Space talent intelligence & candidate delivery

Mission-critical talent, delivered.

OrbitJob finds, qualifies and delivers commercial, software and mission-operations candidates for space, satellite and geospatial companies. From open role to qualified candidate conversations in 15 business days.

Fixed-price sprints· Pre-qualified candidates only· EU & North America
Candidate Fit CardOJ-0047
Candidate // disclosed on engagement
IndustrySatellite communications
SubsystemGround segment
Mission stageDeployment & operations
SkillsPython · Linux · automation · telemetry
ExperienceLEO constellation operations, 6 yrs
EnvironmentStartup → prime contractor
LocationGermany · open to relocate
MotivationSeeking direct mission ownership
Fit: High Status: Interested Qualified 07 / 2026
OrbitJob Space Skills GraphVerified at search time
01 / The signal

The role has been open 63 days. The board isn't the problem.

FAULT / REACH

Posted everywhere, applied by no one

Job boards reach people who are looking. The candidates you actually need are running someone else's constellation right now — and they don't browse listings.

FAULT / SIGNAL

CVs that keyword-match, candidates that don't

Generalist recruiters can't tell a ground-segment engineer from a web developer with "Python" on their CV — or a government-sales operator from a SaaS rep.

FAULT / COST

Every open week costs revenue

An unfilled BD, mission-ops or flight-software seat isn't an HR metric. It's slipped milestones, missed bids and a roadmap on hold.

02 / Coverage

Two role families. Mapped in depth.

We don't cover every aerospace discipline. We go deep on the roles that decide whether a space company grows.

Family A

Commercial & GTM

Business development director Government sales Defence & intel partnerships Enterprise sales — satellite data Bid & proposal manager Product marketing Solutions engineer Commercial product manager Partnerships director
Family B

Software, Data & Mission Ops

Flight-software engineer Ground-segment engineer Mission-operations engineer DevOps & simulation Geospatial data scientist Remote-sensing ML engineer Satellite-data product manager Cloud & data platform

Sourced beyond the obvious pool. The best candidates often sit in adjacent sectors — defence software, aviation, telecom, robotics, industrial systems, GIS and enterprise SaaS. Our search maps them too.

03 / The sprint

Open role to qualified conversations. Fifteen business days.

D01 — D03

Calibration

Role-calibration session with the hiring leader. Search strategy, adjacent talent pools, must-haves vs. trainables, eligibility constraints.

D04 — D08

Market map

75–150 potentially relevant professionals mapped: who they are, where they work, what they cost, who's hiring them away. Ranked shortlist of 15–25.

D09 — D13

Outreach & qualification

Direct approach to the strongest 30–60. Initial qualification interviews: interest, compensation, location, availability, motivation to move.

D14 — D15

Delivery

5–10 interested, pre-qualified candidate introductions — each with a full Fit Card and the reasons they match your role.

Every sprint also ships a competitor talent map — where suitable people currently work — and stays yours regardless of outcome.

04 / Market intelligence

Every search produces a map. The map is yours.

82Professionals mapped for a single EU mission-ops vacancy
14Close matches identified across six countries
15 daysFrom kickoff to first qualified candidate conversations

Where the talent sits. What it costs. Which competitors it's leaving, and why. OrbitJob searches are built on a structured Space Skills Graph — industry, subsystem, mission stage, function, environment and eligibility — so you get a picture of the market, not a pile of CVs.

05 / Engagements

Fixed-price. Productized. No 25% surprise at the end.

Entry

Talent Map

€2,500
Fixed · one role · 10 business days
  • 75–150 relevant professionals mapped
  • Compensation & location picture
  • Competitor talent pools
  • Hiring-difficulty assessment
  • Ranked top 20 + sourcing strategy
Map the market
Core offer

Candidate Pipeline Sprint

€4,000
Upfront · + success fee on hire · 15 business days
  • Everything in the Talent Map
  • Direct candidate outreach
  • Qualification interviews
  • 5–10 interested candidate introductions
  • Full Fit Card per candidate
Start a sprint
Recurring

Embedded Talent Partner

€6,000 /mo
2–3 active roles · 3-month minimum
  • Weekly candidate delivery
  • Interview-pipeline reporting
  • Hiring-manager calibration
  • Talent-market monitoring
  • Priority over sprint clients
Talk about roles

Retained executive search available for leadership and rare-specialist appointments. Free job listings for all space companies — the board is on us.

06 / Sectors
Satellite communications Earth observation Launch Geospatial & remote sensing Defence space Ground segment Space data & analytics In-space infrastructure
For candidates

Working in space, or ready to move into it?

Create a free profile and job alerts. No spam, no CV blasting — you only hear from us when a role genuinely matches your skills, sector and mission stage. You decide what's shared, and with whom.

Create a job alert
For investors & accelerators

Portfolio Talent Desk

Your portfolio companies are all hiring their first commercial, software and mission teams — usually at the same time, usually badly. One desk, shared talent intelligence, preferential search pricing across the portfolio.

Set up a desk
07 / Initiate

Which role has been open the longest?

Send us the job description. We'll come back within five business days with a preview of the talent market for that exact role — and a fixed price to deliver the candidates.

InputOne job description
Preview≤ 5 business days
Sprint15 business days
Output5–10 qualified candidates
RiskFixed price · map is yours