[uzi]

Planet Labs -- http://planet.com/ -- San Francisco, CA

(Remote work depends on the role -- some are onsite only, others may be available to remote workers. Internships available as well.)

Planet Labs has a large number of positions open. We're a collection of electrical, mechanical, aerospace, software, science, etc. folks looking to image the whole planet on a daily basis with a large number of small satellites. It's a terrific bunch of folks doing what we call "agile aerospace".

I've personally been with the company for over a year, working on "Mission Control", an internal web app for managing the satellites and make life easier on our "Spaceship Captains" -- the operators who manage them. This is definitely one of the most interesting and fun roles I've had in my career (and I've had a few).

Python (Flask, Django) and Javascript (React, Backbone) are used heavily in the web projects. We of course have systems programming to do for the onboard software. Plenty of other interesting work from the satellite design and various subsystems, manufacturing, georectification of images, image corrections, dev ops, site reliability engineers, and heaps of possibilities with a supremely interesting dataset that we're growing.

Full list of jobs at https://www.planet.com/careers/#openings

[reinhardt]

I checked out a bunch of openings and none of them mention r3mot3

[uzi]

It depends on the role. Obviously one where you need direct hands-on access to the satellites in the lab is unlikely, but software or other functions that can be done from anywhere are fair game. We have a fair number of people who are remote, and we go to great lengths to cater to them. Case in point -- I'm working from home today (my throat is a little scratchy) and I'm tuned into a talk that one of my coworkers (and former NASA employee) is giving his analysis on the question "Is space hard?" given the recent failures of various rockets (two of which we had satellites on). Just in time to get us all nervous about the launch scheduled for tomorrow:

https://www.planet.com/pulse/flock2e/

Other than that, there are limitations in some cases depending on the role based on compliance and security restrictions -- some things have to be done in the US. We also have offices in Lethbridge, Canada and Berlin, Germany. We want talented people -- if there isn't something about the role that presents a limiting factor, we're certainly open to remote.