Capella Space
A Staff Electrical Hardware Design Engineer at Capella leads full-cycle PCBA and harness designs for space-ready electronics, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure flight readiness. The role involves guiding the engineering team on special topics, managing supplier relationships, and defining verification strategies for high-reliability systems.
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2016
Capella Space builds and operates high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites that deliver timely, all-weather, day-or-night Earth observation imagery. Its constellation and data platform enable on-demand tasking and high-revisit monitoring to unlock global insight and accelerate decisions that protect people, assets, and the planet. Capella serves government, defense, intelligence, and commercial customers with imagery, analytics, and APIs for applications like disaster response, maritime awareness, and infrastructure monitoring.
IonQ Announces Plans for First Space-Based Quantum Key Distribution Network
Dec 23, 2025
IonQ completes acquisition of Capella Space + advances the company’s space-based quantum comms vision
Jul 16, 2025
IonQ Completes Acquisition of Capella Space for Space-Based Quantum Communications Development
Jul 16, 2025
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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