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE ROLE\n\nReflect Orbital believes that talent is talent regardless of experience. If you seek an opportunity to solve hard problems and advance humanity, Reflect Orbital can offer that experience.\n\nDuring your internship at Reflect Orbital you will be given as much responsibility as our full-time team-members. You work will contribute to directly to the success of our flying constellation.\n\nIdeal candidates for internships will be comfortable facing challenges with no known solution, willing to be hands-on individual contributors, and able to commit to a minimum of 12 weeks in-person at our Hawthorne, CA office. 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Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.\n\nWe are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.\n\n\n\n\nBENEFITS\n\nReflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.\n\n - Generous paid time off\n\n - Healthy lunches provided daily\n   \n   \n\n\nEQUAL OPPORTUNITY\n\nReflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.\n\n\n\nMore about Reflect Orbital:\n\n\n\nLearn more about our team here. https://www.reflectorbital.com/team"},{"id":"48d63842-3d1c-49af-9260-4474caa34b34","title":"Director, Government Partnerships ","department":"Non-Engineering","team":"Non-Engineering","employmentType":"FullTime","location":"Washington, D.C.","secondaryLocations":[],"publishedAt":"2026-10-08T17:58:07.705+00:00","isListed":true,"isRemote":null,"workplaceType":null,"address":null,"jobUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/48d63842-3d1c-49af-9260-4474caa34b34","applyUrl":"https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/reflect-orbital/48d63842-3d1c-49af-9260-4474caa34b34/application","descriptionHtml":"<p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">At Reflect, you’ll move quickly, take ownership, and see the impact of your work. 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Hiring exceptional individuals is our #1 priority, and we believe that exceptional people often have highly unusual backgrounds.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">We are also interested in carving out unique roles for unconventional people that we are excited about working with.<br /><br /></p><h2>Benefits</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital’s success will hinge on our team, which is why our compensation and benefits plan is designed to reward our employees and support their families as generously as we’re able.</p><ul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Unlimited paid time off</p></li><li><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Healthy lunches provided daily<br /><br /></p></li></ul><h2>Equal Opportunity</h2><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\">Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Reflect Orbital is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.</p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"></p><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><strong>More about Reflect Orbital:</strong></p><div><div style=\"left:0px;width:100%;height:0px;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%\"><iframe src=\"https://embedded-media.ashbyhq.com/embed/4371b5f2-6543-46ed-9fcb-d59e8168c69f/b260e043-0580-4d2c-9ecc-9e657168dc30\" style=\"top:0px;left:0px;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0px\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"encrypted-media *; picture-in-picture *;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation\"></iframe></div></div><p style=\"min-height:1.5em\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https://www.reflectorbital.com/team\">Learn more about our team here.</a></p>","descriptionPlain":"At Reflect, you’ll move quickly, take ownership, and see the impact of your work. 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Your focus will be sales: winning contracts, growing accounts, and bringing in revenue.\n\n\n\n\nRESPONSIBILITIES\n\n - Own government sales targets and account plans, and grow revenue from new and existing customers\n\n - Manage the sales pipeline, prioritize opportunities, and maintain clear forecasts, timelines, and next steps\n\n - Build on existing relationships and develop new ones with government users, program offices, and contracting teams\n\n - Lead proposals, pricing, and contract negotiations, working with engineering, legal, and finance to close deals\n\n - Pursue follow-on contracts from our active SBIR and identify funding and contracting paths for new opportunities\n\n - Work closely with our VP of Policy to share customer needs/constraints and coordinate government relationships in support of sales\n\n - Work with engineering to define what we can deliver, explain it clearly to customers, and set realistic requirements and timelines\n\n - Coordinate with legal, finance, and IT on the requirements needed to win and deliver government contracts\n\n - Meet with prospective customers and represent Reflect Orbital at relevant industry events and conferences\n   \n   \n\n\nIDEAL QUALIFICATIONS\n\n - 7+ years in government sales, capture, or business development, with a track record of winning federal contracts and growing revenue; aerospace, defense, or emerging technology experience preferred\n\n - Strong understanding of federal buying processes, funding sources, and contracting vehicles\n\n - Strong experience writing proposals, specifically for government customers\n\n - Established relationships with government customers, program offices, and contracting teams, particularly in defense or energy\n\n - Experience managing a sales pipeline, forecasting awards, and expanding existing accounts\n\n - Ability to sell complex technology by understanding customer needs and making a clear case for its value\n\n - Strong presentation, and negotiation skills\n\n - Comfortable managing deals directly and traveling domestically and internationally\n\n - Interest in space and energy; experience selling space-based or other emerging technologies is a plus\n\nEven if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we are likely still interested in hearing from you. 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