Planet is an aerospace and data analytics company that builds small satellites and delivers information about the changing planet.
This company offers remote work opportunities.
Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest fleet of Earth-imaging satellites, delivering daily, global coverage. This unprecedented dataset and cloud-based platform provide insights to commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors. They empower users to make timely decisions and solve global challenges.
Planet fosters a welcoming atmosphere built on intentionality, generosity, and responsibility. They champion a culture of learning, collaboration, and making an impact. Team members are smart, passionate, and united by a shared mission. The company embraces a people-centric approach, striving to put team members first. They operate with a global, remote-friendly model, with employees working across San Francisco, Washington D.C., Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands.
Planet's engineering team tackles hard problems, from designing and operating the largest fleet of Earth observation satellites to building a geospatial platform that processes 30 TB of data daily. They pioneer small satellite communication systems, including board-level hardware, antennas, and ground station equipment that achieve record data rates. Engineers work on next-generation RF/MW hardware transceiver and circuit design up to 30GHz, system design, and antenna development. They are also building core infrastructure, including Kubernetes clusters and cloud-based services on GCP and AWS, to ensure secure and scalable operations. Planet is actively exploring future space-based AI infrastructure, facing challenges like radiation hardening, thermal management, and high-bandwidth ground communications.