Why Space Engineers Leave the Primes for Fast-Growth Companies
There's a move we're seeing a lot of right now: experienced engineers leaving the primes - the large, established players - for fast-growth commercial space...
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Why Space Companies Lose Their Best Candidates at the Offer Stage
A hiring process can do everything right and still lose. The role gets scoped well, the search runs clean, the right engineer comes through, the...
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 proposed slashing the agency's funding...
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 aren't enough engineers. The pipeline...
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The 5 Most In-Demand Space Engineering Roles in 2026 (And Why They’re So Hard to Fill)
Across more than 3,000 searches tracked in the US space sector since 2024, one pattern is consistent: demand for certain...
Blue Origin Just Reused an Orbital Rocket for the First Time. Here’s Why That Matters for Space Hiring.
Blue Origin launched its New Glenn rocket for the third time, and for the first time, it did so with...
Voyager Just Signed Its Seventh Private Astronaut Mission. The Workforce Behind It Is the Real Story.
Last week, NASA and Voyager Technologies signed an order for the seventh private astronaut mission to the International Space Station,...
The Government Sales Hire That Space Companies Keep Getting Wrong
Across our government-focused searches this quarter, the same pattern keeps surfacing. A space company needs someone who can sell to...
NASA Just Launched a Hiring Initiative Called NASA Force. Here’s What It Means for the Rest of the Sector.
On April 17, NASA and the US Office of Personnel Management launched a website called NASA Force. It's a hiring...
What Computational Engineers Actually Want From Their Next Role
If you're a computational engineer working in AI-driven simulation and design, there's something you should know: the market has shifted...
What Space Companies Misunderstand About Equity When Hiring Senior Talent
Two years ago, equity was a secondary consideration for most candidates evaluating roles at space companies. The conversation started and...
Artemis II Is Home. Here’s What the Mission Proved – and What It Unlocks for Hiring
On April 10, the Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego at 8:07...
White House Proposes a 23% NASA Budget Cut – What It Means for the Space Talent Pipeline
On April 3 - two days after Artemis II launched four astronauts toward the Moon - the White House released...