Discover how Planet's daily satellite imagery and insights empower global decisions and actions with a multidimensional view of our changing planet. Backed by Felicis and Lux.
About the role
The Mission Optimization team is responsible for continuously improving the operations and productivity of the world’s largest Earth observation satellite constellation. We identify, triage, and resolve the bottlenecks that limit what our fleets can deliver – from contact scheduling and downlink latency, to collection capacity, to concepts of operation for our future missions. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, or equivalent depth achieved through your work
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
- Deep proficiency in Python or a comparable language, with a track record of designing and shipping systems that other people depend on
- Ability to take an ambiguous, loosely scoped problem and drive it to a measurable outcome with minimal direction
- Data-driven approach, including statistical analysis and reasoning over large operational datasets
- Effective written and verbal communication with technical and non-technical audiences
More about this role
Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors. We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one.
Customers and users across the globe use Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world’s toughest obstacles.
As we control every component of hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering, our office is a truly inspiring mix of experts from a variety of domains.
We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth. Join Planet and be a part of our mission to change the way people see the world.
Planet is a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands.
The Mission Optimization team is responsible for continuously...
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