Satellite Tasking Engineer, Collection Planning

Welcome to Planet. We believe in using space to help life on Earth.

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.

Our team is in charge of planning the tasks and imagery acquisitions of Earth observation satellites. We do so with a small team of highly-skilled engineers from our offices in SF and Berlin and we are currently looking for a highly motivated and proactive Satellite Tasking Engineer to join our operations team.

Your mission will be to support day-to-day operations, which includes collection performance analysis, order monitoring, performing feasibility studies and the development of our operational tools.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter, quick learner, good communicator, and has the ability to switch contexts quickly. You will be working in a close collaborative environment, and will gain first-hand experience in numerous fields related to managing satellite image acquisition planning, geospatial data analysis, tool development and process automation by supporting our operations team.

This is a full-time, remote position based in the United States. If located near an office, you are expected to work from that office 3 days per week.

• Support Collection Planning team during operational planning process
• Prepare geospatial data, maps and dashboards
• Run & interpret standard and complex feasibility studies
• Develops, validates and automates operational tools
• Proactively improve existing processes
• Collaborates with image quality support, orbits, mission software, space operations, data pipeline and product teams

• 2+ years of relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
• Software development experience in Python or equivalent
• Data-driven mindset and comfortable with data analysis
• Sound SQL skills, familiar with git / version control
• Understanding of satellite imagery and remote sensing
• Self-starter that proactively tackles problems and brings in their own ideas
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment
• Team player with an ability to learn and collaborate across teams
• Fluent in written and spoken English, the language of the company

• Familiar with automation and software development tools (i.e. Jenkins, Bash, Git)
• Experience with data visualization platforms (e.g., Looker Studio, OMNI, CARTO).
• Familiarity with geospatial software (e.g., QGIS, ArcGIS, GDAL) or libraries (e.g., Shapely, Geo Pandas).

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March 3, 2026 at 11:59pm PT

This position requires access to export-controlled information, and as such, employment (or hiring of a contractor) is contingent upon the candidate’s ability to access all applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing being required by the Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
• Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
• 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Wel…