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Senior Engineer, Mission Planning at BlackSky - ApplyBlast

Senior Engineer, Mission Planning

BlackSky

18 days ago

3.8 on Glassdoor

Herndon, Virginia, United States

Hybrid

Full Time

Senior

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About this role

BlackSky is seeking a Senior Engineer for its Mission Planning Engineering team to develop and maintain optimized autonomous operations for its satellite constellation. The role involves defining system-level requirements, designing mission planning algorithms, and developing prototype code to support imaging and other critical satellite activities. This position requires a blend of engineering expertise, algorithm design experience, and strong communication skills to collaborate across product and software teams.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain optimized autonomous operations for the BlackSky constellation
Define system level and software requirements and prototype code for mission planning products
Model satellite subsystems and implement concepts of operation for autonomous planning

Skills

About BlackSky

blacksky.com

Headquarters

Herndon, Virginia, United States

Company Size

201-500 employees

Founded

2013

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BlackSky is a geospatial intelligence company that delivers space-based imagery and real-time analytics to help government and commercial customers monitor events and changes on Earth. Combining a constellation of agile small satellites with AI-driven analytics and a cloud platform, BlackSky provides high-revisit imagery, change detection, and near-real-time alerts for situational awareness and decision support. Their platform and APIs enable rapid tasking, automated monitoring, and integrated geospatial insights for defense, national security, emergency response, and commercial operations. BlackSky’s approach emphasizes speed, operational relevance, and continuous monitoring—summed up by their tagline, “space-based intelligence at the speed of conflict.”