Leaving a Prime for a Space Startup: Is It Right for You?
At a prime, a design change can go through several rounds of review before anyone touches the hardware. If you're leaving a prime for a...
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Legacy Aerospace to New Space: What Startups Look For
Space startups are building some of the most exciting hardware in the industry, from reusable rockets to lunar landers. A lot of it is first-of-its-kind...
How to Show Flight Heritage on Your Space Resume
An RF engineer who has taken a system from an idea on paper all the way to flight is rare. Rare enough that we could...
How to Judge a Space Startup’s Equity Offer
A founder tells you your 0.5% could be worth $5 million one day. Before you count on it, you need to know how much of...
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Startup Equity vs. Salary: Is a Space Startup Worth the Pay Cut?
For many engineers, the reason to join a space startup is the work, even when weighing startup equity vs. salary...
Want a Job in Space? Start With the Roles Companies Can’t Fill
"Space experience required." It's the line that stops a lot of good engineers from applying for a job in space....
Four Signs (Besides Funding) a Space Startup Is a Safe Bet
Candidates weighing an offer from an early-stage space company instinctively check the funding before they sign. But funding alone doesn't...
10 US Space Companies to Watch in 2026
Both startups and publicly listed companies are racing to build what space needs next. Some are building cheaper rockets. Others...
Why Founders Hiring Rare Space Talent Should Care About Time-to-Fill
You didn't start a space company to become an expert in recruitment metrics. But there's one number worth understanding: time-to-fill,...
Top 5 Moves in Space This Month: What September Means for Hiring
Stoke Space raised $1 billion this month to build a second rocket before its first one has even flown. Four...
The Future of Space Depends on Today’s Junior Talent, and Hiring Managers Will Decide It
Space companies are hiring hand to mouth: filling this year's seats with people who already know the work. In the...
The Senior Space Engineer You Need Doesn’t Have the Title Yet
The primes have a promotion problem, and it's about to become your hiring advantage. In space, experience is hard to...
How Space Startups Should Hire at Every Stage: From Seed to IPO
If you want to grow a successful space startup, you need to hire like you mean it. Who you hire,...