What Separates a Strong Early Space Engineering Hire
Get your first few engineers wrong, and reaching your next funding round gets a lot harder. But the difference between a strong engineer and the...
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The #1 Reason Space Startups Lose Top Talent (It’s Not the Search)
Finding skilled talent is as much about what happens after the final interview as it is about finding the talent. When a hire takes longer...
Is Your Space Startup’s Hiring Function Built for Series B?
Most Series A space founders treat their hiring plan as a later problem. Something to sort out once there's enough headcount to justify it. It's...
What to Consider Before Relocating for a Space Role
Whether you're looking at Long Beach or Hawthorne, relocating for a space role can be career-defining. But this is different from your typical career move:...
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The Hidden Space Talent Pool NASA’s Budget Fight Left Behind
For most of 2025, the question hanging over NASA was how deep the cuts would go. The administration's budget request...
The Space Sector Doesn’t Just Have a Talent Shortage. It Has an Attention Problem.
Ask almost any space company why hiring is hard right now and you'll hear the same phrase: talent shortage. There...
The Hiring Mistake Space Companies Make When They Win Their First Government Contract
A first government contract changes a commercial space company in ways the revenue line doesn't capture. The award validates the...
Golden Dome’s Biggest Winner: SpaceX Just Picked Up $6.45 Billion in Defense Contracts in One Week
In the space of four days, SpaceX picked up two Golden Dome contracts worth a combined $6.45 billion. On May 26,...
Blue Origin’s New Glenn Just Exploded on the Pad. Here’s Why That Doesn’t Mean What You Think.
Last night, Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during a static fire test at Cape Canaveral. The 320-foot rocket erupted...
Where the Space Jobs Are: The US Cities Hiring the Most Space Talent Right Now
If you're thinking about a move into the space sector - or you're a company trying to figure out where...
What the Space Force’s $71.2B Budget Means for Your Career
The White House wants to give the Space Force $71.2 billion next year. That's more than double the $31.6 billion...
The SpaceX IPO Talent Effect: What Happens When 13,000 Engineers Can Finally Cash Out
SpaceX's S-1 filing went public today. For the first time in 24 years, we can see the actual numbers behind...
Vast Just Went From Space Stations to Satellite Buses. Here’s What That Tells You About Where Space Hiring Is Heading
This morning, Vast announced a new product line: high-power satellite buses built for communications, Earth observation, national security, and orbital...